hi there,
i recently took out the optical drive of my macbook white (early 2008, a1181) and
replaced it with an optibay. i took out the internal hdd as well and replaced it with a
ssd, put the old hdd into the optibay-slot and put everything back together.
the (new installed) system is running pretty fast now but i get a much to fast heat build-up!
i've been very carefull (handling the cabel-routing and all..) and it's not the first time i've done this.
so... i'm not quite sure why the heat goes up that fast (even with minimal tasks), obviously causing
the fan to run at hi speed. (after a simple installation-process i had 74 C / 161 F in seconds!)
when i had the macbook open i looked at the fan and it looked pretty clean, also it never went that hot
befor the modification.
is it possible that the hdd produces to much heat in the new slot (where the optical drive used to be)??
do you think it could be solved by swapping the SATA slots (putting the hdd in its original place and
the ssd into the optibay slot)??
also the optibay is pretty "massive" (i've seen versions which consist of just a skeleton).
maybe this could prevent a proper air flow?
i'll be thankfull for any ideas!!
cheers
ps: i also swapped one of the two 1GB ram sticks with a 2GB stick (fitting specs)
but that shouldn't have anything to do with the heat, right?
i recently took out the optical drive of my macbook white (early 2008, a1181) and
replaced it with an optibay. i took out the internal hdd as well and replaced it with a
ssd, put the old hdd into the optibay-slot and put everything back together.
the (new installed) system is running pretty fast now but i get a much to fast heat build-up!
i've been very carefull (handling the cabel-routing and all..) and it's not the first time i've done this.
so... i'm not quite sure why the heat goes up that fast (even with minimal tasks), obviously causing
the fan to run at hi speed. (after a simple installation-process i had 74 C / 161 F in seconds!)
when i had the macbook open i looked at the fan and it looked pretty clean, also it never went that hot
befor the modification.
is it possible that the hdd produces to much heat in the new slot (where the optical drive used to be)??
do you think it could be solved by swapping the SATA slots (putting the hdd in its original place and
the ssd into the optibay slot)??
also the optibay is pretty "massive" (i've seen versions which consist of just a skeleton).
maybe this could prevent a proper air flow?
i'll be thankfull for any ideas!!
cheers
ps: i also swapped one of the two 1GB ram sticks with a 2GB stick (fitting specs)
but that shouldn't have anything to do with the heat, right?