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    white macbook overheating

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ipam45, Aug 5, 2009.

  1. ipam45

    ipam45 Notebook Geek

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    hey guys

    i have had a problem with my white macbook overheating. now the fans startsup even when i watch youtube videos and the CPU and GPU area feels very hot. any idea to make it cooler.

    and i have reapplied arctic silver on my gpu and cpu and made sure that they are in touch and working properly.
     
    ipam45, Aug 5, 2009
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  2. mr__bean

    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    was the over heating issue befor or after applying the thermal paste?

    if you have added too little or too much this can make problems worse
     
    mr__bean, Aug 5, 2009
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  3. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    Is this an Intel based macbook, or the new nvidia one?
     
    talin, Aug 5, 2009
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