Bootcamp - W7 Early 2011 Macbook

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SATTV

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#236458 3-Jun-2018 19:14

Hi All,

I have just installed Windows 7 on my 2011 Macbook.

My laptop seems to be running hotter and I can hear the fan a lot more than I used to, I could be wrong.

Are there any bootcamp users able to comment.

I have accidentally deleted the OSX partition so I cant boot back into OSX to check what Mac reports.

Any input would be great.

regards

John

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granada29

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#2028066 4-Jun-2018 06:42

Install Macs Fan Control (https://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control). Its available for both Windows and Mac. It will allow to get some idea of whats going on with your fans and temperature sensors.

You probably have a bunch of stuff running in W7 that doesn't need to be there as well, but thats a different set of problems.

RunningMan

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#2028067 4-Jun-2018 06:43

Having noticed a similar thing in the past, it seems Windows does a lot more background processing than OS X. System updates, virus scanning etc are all quite CPU intensive so up the temp, particularly on a laptop.

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#2029357 4-Jun-2018 18:04

Thanks for the replys, interestingly the temp has gone from 95ish degrees running windows 7 to 55-60 deg once upgraded to Windows 10.

Macs fan control is a great little program,

Thanks for the reply's and the sanity check.

John

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