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MacBook temperatures :|

January 5th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

My aluminum MacBook reaches extremely hot temperatures and the summer is still to come. :|

All the temperature were measured by iStat pro. In normal CPU usage I get 60ºC CPU temperature, but when I turn on my virtual machine the CPU temperature can go up to 84ºC and the processor thermal specification is 90ºC! :o

Above there is a list of CPU temperatures and respectively fan exhaust rpm:

thermometer84ºC – 3265rpm
80ºC – 2427rpm
78ºC – 2004rpm
40ºC – 2000rpm

There is another list of the max and min temperatures achieved by all components:

HardDisk : 33ºC – 17ºC
CPU A : 84ºC – 32ºC
Enclosure Base : 30ºC – 17ºC
Enclosure Base 2 : 30ºC – 17ºC
Enclosure Base 3 : 30ºC – 17ºC
Heatsink A : 72ºC – 30ºC
Heatsink B : 60ºC – 25ºC
Northbridge 1 : 55ºC – 26ºC

I already report it in Apple Discussions, but still no official answer. Is it supposed to be normal?

UPDATE: I found a application (smcFanControl) that allows to control the fan rpm, so I increase the fan rpm and the macbook temperatures decrease significantly :)

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  1. January 5th, 2009 at 21:03 | #1

    Pois, tenho um como o teu e está sempre bem fresco…

    Este ultimo update do leopard é que não lhe fez nada bem…

  2. September 25th, 2009 at 21:56 | #2

    O meu aquece bastante, acho que é do material. É normal que um portátil de “plástico” não aquecer tanto. No entanto confesso-me leiga nestas coisas, posso até estar a dizer um grande disparate. :P

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