Heat issue on 15" rMBP late 2013

[cyberc]

Hi

I've just traded into a 5 month old rMBP late 2013. The Machine is running fine, but sometimes it gets hot on the sides with the loudspeakers and above the keyboard and on the backside.


I have currently only used it for browsning and Time Machine backup(USB 3). I have used "Temperature Gauge Pro" and the temperature is somewhere between 55-65 C when its hot cpu wise. I can force the fans to start and bring down the temperature, but it shouldn't be necessary to to do that

On my previous MBA mid 2013, the machine didn't get anything near hot.

Is this normal? or should I bring it in for service?

regards Michal

 

[GhettoMrBob]

Hi

I've just traded into a 5 month old rMBP late 2013. The Machine is running fine, but sometimes it gets hot on the sides with the loudspeakers and above the keyboard and on the backside.


I have currently only used it for browsning and Time Machine backup(USB 3). I have used "Temperature Gauge Pro" and the temperature is somewhere between 55-65 C when its hot cpu wise. I can force the fans to start and bring down the temperature, but it shouldn't be necessary to to do that

On my previous MBA mid 2013, the machine didn't get anything near hot.

Is this normal? or should I bring it in for service?

regards Michal

Discrete or integrated graphics?

 

[cyberc]

Hi

the machine has the: Intel Iris Pro Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M installed.

/Michal

 

[GhettoMrBob]

Hi

the machine has the: Intel Iris Pro Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M installed.

/Michal

Sometimes that discrete graphics can get fired up simply by web browsing. Check out an app called gfxcardstatus...it'll allow you to force only the iris pro to be used (easily switchable via menu bar icon). That'll save power and heat. Give it a shot and see if that doesn't help out.

 

[cyberc]

thanks i'll try that.

/Michal

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Bummer it don't work, I get this error "Can'tSwitchtointegratedonlysingular, pluginprocess"

other suggestions?

/Michal

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on their webpage, the requirements says macbook pro 2008-2012, mine is a 2013, maybe its not supported.

/Michal

 

[Freyqq]

thanks i'll try that.

/Michal

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Bummer it don't work, I get this error "Can'tSwitchtointegratedonlysingular, pluginprocess"

other suggestions?

/Michal

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on their webpage, the requirements says macbook pro 2008-2012, mine is a 2013, maybe its not supported.

/Michal

You have to switch before you start using the dgpu. Close all programs and then give it a try.

 

[cyberc]

You have to switch before you start using the dgpu. Close all programs and then give it a try.

Thanks that worked.

/Michal

 

[Yakibomb]

You should get that checked out though, from my experience heat should not be too much of an issue in those areas

 

[cyberc]

You should get that checked out though, from my experience heat should not be too much of an issue in those areas

thanks, where should or could I expect to feel the heat?

/Michal

 

[Yakibomb]

thanks, where should or could I expect to feel the heat?

/Michal

Well mine have only ever heated up on their undersides, never the speakers or above the keyboard

 

[snaky69]

Hi

I've just traded into a 5 month old rMBP late 2013. The Machine is running fine, but sometimes it gets hot on the sides with the loudspeakers and above the keyboard and on the backside.


I have currently only used it for browsning and Time Machine backup(USB 3). I have used "Temperature Gauge Pro" and the temperature is somewhere between 55-65 C when its hot cpu wise. I can force the fans to start and bring down the temperature, but it shouldn't be necessary to to do that

On my previous MBA mid 2013, the machine didn't get anything near hot.

Is this normal? or should I bring it in for service?

regards Michal

At 65C a mobile CPU is barely loosening up(read: 65C is merely "warm" for a mobile i7, until you reach 95+, it's not running hot). They can reach temps of up to 105C without sustaining damage. You don't need to monitor temps, nor do you need to adjust fan speeds.

Let your Mac take care of itself. It was programmed to do so.

 

[Yakibomb]

At 65C a mobile CPU is barely loosening up(read: 65C is merely "warm" for a mobile i7, until you reach 95+, it's not running hot). They can reach temps of up to 105C without sustaining damage. You don't need to monitor temps, nor do you need to adjust fan speeds.

Let your Mac take care of itself. It was programmed to do so.

Although those temps aren't anything worrying at all, the heat is something i'm not to comfortable with. My rMBP late 2013 reaches around 85 before I can feel any considerable heat from it, anything bellow 80 and its just icy cold