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HELP with iStat readings Alu MB

VSMacOne

VSMacOne

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So here are my iStat readings, but I have no idea what each of those items is under Temps. I have seen other screenshots of older MB/MBP's that had different names for those items.
Does anybody know which things in the laptop are represented under each of those temp items (i.e. airport card, etc)??? Thanks.
I am running some Word, a couple of Safari windows, Yahoo Messenger, Entourage, and bluetooth on.

*Please post a screenshot of you iStat*
 

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VSMacOne said:
So here are my iStat readings, but I have no idea what each of those items is under Temps. I have seen other screenshots of older MB/MBP's that had different names for those items.
Does anybody know which things in the laptop are represented under each of those temp items (i.e. airport card, etc)??? Thanks.
I am running some Word, a couple of Safari windows, Yahoo Messenger, Entourage, and bluetooth on. Post your readings.
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HD vs HD ive never seen before but come on, the rest are pretty much self explanatory..
Enclosure base in the outside of your macbook, the heat sinks are pieces of metal that are used to disperse heat.

EDIT: oh i see your HD name is VS HD.. ok
 
VSMacOne said:
So here are my iStat readings, but I have no idea what each of those items is under Temps. I have seen other screenshots of older MB/MBP's that had different names for those items.
Does anybody know which things in the laptop are represented under each of those temp items (i.e. airport card, etc)??? Thanks.
I am running some Word, a couple of Safari windows, Yahoo Messenger, Entourage, and bluetooth on. Post your readings.
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Those temps look quite fine to me. I'd say reboot though, free up some RAM...heh
 
shady825 said:
HD vs HD ive never seen before but come on, the rest are pretty much self explanatory..
Enclosure base in the outside of your macbook, the heat sinks are pieces of metal that are used to disperse heat.

EDIT: oh i see your HD name is VS HD.. ok
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Uhm... ok. Not helping much...
Does anybody have a diagram of which is where? What is the northbridge? And why isn't the Airport showing up on there?
 
NewMacbookPlz said:
Those temps look quite fine to me. I'd say reboot though, free up some RAM...heh
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It's running just fine, no issues there.
And I was under the impression that OS X is better off not being restarted very often... :confused:
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I'm new to mac, and although I've picked up most things, there are still a few that i don't know and that bugs me :mad: :D
 
VSMacOne said:
Uhm... ok. Not helping much...
Does anybody have a diagram of which is where? What is the northbridge? And why isn't the Airport showing up on there?
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Not helping much!? You asked what those things are and i told you. Your worrying about something that doesnt even matter. Your computer is running fine, enjoy it.
 
shady825 said:
Not helping much!? You asked what those things are and i told you. Your worrying about something that doesnt even matter. Your computer is running fine, enjoy it.
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You told me what 2 of the things were, which is fine, but I was wondering more than anything if any of those would be the Airport, or why the items shown are different than other macs. So I guess i'm trying to find out what makes them be different and what other Alu MBs are showing...

And PLEASE don't tell me I'm worried about something just because I'm trying to learn about it, ok? If YOU don't care that's fine, but I just wanna know.
 
skorpien said:
Didja try the options?

http://islayer.com/help/istatpro-manual/

Try playing around with the Temps subsection in the Display tab of the Preferences.
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I already checked all the items listed in the Temps.. That's all the options it's giving. I just want to know WHAT each of those things represents and why some MBs show Airport and others dont... No BIG deal, just something i'm curious about.
 
So you want to know what each part means? I mean do you not actually know what the CPU or the northbridge or the enclosure base or heatsink are? :confused:
 
Beric said:
So you want to know what each part means? I mean do you not actually know what the CPU or the northbridge or the enclosure base or heatsink are? :confused:
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This is what im saying. Im not trying to be a jerk, but they are pretty self explanatory..

I can understand if the question was "What is the north bridge".... ever thing else is common sense
 
Beric said:
So you want to know what each part means? I mean do you not actually know what the CPU or the northbridge or the enclosure base or heatsink are? :confused:[/QUote)
I dont know what the Northbridge is, but i've got an idea about the rest. I just didn't know if someone had a drawing showing where they are all located.
And i still wonder about the Airport... :D
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cherry su said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbridge_(computing)

flowchart of computer

300px-Northsouthbridge.svg.png
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THANKS that's awesome.

jessica. said:
I really do not know how you could possibly need any more help beyond this manual that is so cleverly placed on the site you downloaded iStat from.
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Hmm... let me see if I can make this any clearer without actually having to draw you a picture...:p I understand all that iStat can do, I read the manual and googled the crap out of it! What I don't understand is why SOME mac show different items under iStat Temp (like a MBP which has 2 FANS, or 2 CPUs, etc) and what causes that. I've read about people reporting their Airport getting hot, and I saw it listed in some iStats, but it's not coming up in mine. And NO, there is NO box to check in the Preferences!!
Now do you understand why the manual so CLEVERLY placed on the site does NOT help me?! :eek:
 

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I know most of you are more knowledgeable than I am when it comes to a Mac, so you've most likely already seen this. I had seen it before but never really paid attention to it... This helped me better understand how everything is laid out: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Unibody

And THIS picture is straight up amazing!!! It's an X-ray of the new Macbook.
I got it from this link: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/macbook_xray.html .
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Yep.

It probably would have been better for you to have done your own research in this case. We can't tell you exactly what you don't know.
 
But there is still the issue of how iStat detects the different hardware... Anybody know how to get Airport to show up under temps? Or is that only on certain MBPs?
Thanks.
 
hogfaninga said:
Shows up on my Blackbook and my friends new alu Macbook.
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THANK YOU!!!!!!!! I KNEW i wasn't going crazy :)
So there are differences... I wonder what toggles them? I am running iStat pro 4.7. Are you running the same version?
 
My Airport does NOT show up under Temperature. I am using ver. 4.7 as well, on my Al-MB.
 
I wonder what does that....

Can you guys post some screenshots of your iStat?
 
VSMacOne said:
I wonder what does that....

Can you guys post some screenshots of your iStat?
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All I know is my friend is here at my house visiting and his iStat 4.7 shows the Airport temp on his new 2.0 alu Macbook. His is running at 64 C. I asked him to post a screenshot, but he hates message boards.
 
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