{"id":28011,"date":"2020-02-03T15:51:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T20:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=28011"},"modified":"2020-02-03T15:52:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T20:52:03","slug":"macbook-pro-16-has-a-fan-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/03\/macbook-pro-16-has-a-fan-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"MacBook Pro 16 Has a Fan Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/om.co\/2020\/01\/31\/macbook-pro-16-has-a-fan-problem\/\">Om Malik<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=22207018\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/om.co\/2020\/01\/31\/macbook-pro-16-has-a-fan-problem\/\">\n<p>Every time I awake the device from its slumber, within just a few minutes, the fans come on. And they stay on. The noise they make is very loud, especially in my quiet living room, where I usually work. I am not the only one with this problem. <a href=\"https:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread\/250878229\">There are multiple comments on this thread<\/a> on Apple&rsquo;s message boards, where longtime Apple users are screaming in frustration. It is a problem that is big enough to merit <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/16-is-hot-noisy-with-an-external-monitor.2211747\/\">its own complaint thread on Macrumors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some mention that external monitors make the fans go wild. Well, this $7,000 Apple xPro Display on loan from Apple is supposed to showcase the marital bliss between MacBook Pro 16 and the new screen. Oops! [&#8230;] Some suggest an SMC reset. I did that but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this morning, the problem really got my goat. I had only three applications running on the machine: Apple Mail, Apple Messages, and Apple Safari. All native Apple apps, and yet, the fans were running like afterburners on Dom Toretto&rsquo;s 1970 Dodge Charger.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>I&rsquo;m using a 16-inch MacBook Pro without an external display and have not seen this problem. However, sometimes there is a short burst of very loud fan activity when powering on the Mac. This also happened with previous MacBook Pros.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/03\/macos-display-problems\/\">macOS Display Problems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/14\/the-16-inch-macbook-pro\/\">The 16-inch MacBook Pro<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Om Malik (Hacker News): Every time I awake the device from its slumber, within just a few minutes, the fans come on. And they stay on. The noise they make is very loud, especially in my quiet living room, where I usually work. I am not the only one with this problem. 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