Heated keyboard while connecting an external display - MBP 2016 15''

[devniel]

Hello,

I have noticed that when my macbook is connected to an external display, e.g. via usb-c to vga, the gpu goes up to ~58º and I can feel it when touching the keyboard.

Do you have the same situation ?

Specs : 15''/2.9GHz/460

Thanks

 

[No. 44]

A "heated keyboard"?

What will Apple come up with next?

 

[craig1024]

Sounds nice, it will keep my fingers toasty on cold winter days

 

[Sanpete]

Hello,

I have noticed that when my macbook is connected to an external display, e.g. via usb-c to vga, the gpu goes up to ~58º and I can feel it when touching the keyboard.

Do you have the same situation ?

Specs : 15''/2.9GHz/460

Thanks

I believe an external monitor automatically turns on the dGPU, which will heat up some, but I don't know what the normal running temperature is.

 

[posguy99]

I have noticed that when my macbook is connected to an external display, e.g. via usb-c to vga, the gpu goes up to ~58º and I can feel it when touching the keyboard.

Yes, the keyboard has been part of the temperature management for a long time.

 

[Creep89]

Sounds like a MacBook to me. Nothing extraordinary here.

 

[rklinkhammer]

Just connected by LG 5K today, and the temperature is definitely higher, but not by that much. Here I the northeast, its kind of like heated seats for the fingers.....