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Nero9171
Jan 22, 2009, 08:44 PM
I am getting temps this high, and even higher, with my fans set at 4000-6000 RPM. I am doing web browsing only (I am afraid to do any more right now) , and the fans aren't being blocked. I have never had any of my Macs run this high before. Should I take it into Apple?


WPB2
Jan 22, 2009, 08:46 PM
I am getting temps this high, and even higher, with my fans set at 4000-6000 RPM. I am doing web browsing only (I am afraid to do any more right now) , and the fans aren't being blocked. I have never had any of my Macs run this high before. Should I take it into Apple?

Hell yeah, bring it back to apple. I never have that prob. I use the hell out of my Alu MB 2.4, and never need to have the fans spin up/ temp up that much.
Nero9171
Jan 22, 2009, 08:49 PM
I use it about 5-6 hours per day since the day I got it (launch). I took it off the table, set the fans to max, and let it cool off, and the absolute lowest I can get to is 60C. Something is messed up.


I've never needed to take a computer into Apple, so I have a few questions.

Do I need to bring the receipt?

Do I need to put the stock hard drive back in?

Do I need to put the stock ram back in?
Mikey B
Jan 22, 2009, 08:51 PM
It definitely sounds like you should take it in to the Genius Bar.

I would recommend putting the stock RAM back in.
NewMacbookPlz
Jan 22, 2009, 09:50 PM
I use it about 5-6 hours per day since the day I got it (launch). I took it off the table, set the fans to max, and let it cool off, and the absolute lowest I can get to is 60C. Something is messed up.


I've never needed to take a computer into Apple, so I have a few questions.

Do I need to bring the receipt?

Do I need to put the stock hard drive back in?

Do I need to put the stock ram back in?

I don't think you need to do any of those three things, actually. As for the temps, sounds like bad thermal paste on the CPU's heatsink
Nero9171
Jan 22, 2009, 11:11 PM
If it is the thermal paste, would they have to ship it out, or would they give me a replacement? I doubt that they are going to apply new thermal paste in the store.


Edit: Thanks for the help.

Edit #2: I'm now staying at a steady 75-80 on table top, fans at default, running only Safari with one tab open. Hooray for my closest Apple store being an hour away :(