work is painfully noisy lately
MacBook Pro sounds like it's dying from willotoons and Vimeo.
Watching the video clip above will give you a small window into the agonizing sound my MacBook Pro has been making this last month. It finally got so bad here recently that about twice a day I was having to put it to sleep just to put it out of it's misery (and mine). Most times, however, it would either get so caught up trying to fight its way to sleep (screen going black, not quite sleeping, fan still whirring, computer not responding) that I just had to hard shut it down. Often even if it did finally go to sleep, upon waking up again it would start right back at it. ug. So annoying!
Now that I'm a master at it (because it's no longer happening 2x/day, it's practically all day), and sadly somehow getting slightly used to this horrific sound (kinda like listening to a baby scream & cry, knowing you just have to let it wail), I've realized if I can wait it out ~20 minutes it will finally go to sleep. Most importantly I don't have to hard shut it down, potentially losing wherever I was at in my workflow. Today's method was with a bag of frozen peas underneath. Clever, eh? (Actually it's a bag of frozen Soycutash, which is just about the best name evar.)
Anyway, agony aside, luckily I still have my Powerbook lying around to work on when it gets out of control, so it's not stopping productivity all together. Oh, and for those of you wondering wtf, turns out my right fan is totally dead, and therefore my left fan is on overdrive (freak out city) trying to pick up the slack. Unnecessarily so, I might add. Mr. Left fan needs to chill the f* out, but it takes pride in it's job apparently and like the Mother who dashes the flour on her forehead for affect, he's lettin' me know he's working his ass off to get the job done. So dramatic!
Also, you, my fan & myself will be happy to know, I do have a solution on the way. I've ordered a new fan & my friend Joe (aka Mac Genius for yours truly) will be putting it in after it arrives. I hope it does the trick! I'm really tired of listening to this horrible noise.
