Boot Camp CPU temperature very high

[AppleFan22]

You popped the cherry on your macbook and installed windows don't expect it to return to original state and don't expect cooling in retina macbook pros thats a rule of thumb apparently.

I don't have a retina Mac, and I've had Windows installed and removed many times before with no problems like this.

 

[AppleFan22]

If you're browsing and doing nothing try Balanced in power options. I found this worked best for me.


May or may not apply to you:
Open up Task Manager while the computer is idle. In the CPU tab/graph is there a constant 5-10% usage while idle? If so, simply put the computer to sleep (close the lid) and then wake it up

It's been awake and asleep many times, with temp. still high...

 

[AppleFan22]

2000Rpm is pretty much the standard idle speed. I think I may have seen them go as slow as 1800 before but at 2000RPM it should be almost silent. When the CPU/GPU is on max load it should spin upwards of 5000RPM. Now 75C or 167F is pretty hot, these chips should be able to withstand at least 95C or 203F. The part the is concerning is while 75C is definitely ok for the CPU the fans should be spinning faster than 2000RPM at that temp. You they should be somewhere between 3 to 4k, and making a little noise. If they are not spinning up that high their maybe either a driver or controller issue. I would boot into Mac and run something CPU intensive and see if they fans don't speed up more around that temp. If they seem to work better under the Mac OS you may have an issue with a driver in windows. I would also look into the program TimeAgentGamer listed above.

I installed the Macs Fan Control stuff, and it works a treat. You seem to know a lot about the fans and stuff in a MacBook, is it okay to keep the fans running at max (~6,000 RPM) for a few hours on end? Or could this damage them?

 

[Cuniac]

I installed the Macs Fan Control stuff, and it works a treat. You seem to know a lot about the fans and stuff in a MacBook, is it okay to keep the fans running at max (~6,000 RPM) for a few hours on end? Or could this damage them?

Well as with anything running at max it dose put more strain on them and "Could" shorten their life. However, fans are cheep. They are designed to run that way, and if they do happen to go out they are not expensive at all to replace. Its one of the only things Apple can just replace without having to swap the whole machine anymore. I would not worry about it at all.

 

[AppleFan22]

Well as with anything running at max it dose put more strain on them and "Could" shorten their life. However, fans are cheep. They are designed to run that way, and if they do happen to go out they are not expensive at all to replace. Its one of the only things Apple can just replace without having to swap the whole machine anymore. I would not worry about it at all.

Awesome. I'm likely to get a new Mac soon anyway, so it might be fun to just mess it up!