Have you checked if the fan is running yet? Try using iStat nano, it will give you a fan speed reading. http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/istatnano.html Dean Danis 519-494-8639 90 Caprice Cr. London Ontario N5V 3M2 > From: scotts1@xxxxxxx > To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [muglo] Re: (was) Fan Problem > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:08:07 -0400 > This is my wife's Mac Book > it's sitting in the livingroom (well ventilated) > I'm thinking the fan is shot > We have done an archive and install with Leopard. > yesterday, I put Tiger on a USB external and booted from that and it > was absolutely silent for a long time, but eventually the noise > started again. > I wiped the drive and did a clean install of Leopard and updated it to > 10.5.5, thinking it might be 10.5.6 that was causing the problem. Nope. > I tried both of the utilities that were mentioned and nothing made any > difference. > is there a place in London we can buy a Mac Book fan from? > ---- > Scott Strawbridge | Graphic Artist > scotts1@xxxxxxx > scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.liquidphoenixdesign.com > tel:(519) 474-2754 > iChat: scotts1 > --- > MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> > Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi> > > > _________________________________________________________________ Internet Explorer 8 helps keep your personal info safe. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid?55581 --- MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi>