Comments on: Fix for constantly running fan after 10.3.8 update

By: David

David — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:04:25 +0000

I have tried several times, but I can't get the fan to stop running.

I am not sure if I got the right file. I have the MacOSXUpdate10.2.8.dmg file.

I am not sure if I am copying the file correctly, from the desktop to the system/library/extensions folder. I am opening two windows of finder and moving the file from the desktop to the system/library/extensions folder. It tells me it can't copy over, I press authenicate, and says it copies, then I ran disk utility and the permissions repair, restart, and I still have a fan running away like mad.

I hope you can help me. I have a 867 15" Powerbook G4, I love this dude, but he really noisy now. I am running. 10.4.8. 1 gig ram.

By: Bondi_dan

Bondi_dan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:57:19 +0000

This is a fantastic fix and IT WORKS ! Thanks so much the fan noise has been driving me nuts.

I have a PowerBook 867 running 10.4.11.

Make sure you extract the file from the 10.2.8 image to your desktop as the first step or it wont work.

Thanks again, you have made me happy

Dan

By: bart

bart — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:43:59 +0000

From an unknown source i can confirm that the hack also works in the current Leopard beta.

By: evgeni

evgeni — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:00:04 +0000

Thanks Jacken! Works like charm on my 12″ PB 1.5gHz! Keep up the good work. Regards, E.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 05:18:43 +0000

I have the newest version of the 12″ PowerBook (1.5 Ghz) and I can’t seem to get this hack to work on my computer. Do you know of anyone who has gotten this to work on the newest (Rev. D) version of the PowerBook?

By: Jacken

Jacken — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 08:09:42 +0000

You’ll find the AppleADM103.kext in the folder /System/Library/Extensions

By: Jacken

Jacken — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 08:08:34 +0000

I’ve done this change with Tiger 10.4, and it seems to work.

By: John

John — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 07:46:12 +0000

Anyway to get this working in 10.4. I’ve searched for the AppleADM10xx.kext file and I can’t find it. Any hints??

By: wayne

wayne — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:45:35 +0000

Wow, that fix of the 0.2.8 AppleADM103x.kext in my Panther did even more than fix the fan running. It actually made two more improvements. First it actually made the laptop cooler, since the fan motor isn’t heating up as much. But the most significant improvement was the greatly increased batter life (maybe 30 – 50% improvment, since i’m not wasting power by continuously running the fan. What was Apple thinking with that change? THANKS!!!!

By: bart

bart — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:09:11 +0000

Thanks! It’s quite nasty of Apple, but anyway, your trick works perfectly! I’m very happy to be fan-less again