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15" MBP Consistently Running Hot after Lion Install...
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Nope, it's not that. The indexing was done a few hours ago when I'd first installed lion.
I've heard restarting the machine may help, but you've probably tried that, yeah?
Yep. As I keep using it though it seems to be rectifying itself. After a couple of restarts it's been getting better each time. Odd...
Mine seems to be running fine now. Try going through all your apps and updating each one, and quit processes that thrash your CPU and HD. Is your MBP still indexing by any chance? If it is, then that is most likely the cause.
Not near my Mac right now, but it's definitely done indexing, I checked for that earlier this morning. I'll update all my apps later tonight, and report back if there's any improvement.
Honestly, I thought part of the issue was the new update to Safari, since there's two separate processes now for that application. That and kernel_task eating a high (300-400) amount of RAM.
when i watch live web porn shows it usualy runs warm, butwith lion, it runs hot now. it seems to kick in the discrete graphics card more :s
My 2009 17'' macbook pro i really heating things up after upgrading to Lion.
Indexing is all done and no cpu intensive tasks are running, just typing this, temperature is about 60 C (140 F).
If i open Lightroom and import say 250 images and then render 1:1 previews the temperature will rise to 105-110 C (221-230 F) and stay there until the rendering is done (10-15 min). Fans spin at 5700 rpm.
I hav never seen this before with snow leopard where temperatures stayed around 90 C no matter what.
I'm really thinking about reverting back.
Indexing is all done and no cpu intensive tasks are running, just typing this, temperature is about 60 C (140 F).
If i open Lightroom and import say 250 images and then render 1:1 previews the temperature will rise to 105-110 C (221-230 F) and stay there until the rendering is done (10-15 min). Fans spin at 5700 rpm.
I hav never seen this before with snow leopard where temperatures stayed around 90 C no matter what.
I'm really thinking about reverting back.
I'm getting the same issues as well. On SL, it would stay relatively cool (about 40-45C) with integrated graphics on my 2011 15" MBP but since I updated to Lion, it's constantly in 65-75C and spiking as high as 92C. Thinking of doing a clean install because I had also killed my friend's WiFi network when joining. Might wait it out for 10.7.1, though. Too many choices. Plus reinstalling is a pain.
I have a mid-2009 15" as well and it ran hot (90-100C) for a while after upgrading to lion as well and then spontaneously returned to normal. I'm pretty sure it was just indexing. I really wouldn't worry about it unless its shutting itself off.
It's not indexing or doing anything else that i can see in the activity monitor.
Maby clean install will fix it but then again snow leopard was not so bad.
Maby clean install will fix it but then again snow leopard was not so bad.
I'm having the same issue - I installed Lion yesterday and have had consistently hotter temps and higher fan speeds since. There aren't any consistant processes causing a problem, so I can't account for it. There does seem to be more disk activity than usual (i run istat menus), but indexing is done.
For instance right now I'm sitting here with 4 programs open - maybe 10 tabs in Chrome, an email client, a word processor, and activity monitor. The fan is very audible, by disk activity keeps spiking, though CPU activity is very low. The bar above the keyboard is veerrrrryyyy hot to the touch.
For instance right now I'm sitting here with 4 programs open - maybe 10 tabs in Chrome, an email client, a word processor, and activity monitor. The fan is very audible, by disk activity keeps spiking, though CPU activity is very low. The bar above the keyboard is veerrrrryyyy hot to the touch.
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Same problem here, normaly had 38c, now running 60c idle. Thats a big boost, and nothing using my cpu.
Same problem here, normaly had 38c, now running 60c idle. Thats a big boost, and nothing using my cpu.
I've seen no temperature increase or decrease using Snow Leopard or Lion. Both have been quite consistent with me.
You are not supposed to use macbook on your lap !!
My Macbook pro goes up to 80 C' degree with safari + Word.
Is it a normal temperature ?
I went to Genius Bar saying It is too hot and I can't put it on my lap.
Can you guess what they said ?
Genius : " Macbook Pro is not a laptop. It is a portable computer. So, you are not supposed to use it on your lap "
OMG !! In apple homepage, You can see the picture people using macbook pro on her lap. !!
My Macbook pro goes up to 80 C' degree with safari + Word.
Is it a normal temperature ?
I went to Genius Bar saying It is too hot and I can't put it on my lap.
Can you guess what they said ?
Genius : " Macbook Pro is not a laptop. It is a portable computer. So, you are not supposed to use it on your lap "
OMG !! In apple homepage, You can see the picture people using macbook pro on her lap. !!
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Seriously just had a good laugh over this. Mainly because my friend, an Apple Genius bar guy, told me the exact same thing. And said they are trained to say those exact words
Ive also noticed a slight increase in temp, with Lion, on my 2011 15" MBP. But it's only unbearable when using PhotoShop.