What's your CPU Temperature?

[Gymnut]

I've got this running on my desktop and my CPU temperature seems to fluctuate between 48 C in the early mornings to 59.2 C midday and evening. These computers have built in temperature monitors and are able to use this freeware.

Power Macintosh G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)
Power Macintosh G4 (FW 800)
Power Macintosh G5
PowerBook G4 (12-inch)
PowerBook G4 (15-inch FW800)
PowerBook G4 (17-inch)
XServe
XServe (Slot loading)

http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html

[revenuee]

8 C ... thats right 8 C ... LOL i don't think my hardware supports this software

:D

[Powerbook G5]

1.25 GHz PowerBook G4, 512 megs single DIMM RAM, 5400 RPM HD, Radeon 9600, OS X 10.3.2:

44.8 C

It's been running since I woke it from sleep about 2 hours ago and running off and on all day now.

[Counterfit]

You guys might also want to check out ThermoGraphX (sorry for the lack of link). It keeps a log of up to 250 hours before the current time (not including sleep). I like trying to figure out what I was doing by searching back.

[Gymnut]

Originally posted by revenuee
8 C ... thats right 8 C ... LOL i don't think my hardware supports this software

:D

Lol, what's your computer sitting on? A snow drift? ;)

[revenuee]

Originally posted by Gymnut
Lol, what's your computer sitting on? A snow drift? ;)

i am in Canada

[virividox]

that explains it all

[bannedagain]

Depends on what it is doing but between 70 and 90 degress F, (I don't know the conversion into C.

[Gymnut]

That's one thing about Temperature monitor, it'll measure Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin. 70C-90C would be 21.1F-32.2F.

[revenuee]

Originally posted by Gymnut
That's one thing about Temperature monitor, it'll measure Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin. 70C-90C would be 21.1F-32.2F.

umm you have that backwards ...

[Nermal]

My 1.25 GHz G4 tends to sit at about 30-35°. It can get up to about 40° if I'm doing something intensive like a video encode.

[robbieduncan]

PowerBook 1.25Ghz currently sitting at 38.8C. Under normal usage it doesn't get above 40C but in Final Cut or iDVD it can get to 60C easily.

[bannedagain]

My GeForce2 MX graphics card gets too hot to touch, On warmer days 3D games tend to quit randomly because the card overheats.

[Counterfit]

Whoops, I left my PB unplugged overnight by accident. I was sleeping and COLD when I woke up, 60°F! Right now it's at 132° and climbing...

[Mr. Anderson]

Cool stuff!

Dual 1.25 MDD PM G4

132.4 currently - but we'll see what happens in a bit when I start rendering! :D

D

[markjones05]

58.8 degrees celcius. And i just started it up from sleep and hour ago.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by markjones05
58.8 degrees celcius. And i just started it up from sleep and hour ago.

you shouldn't be putting your machine to sleep - you should be folding! :D

[Mr. Anderson]

Well, its been running for a couple hours and still going, but the temp is only 134.9° F - interesting, eh?

D

[markjones05]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
you shouldn't be putting your machine to sleep - you should be folding! :D

I dont know how... Everytime i ask how on these forums i get a half assed answer that doesnt help me at all. So ive given up.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by markjones05
I dont know how... Everytime i ask how on these forums i get a half assed answer that doesnt help me at all. So ive given up.

its quite simple

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=21908

if you have any questions, just post them in the forum - I can't imagine anyone giving you half-assed answers. I use the terminal and mc68k's scripts. It runs in the background and I never have to worry about it. Just remember we're team 3446 :D

D

[Wes]

59.3°C right now, if I'm doing something intense like 3D or gaming I can get it to about 59.7°C, doesn't fluctuate much.

[sonofslim]

the hottest i've seen mine go is 110°F, maybe 114°. usually runs around 80, plus or minus 5.

[applemacdude]

This computer is based on the 'PowerPC 7450' processor. The CPU manufacturer has disabled the Thermal Assist Unit on this chip, so it is not possible to report temperature information.

A feature check executed by the Mach kernel additionally confirms that this processor is not capable of returning temperature values.

A scan of your hardware indicates that there seems to be no alternative temperature sensor available that can communicate with the operating system.

Unfortunately, your hardware does not support temperature monitoring so this application cannot be used.

[King Cobra]

Originally posted by Gymnut
70C-90C would be 21.1F-32.2F.

My hot chocolate is just about ready ... ? http://www.teenhelp.org/groups/html/emoticons/huh.gif

Mine reads among 28, 32, and (rarely) 36ºC. Metric rules the world! http://www.thetechpub.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_mrgreen.gif

[Counterfit]

Originally posted by sonofslim
the hottest i've seen mine go is 110°F, maybe 114°. usually runs around 80, plus or minus 5. I've gotten my battery hotter than that. Granted, I was playing halo in the can at the time... :D

[Toeknee]

Ive seen mine as low as 64 degrees and as high as 146 (playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein...matter fact any game). Right now its sitting at a "cool" 106.7 degrees. Also depends on the room temp, as the bottom of the comp acts as a HUGE heatsink.

[MoparShaha]

My 12" 1GHz PowerBook runs between 105 and 125 normally. I've seen it get to 143 though (scary!). My FW800 dual 1.25GHz G4 usually sits at about 122.

[slipper]

mines goes up to 67 degrees C, so i guess thats around 160 degrees F? thats playing starcraft in a really really intensive game

[Nermal]

Might be intensive for you, but Starcraft isn't very intensive as far as the CPU's concerned :)

[sonofslim]

my computer used to run even cooler than the aforementioned 80° before i did some upgrading... i was thinking of looking into additional cooling solutions, but i guess i'm not running that hot after all.

[stoid]

Heh, well, this explains why my legs get warm when I put my laptop on my lap! at 60+ C yeah, that's HOT!

[evil]

i cant seem to find my cpu's rectum:confused:

[Powerbook G5]

Just look for anything that says "Microsoft" on it. :D

In order to get the temperature of your CPU, you need to download a program such as temperature monitor (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19994)

[Dippo]

Just for comparison,

My AMD Athlon XP 1600+ overclocked to 1.75Ghz runs at between 35C idle and 60C full load.

I got a massive heatsink and a very loud fan (which sucks). I am about ready to get a nice quiet computer since I have to sleep in the same room as my computer.

[slipper]

Originally posted by Nermal
Might be intensive for you, but Starcraft isn't very intensive as far as the CPU's concerned :) ok why does the CPU only get that hot when i play starcraft? otherwise it get to around 64-65 degrees C in other games

[Chip NoVaMac]

My PB 12" 1ghz with 512mb ram on a iCurve stand just tested at 50.3C

[virividox]

50-60 depending on what im doing

[beefcake]

Originally posted by applemacdude
This computer is based on the 'PowerPC 7450' processor. The CPU manufacturer has disabled the Thermal Assist Unit on this chip, so it is not possible to report temperature information.

A feature check executed by the Mach kernel additionally confirms that this processor is not capable of returning temperature values.

A scan of your hardware indicates that there seems to be no alternative temperature sensor available that can communicate with the operating system.

Unfortunately, your hardware does not support temperature monitoring so this application cannot be used.
I got the same thing :mad:

[Counterfit]

Originally posted by MoparShaha
My 12" 1GHz PowerBook runs between 105 and 125 normally. I've seen it get to 143 though (scary!). My FW800 dual 1.25GHz G4 usually sits at about 122. Scary? I get up to 143°F regularly. Just run Seti@home or just about any FPS game, and it gets very warm.

Hmm, can't seem to upload my pic, Safari and Firebird hang. Well, http://homepage.mac.com/counterfit/pics/temp.jpg

[Dreadnought]

This small app doesn;t work on my g3 B&W. It saus my hardware is the problem or there is something scr*wed in the software (that narrows it down! :D ). Anyway, a while back you could there was a post which gave several commands in Terminal. One was for the heat sensor. Does anyone know which command that was? If I rember correctly from the old days in os 9 my temperature fo my B&W 400 was only 23 degrees celsius idle. 28 at the most with intensive things! Now that's coolness!

[djbahdow01]

Heres what i have for a Dual 2.5GHZ. What does the other Dual 2.5's have??

[JeDiBoYTJ]

Powerbook 15in 1.5ghz, 1gig RAM sitting on an iCurve

feeling the bottom right now, this computer has gotten much hotter than it is now

[Apple Hobo]

This app doesn't seem to work on my G3 CPU. It gives me my hard drive temperature, which is 123.8ºF (51ºC). ThermographX also doesn't work. I used to use an app called ThermoInDock, but it broke with the 10.3.x update. I think my 400 MHz G3 used to get to 100ºF+ under heavy load.

[aswitcher]

My G4 PB gets to 57+ Celsius and I get a bit concerned it might be shortening the machines lifespan. Where can I find the safe zone operating temperatures?

[crazytom]

Dual 1GHz MDD, 2Gig memory, 3 internal hard drives, running Folding 24/7.

Right now it's at 58.6 degrees C (137.5 F). Though, I've modified the fans from spec to reduce noise and I sleep my machine if the room temperature gets too warm---I've seen my machine go up to 64 degrees C.

[cluthz]

My Powerbook is 64°C/147°C, and it has never been any warmer than this.
(I'm running thermograph x every time i'm doing heavy work on it..)
Have done some heavy worksloads the last few hours (compiling)...

The fan is only running on low....
The GPU has reached 82°C/179°F !!!! ouch thats hot...

Now five minuttes after i finished the work the cpu is down to 50°C/121°F, i'm running Mozilla, calculator and itunes (without visualizing) on dual screens.

[homerjward]

my cpu (2.4ghz celeron w/ 400mhz fsb) is currently 66C and all ive done is woken it up from sleep and then browsed mr for about 5min. it's running on batteries and it seems to run cooler that way...im running a norton av scan so i'll check the temp after that

[Mord]

my dual cube got up to 80 degree's c once when a copper plate had very bad contact with the die.

now it idles at 30 degree's and peaks at 40 :P

[Mechcozmo]

I see 40C to 55C. Sometimes, 60C if I do rendering, etc. Now, who is talking about 12" PowerBooks being "hotter" than the 15" and 17" ones? I might add a screen shot later....doing important stuff right now...

[Abstract]

i am in Canada

So? Its not THAT cold in Canada! :p

Mine runs at 41.8C. And yes, metric DOES rule the world.

[d-fi]

Temperature on my 1Ghz rev B Powerbook is sitting steady at 50.5 C computer has been on for awhile but i imagine that is fairly standard :)

[Bob Dobbs]

Dual 1.8 G5

seems to always be at least 140F on each proc... Proc A is always hotter.

After a few hours of folding or FCP render highest so far is 147F

what is considered safe?

[5300cs]

X Resource Graph (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10220) is a good app, too. It's the one I use the most.

[abc123]

12inch rev c powerbook - 48.5 C. that's about average for me.

[daveL]

Wow. I have a dual 2.5 GHz G5 and I run around 86 C on both cpus. The fans are mellow. I fold *all* the time. I hear the high end of the original 130nm 970 temperature range is actually the lower range of the 970FX. I've been running this way for 6+ weeks. I consider folding a great burn-in; if it hasn't failed by now, it probably won't.

[iSwitch]

My ibook heats at 41.5C +/- on average.

[Muskie]

I constantly run at about 133F I haven't checked while gaming or rendering large files in Photoshop or Illustrator though. That may be interesting.

[Zaty]

My Rev. B 12" PB usually runs at around 49C (on AC), it gets up to 63C when doing CPU intensive tasks.

[jasonar]

My 15" PowerBook 1.5GHZ 1GB RAM is running at about 50.2C.

[Lucky8]

Dual 1.8 G5

seems to always be at least 140F on each proc... Proc A is always hotter.

After a few hours of folding or FCP render highest so far is 147F

what is considered safe?
Dual 1.8 G5
I've seen as high as 168 degrees Farenheit.
Proc A alsp always hotter tahn B.

[dsharits]

Dual 1GHz MDD, 2Gig memory, 3 internal hard drives, running Folding 24/7.

Right now it's at 58.6 degrees C (137.5 F). Though, I've modified the fans from spec to reduce noise and I sleep my machine if the room temperature gets too warm---I've seen my machine go up to 64 degrees C.
Mine is always around the same temperature when I'm working it hard (video editing, Garageband, etc.). Normal use, it's usually average 132 F.

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

My iBook typically runs at about 50ºC (122ºF), but at the moment, whilst ripping Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams :D, it goes beyond 66ºC (151ºF) at which point the fan kicks in (which also happens on the rare occasion when I play a game specially Classic games).

[CubaTBird]

hrm...