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    Unibody Issues

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by newfiejudd, Feb 5, 2009.

  1. newfiejudd

    newfiejudd Notebook Deity

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    Hey everyone,

    I am having some issues with my new 15" unibody.
    I was having bad battery life (under 2 hours) And noticed my fans were not spinning up to counter the increase in heat.

    I called Apple and they had me reset my PRAM. With that done the system worked fine for a day.

    Currently my Unibody will not stay connected to any wireless networks. I have tried 2 of my own routers and a friends. It will not stya connected, either on AC or battery.

    Next issue involves CPU hitting 95c before the fan go past 2k rpm. Try and and play wow and the system locks up when the CPU hits 98c and the fans are still at 2k. Tried reseting the PRAM again, no luck.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
    newfiejudd, Feb 5, 2009
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  2. StrongerThanAll

    StrongerThanAll Notebook Deity

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    get smcFanControl to control the fan speeds

    but i would take it back to the apple store and have it swapped.. cause i havent encountered any of the issues you mentioned on mine
     
    StrongerThanAll, Feb 5, 2009
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  3. The_Shirt

    The_Shirt Notebook Evangelist

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    Concur with return. I play WoW for hours on my MBP and never have had it lock up and fans always kick in, whether I use default or smcFanControl...
     
    The_Shirt, Feb 6, 2009
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