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    Macbook Pro 13.3 inch Heating Issues

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by satan194p, Sep 29, 2011.

  1. satan194p

    satan194p Notebook Guru

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    One of my friend purchased Macbook pro 13.3 inch for 61.5k after getting 12% student discount.
    Specs:-
    i5 2415
    4GB DDR3 RAM
    Intel HD Graphics

    I must say that laptop is fabulous and totally deserve price tag but I think its facing some heating issues. Laptop runs quite hot as compared to my old C2D of vostro 1510(Core temp in HW nmonitor)

    I installed win7 in it for playing dirt 2. I installed Input remapper and bumpend fan speed to full( I think 6200RPM). I kept HW monitor in the backgrond.
    Initially gameplay was smooth but then there was serious drop in FPS. I am pretty sure that it was throttling.
    HW monitor showed as max core temp to be 95-96 and Package temp to be 100.
    Laptop was kept on a cooling pad and there was sufficient space for heat to escape from back of hinge. Room temp was 29c.

    So I wanted to ask that are 2nd gen i5 that hot? or This macbook is facing some heating issues?
    I checked review on notebookcheck.net and there also they mentioned that during gaming they faced throttling issues.
     
    satan194p, Sep 29, 2011
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    My experience with Macbooks is that it takes a while for the fans to spin up. It'll hit 95C+, but with in a minute the fan will spin up and it will stay around 85C.

    Try running the game in Windowed mode, and keep HWMonitor up.
     
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  3. satan194p

    satan194p Notebook Guru

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    I know that it takes a while for fan to kick in, that's why I bumped fan speed to full via input remapper.
    It's hitting 95-96 with dirt 2 and it stays 90+
     
    satan194p, Sep 29, 2011
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    Nick Professor Carnista

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    I wouldn't worry about it, since it's under warranty.
     
    Nick, Sep 29, 2011
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    Lubbos fan control is usually more preferred in Windows. Input Remapper is very old... has it even been updated to see newer models correctly?

    If your Maxing out the machine, I'm not surprised it'll sit around 90 when the fans are full speed. I always spin fans up manually first if I know its going to get hot. I noticed on my 17" that if I force it to use the HD 3000 and play a game maxed out, it actually runs a few degrees hotter than doing the same thing with the Radeon instead. Guess cooling for the GPU is better than the extra core going in the CPU for the graphics.
     
    doh123, Sep 30, 2011
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  6. satan194p

    satan194p Notebook Guru

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    I am actually not worried about heat but its throttling which is giving me a headache. FPS in dirt 2 was fluctuating which is an indication of throttling.
     
    satan194p, Sep 30, 2011
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    try throttlestop (google)
     
    Mobius 1, Sep 30, 2011
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    AppleUsr Notebook Deity

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    they do run warm but from what ive read its within spec and not hurt the machine.
     
    AppleUsr, Sep 30, 2011
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  9. satan194p

    satan194p Notebook Guru

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    Thanks. Will check that
     
    satan194p, Oct 2, 2011
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