iMac too hot for its own good.

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macgeek77

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Jul 5, 2007

• #1

I have downloaded iStat Pro and I come to find that my temps seem high. Can I have some feedback on these temperatures? Thanks!

 

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maccam

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 5, 2007

• #2

Hmm... Thats fine. My iBook will run at 140º F under a load, so I think your alright.

 

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alecmcmahon

macrumors regular

• Jul 5, 2007

• #3

right now my cpu is at 43 degrees F.... on a 20 Imac

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Jul 5, 2007

• #4

They're normal temperatures. I'd have thought 43°F would be far too low for the CPU unless the machine has just been started.

 

Big-TDI-Guy

macrumors 68030

• Jul 5, 2007

• #5

43F on an Imac?

Where the (#*$ do you live???

When was the last time you paid your heating bill?

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Jul 5, 2007

• #6

I've gotten ~40 °F off of my iMac G5. Then again I did spend that winter in a room without any insulation. Ugh...🙁

 

DoFoT9

macrumors P6

• Jul 5, 2007

• #7

Eidorian said:

I've gotten ~40 °F off of my iMac G5. Then again I did spend that winter in a room without any insulation. Ugh...🙁

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there is NOWAY it could be 4°C... no way. that is 4 degrees off freezing.... i dont beleive you

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Jul 5, 2007

• #8

DoFoT9 said:

there is NOWAY it could be 4°C... no way. that is 4 degrees off freezing.... i dont beleive you

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I'm not at home so (holiday) so give me a few days to get the iStat Pro screenshot from that day.

 

DoFoT9

macrumors P6

• Jul 5, 2007

• #9

Eidorian said:

I'm not at home so (holiday) so give me a few days to get the iStat Pro screenshot from that day.

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hahaha ok ur on!!

 

iBookG4user

macrumors 604

• Jul 5, 2007

• #10

Those temperatures are not bad at all, under load my MacBook Pro will easily get around 170F.

 

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sparkyms

macrumors 65816

• Jul 6, 2007

• #11

My CPU is currently running at 43 degree's C which I think is 109.

 

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alecmcmahon

macrumors regular

• Jul 6, 2007

• #12

maybe it was celsius, which would me my current temp about what? 94? 91?


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DoFoT9

macrumors P6

• Jul 6, 2007

• #13

yup 94ish... that is still really cold by mbp terms! mine refuses to go below about 45.

P.S. blank out ur IP or get rid of the fhoto, for ur safety!

 

iCliché

macrumors newbie

• Jul 8, 2007

• #14

maccam said:

Hmm... Thats fine. My iBook will run at 140º F under a load, so I think your alright.

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iBook's are crazy hot. I can't touch my palmrest now, so it's quite awkward typing this 🙄.

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Jul 11, 2007

• #15

I've used quite a few iBooks in my time and despite their use of the keyboard to dissipate heat, I've never felt they were overly warm. I hope nothing's wrong with yours. 🙂

 

DoFoT9

macrumors P6

• Jul 11, 2007

• #16

yeap my dads ibook doesnt have any problems with heat either. its quite often running some pretty intensive tasks and it seems to be fine.

 

maccam

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 12, 2007

• #17

The heat doesn't bug me at all. And the coolest I've had is 73º, and the most cheating coolest I've had was 27º 😀

 

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allisonv7

macrumors 6502

• Jul 18, 2007

• #18

I don't think those look too bad, I had a similar problem but mine was a bit more extreme as the computer would go to sleep after about half an hour from the high temps.

Usually when I awoke it from sleep the temp would be around 120-130F but would quickly get up to the 150s and then sleep when it hit 164. It would be pretty much unusable until I let it cool down for a few hours. The Applecare tech said it could have been just that the sensors were off. My logic board was replaced 6 weeks ago and I guess sometimes they can "bump" something which causes the computer to think it's overheating when it's really not.

I wasn't about to go in for another (this would be No. 6 for various problems) trip to the genius bar and luckily they agreed and I'm currently awaiting my new machine

Here was my original post on it:: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/329383/


allison.