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    Macbook Running hot

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by JakeL645, Jan 21, 2011.

  1. JakeL645

    JakeL645 Notebook Consultant

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    Well, my macbook seems to be running hot.

    The fan is running, I know that for sure, and when I use smcfancontrol (i think it is?) I can turn the RPMS up and down ect so there is nothing wrong with the fan. I suspect the problem lies with the OS. The fan doesn't increase in speed when the machine gets hotter and just stays on a constant low speed. It does this with both windows and mac OS's I have installed on my macbook.

    What's the problem?
     
    JakeL645, Jan 21, 2011
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    Was running at around 80 C
     
    JakeL645, Jan 21, 2011
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    beige Notebook Deity

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    there is no problems , macbooks are like that , i think they were tested in Antarctica :D , I live in Egypt and AVG temperatures are are around 35c 96F , so my MBP would normally hit 80 or 90 while doing serious work ( Ableton live ) , the solution is using smc fan control to increase speed while doing heavy work or watching flash videos , i am still waiting for smc to integrate temperatures monitors with fan speed control so i don't need to change the fan speed myself , any way u can choose a higher rpm om smc and forget about it better to lose a fan ( 50$ ) then loosing a board or a graphic card on the long run
     
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    Is it noticeably hot to the point that if it is on my lap for extended periods it will become very apparent?
     
    BigCoolJesus, Jan 21, 2011
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    That's not really indicative of a problem. If the machine is overheating and shutting itself off, then there would be a problem. But it is perfectly normal for the MBP to heat up during intensive operation. Apple does tend to keep the fans at a low RPM to keep the noise down, but this doesn't interfere with the normal functioning of the computer.
     
    Bog, Jan 23, 2011
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