Optibay

Tbid · 23 Apr 2012 at 20:05

Hi, I have a late '11 MBP 13' the slightly uprated model that comes standard with the 750gb HDD

I've recently removed the optical drive and replaced it with a 256gb Cruicial SSD.

The fan now seems to be on full chat more often than not, can anyone explain why it'd be doing this/possible fixes?

Many thanks.

bloodiedathame · 23 Apr 2012 at 20:41

I'd imagine that the Optical drive when not in use didn't produce much heat. Now you've stuck an SSD in, you've got more heat. I'd imagine that it just the extra heat from the SSD that sets the fan off rather than something wrong.

allosunshine · 24 Apr 2012 at 23:45

I never had that when I had the optibay in mine but I had the SSD in the main HDD compartment and the HDD in the optibay.

PaulyD · 25 Apr 2012 at 10:03

Never had that myself and I had the original HDD in the normal slot and SSD in the opti

fez · 25 Apr 2012 at 10:30

I find that it does run a bit hotter with 2 drives in there which does kick the fans in a lot. Mainly happens when its on my lap cooking my balls.