Left fan stuck at high speed
I spilled a little water on the keyboard and immediately dried it out. The laptop functioned perfectly fine after. I was worried that there could be some water deep inside so, a couple days later, I removed the logic board to clean underneath it. There was not any water there. I used canned air to clean out dust, and a hairdryer to make sure there was no water. After reassembling, the left fan has been stuck at full speed whenever the computer is running. I did not remove the fan during this cleaning.
I am using iStat Menus. The thermal sensors appear to be fine.
I am able to use iStat Menus to set the fan speed for the right fan but the left does not respond to the controls.
I tried resetting the SMC and PRAM. I ran an Apple Diagnostics and it said there may be a problem with the fan. I installed a replacement fan and the problem still persists.
What can I do to get the fan under control? Could the heat from the hair dryer have damaged the fan connector or its circuit?
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crwdns2944067:06crwdne2944067:0
@tbertin Hello! I have same problem on my MBP 15’ 2017. How did you solve this problem?
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Malik Yantizhanov crwdne2934271:0
Hello! I have the exact same problem. The left fan stuck at 6500rpm and the right fan is fine. The left fan is also not manually controllable by the Fan control software like TF Pro. How did you solve the problem? Thank you.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 David crwdne2934271:0
Did you ever get it repaired or looked at by a company that does component level repair?
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Justin crwdne2934271:0
I did not fix it. It likely needed component level repair which was not worth the cost to me.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Tristan Bertin crwdne2934271:0
has anyone solved this issue ? my A1707 has the same issue after the battery is replaced.
By the way, can I just use it with one fan spinning at full speed all the time ?
I just want to use this macbook for one more year, and then I will get a new one.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 YuSh Lo crwdne2934271:0
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