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How many fans does a 2.26 GHz 15" 2009 MacBook Pro 5,5 have?

I have a 15" MacBook Pro 2.26 GHz purchased in late 2009, model "MacBookPro5,5". The FanControl PrefPane reports Right Fan: -1 RPM Does this model only have one fan, or does it have two?
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Overheating MacBook Pro GPU [closed]

I have a 5,1 Unibody 15" MBP (late 2008) that has recently started exhibiting strange behavior under Windows 7 when playing 3D games. After a few minutes of working normally it will suddenly run very ...
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New Retina MacBook Pro - Temperatures Signaling Defects?

So I've purchased a new 15" MBP and I've had issues with fan speeds, graphics switching, and the temperatures. No matter what I do, just by having internet browsing using Chrome, my idle temperature ...
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Normal Operating Temperature Range for Aluminum MacBook Pro 15" circa 2012? [closed]

I've searched the web, including AskDifferent, support.apple.com, and Google but cannot find a definitive answer to the question "What is the normal operating temperature range for an aluminum 15" ...
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What are safe CPU temperatures ranges under heavy load in the unibody Macbook Pro?

I noticed that under heavy CPU load, the temperature differences between the CPU and CPU heatsink are very high: picture from iStatPro; 2.0 GHz quad-core i7 (2635QM) Sandy Bridge; Macbook Pro 8.2 ...
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Set MacBook Pro on energy saving mode

I have a 2008 MacBook Pro (last one before the unibody ones) and have been monitoring a the laptop temperatures for almost a day. I used Temperature Monitor to graph the changes in temp and correlate ...
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MacBook Pro GPU Diode over 100 degrees Celsius hot?

I was playing Trine 2 yesterday and checked the inside temperatures with iStat Pro after playing. It showed the GPU Diode at being 107°C hot. Is that bad for the GPU Diode or other components inside ...
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Transporting from home to work (~10 min by car), should I just make my MacBook Pro sleep, or shut it completely down first?

I just got a new MacBook Pro, and is looking at how the power modes work, and according to this article: About Energy Saver sleep and idle modes in Mac OS X, making it sleep by closing the lid (say) ...
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Macbook Pro (Early 2011) running hot with OS X Lion

I recently bought the baseline 13'' Macbook Pro with i5 CPU and Lion preinstalled. I mostly work with Firefox (without Flash), NetBeans IDE and iTerm running and the machine tends to get really hot ...
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How to keep your MacBook Pro cool (unibody)

I'm a developer/system admin/unix guy so I have many IDEs/Editors/Terminals running and I'm also temperature freak... I like it cold, here are a few tips I did to keep my MacBook Pro Unibody under 46 ...
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Way to limit CPU speed to prevent temperature spikes?

I have a 17 inch MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt. Occasionally, it heats up and the fan has to kick on. This happens typically during heavy CPU utilization, but also seemingly randomly when doing ...
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When do the Macbook Pro fans turn on?

As a complement to this question about keeping the Mac cool so the fans don't get triggered: At what temperature does the mac turn on the fans? I know that a high CPU load can cause the fans to go ...