Why the fan on my macbook pro continue to run at a fast pace for long periods?

The MacBook Pro mid-2010

OS X El Capitan, 10.11.3 version

Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 duo

Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 320 M 256 MB

163 GB available

iWorks ' 09 has been upgraded to the latest versions

No new upgrade is available for the system.

My Question: Why the fan on my macbook pro continues to run at a fast pace for long periods?

I guess that the fan runs constantly, because the CPU is working at a high rate. I rebooted several times but without any resolution systems. At the bottom of the computer is very hot at times so place the laptop on an object that allows good air circulation. This problem occurs intermittently every few weeks or more. I wonder if it is downloading an important upgrade, do a scan of viruses, or by working as a bot. Lights for hours. Currently, I estimate that it has worked rapidly to possible 6 hours. Thank you.

It will usually be to dissipate internal heat from running resource intensive applications.

Download and install a temperature/speed control application.

Open the activity monitor all THE PROCESSES and CPU to display values between high and low.

When the fan speeds up, post pictures of both for review.

Also run Apple Hardware Test:

https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT201257

Note that an error free AHT is inconclusive.

Ciao.

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