mac temp
Today, August 6th, 2011, in Basra, Iraq, with my temp set on 68 F/ 20 C on my air conditioner in my room. But, since I live in a metal can over here. The Air Conditioner was not directly on my Computer, but blew air upwards. Outside it's around 120 F/ 49 C I wanted to convert some videos from AVI to mp4. So, I used Wondershare converter and converted 65 videos Sequentially. It's a slow and cpu intensive process and causes my cpu to get really hot. But, it works just perfect to convert the videos for me.
Here's the data:
15" 2007 MacBookPro3,1 / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / Nvidia GeForce 8600 / 6 GB Ram OWC / 500 GB Seagate SSD Hybrid / *Right Fan is inop, awaiting replacement. / * Griffin Elevator Laptop Stand / SMC Fan Control set to 4600 RPM (Left Fan Only)
Time Elapsed: 5 hours 22 Minutes
Here is the hottest that it got in that whole period:
I decided that I wanted to watch some videos that has heavy flash usage, at www.Stratfor.com. I continued to watch videos, and go about my normal business. My computer never turned off because it was too hot, which is what I was going for. It was hot to touch, but, that's what the aluminum is for. As long as the air was allowed to flow freely around the laptop, the aluminum did it's job and cooled the cpu through heat transfer. I was really trying hard to get it to get so hot that it would turn off. But, it never did. Nor has it ever turned off on me since 2007 when I bought it. Oh, and my sister called me on Skype, and we did a video chat. Although, the 4500 RPM Left fan only running, made a static noise she mentioned. Just to test it the beast further, I even opened up Google Earth, zoomed in a little bit so the entire globe was in the window.... Then I spun the globe so it would continue to spin forever. Yeah, I did it. I began to wonder, how many programs can I open while all of this is going on? So, I explored the infinite options available to me, and opened every single program I have. MS Word, Numbers, I even watched a powerpoint presentation, a video in adobe media player, a video in itunes all while the Wondershare video converter working tediously, Safari was watching flash videos, and google earth was spinning. Immediately switched over to www.freestockcharts.com running Microsoft Silverlight and scrolled out and in on the daily charts... flash videos still running on safari. Went to a safari java enabled program called streetsmart.com. I even took a nap.
Before this test, the max that I've seen the CPU Temp was 208 F/ 97.7 C for about 2 hours. Then, I replaced the thermal paste after 4 years of continuous use. Thanks Apple for making a device that is designed to run for over 5 hours at temperatures of around 200 Degrees Fahrenheit / 93 C. I know it probably could have continued for longer, but that's all I needed it for. There are no problems with the temperatures in the macs. When you ask the mac to do something it requires energy. When you call upon it to do something that requires a lot of energy, it can get hot. Let it vent, let that air flow... Give it some flow. It'll be fine. Everything is going to be ok.
Today, August 6th, 2011, in Basra, Iraq, with my temp set on 68 F/ 20 C on my air conditioner in my room. But, since I live in a metal can over here. The Air Conditioner was not directly on my Computer, but blew air upwards. Outside it's around 120 F/ 49 C I wanted to convert some videos from AVI to mp4. So, I used Wondershare converter and converted 65 videos Sequentially. It's a slow and cpu intensive process and causes my cpu to get really hot. But, it works just perfect to convert the videos for me.
Here's the data:
15" 2007 MacBookPro3,1 / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / Nvidia GeForce 8600 / 6 GB Ram OWC / 500 GB Seagate SSD Hybrid / *Right Fan is inop, awaiting replacement. / * Griffin Elevator Laptop Stand / SMC Fan Control set to 4600 RPM (Left Fan Only)
Time Elapsed: 5 hours 22 Minutes
Here is the hottest that it got in that whole period:
I decided that I wanted to watch some videos that has heavy flash usage, at www.Stratfor.com. I continued to watch videos, and go about my normal business. My computer never turned off because it was too hot, which is what I was going for. It was hot to touch, but, that's what the aluminum is for. As long as the air was allowed to flow freely around the laptop, the aluminum did it's job and cooled the cpu through heat transfer. I was really trying hard to get it to get so hot that it would turn off. But, it never did. Nor has it ever turned off on me since 2007 when I bought it. Oh, and my sister called me on Skype, and we did a video chat. Although, the 4500 RPM Left fan only running, made a static noise she mentioned. Just to test it the beast further, I even opened up Google Earth, zoomed in a little bit so the entire globe was in the window.... Then I spun the globe so it would continue to spin forever. Yeah, I did it. I began to wonder, how many programs can I open while all of this is going on? So, I explored the infinite options available to me, and opened every single program I have. MS Word, Numbers, I even watched a powerpoint presentation, a video in adobe media player, a video in itunes all while the Wondershare video converter working tediously, Safari was watching flash videos, and google earth was spinning. Immediately switched over to www.freestockcharts.com running Microsoft Silverlight and scrolled out and in on the daily charts... flash videos still running on safari. Went to a safari java enabled program called streetsmart.com. I even took a nap.
Before this test, the max that I've seen the CPU Temp was 208 F/ 97.7 C for about 2 hours. Then, I replaced the thermal paste after 4 years of continuous use. Thanks Apple for making a device that is designed to run for over 5 hours at temperatures of around 200 Degrees Fahrenheit / 93 C. I know it probably could have continued for longer, but that's all I needed it for. There are no problems with the temperatures in the macs. When you ask the mac to do something it requires energy. When you call upon it to do something that requires a lot of energy, it can get hot. Let it vent, let that air flow... Give it some flow. It'll be fine. Everything is going to be ok.
