2011 MBP with GPU-Fix Ableton 9/10 weird Thermal Issues

[JX3P]

Guten Abend!

A temperature issue to all DAW (here Ableton) users with a MBP2011early / 15in with a broken AMD GPU. The dGPU is switched off and only the integrated Intel GPU is used but it seems like that certain Applications still use the dGPU and make the machine overheat.

Escpecially after I've upgraded to Sierra I have a problem with the temperature of my GPU & CPU while using Ableton Live 9 or 10. After a few minutes the GPU diode shows 126 C and the CPU rises to 80-94 C (iStat). This seems arbitrary, but I think that it mainly kicks in when using vsts and stays at that 126 C peak even after you turn off/kill the vsts.

Do you have any ideas how to solve that?



Thanks in advance

 

[Sanpete]

Have you looked at this thread?

Permanently Disable 2011 15"/17" MacBook Pro Dedicated GPU - gMux IC Bypass

UPDATE: The solution detailed below is more or less out of date at this point, as I have recently developed a custom gMux IC firmware that not only permanently disables the AMD GPU, but also retains full native software-controlled display backlight brightness. Documentation explaining the...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[satcomer]

With such and old system then consider opening up devices and clean the dust out them to start! That should help!

 

[JX3P]

With such and old system then consider opening up devices and clean the dust out them to start! That should help!

That´s not doing the trick, unfortunately. There is a gmux hardware fix but no one to provide expertice where I live + covid. I was thinking maybe someone else got this issue and found a software solution.

Thanks

 

[JX3P]

Have you looked at this thread?

Permanently Disable 2011 15"/17" MacBook Pro Dedicated GPU - gMux IC Bypass

UPDATE: The solution detailed below is more or less out of date at this point, as I have recently developed a custom gMux IC firmware that not only permanently disables the AMD GPU, but also retains full native software-controlled display backlight brightness. Documentation explaining the...

forums.macrumors.com

Yes but there is no one to provide expertice where I live + covid problems. I was thinking maybe someone else got this issue and found a software solution.

Thanks