Question about smc fancontrol after installing Leopard, please help

hi,, i recently had my macbook pro a clean install leopard,.. everything is going fine afterwards until i installed smc fancontrol, smc fancontrol is working fine, but my problem is, i forgot to set the default fan speed on the smc fancontrol which is 2000rpm before i did the clean install, the fan speed was 2500rpm when i clean installed leopard, forgetting to set the default 2000 rpm back,. and now after i installed leopard, and then i installed back the smc fancontrol, the default now is 2500rpm! i cannot set it back to the default, which is 2000rpm, when i tried smc fancontrol keeps telling me that it FELL SHORT OF MINIMUM, which it thinks the default rpm is 2500, how can i get it back to the real default rpm of macbook pro which is 2000rpm? i'm afraid that constantly running my macbook pro forever to 2500rpm will cause the wear and tear of my macbook pro's fans , please help me, i really don't know what i'll do here....

 

have you tried deleting the program? and dont worry about running it at 2500, thats what mine is set to. some people even do more.

 

hi, thanks for the fast reply, what program should i delete, is it the smcfancontrol?

 

My fans run at 3k rpm whenever my computer is plugged in (most of the time). 2500 will not even come close to damaging your computer.

 

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319

Try resetting the SMC itself by removing the AC and battery and holding down the power button for 5 seconds before reconnecting.

 

Bingo. The only time I run @ 1.8k is when I'm cold and need the laptop as a lap warmer. That, or when I'm on battery power.

 

yes. use the program appdelete which will get rid of all the traces of smc on your hard drive then install it again and see what happens.

 

I have mine running at 3600rpm. No worries man.

 

thanks so much for all the replies, i got it back to the default 2000rpm, i just reset the smc by removing the battery and pressing the power button,. and when i started, it came back to 2000rpm default... thanks so much...

 

you should still probably set a default above 2k...

the added benefits of lower heat probably outweigh the risk of fan damage

not that either is very likely going to be an issue.