How Do I Change My Cooling Fan Temps?

The cooling fan on your computer helps remove the heat built up by the hardware installed on your system. This keeps the computer from overheating and possibly damaging itself. This is especially important while using a laptop computer due to the tight constraints of the computer case. However, if you want to change the cooling temperature default on your computer you must have a Mac system. Windows-based systems do not allow you to change the fan temperature.

Things You'll Need

• Mac computer

Instructions

1. Click the "System Preferences" icon on the dock. It is usually the third icon from the left and looks like a series of spinning gears.

2. Click the "Fan Control" icon in the "Other" System Preferences. The fan control window opens on the screen.

3. Adjust the lower threshold with the slider bar. This adjusts the temperature at which the fan kicks in. You can also adjust the upper threshold by moving the slider bar.

4. Click the red "x" button in the upper-left corner of the window. This accepts the changes you have made to the cooling fan temperature.

References

• OSX Daily: Control Mac fan speed