I was doing some stuff in handbrake, looked at istat, cpu was at 97c 😱 Is it reading wrong or is that way to hot. I know they do get hot, found a post on here in which someone at the genius bar said they get upto 90c on full load, but 97 😕
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Macbook at boiling, literally!
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i would be surprised if your macbook was at that temperature. If it was that hot you would not be able to touch it. Its probably just a faulty temperature sensor but I could be wrong.
Wrong. The temperature reported is that of the core of the CPU, not the outside casing. The machine would probably be uncomortably hot at the back, but not untouchable. 97c is actually within the operating range of the C2D, but a tad high for comfort. It might be a faulty sensor, it might be dust clogging the fan/heatsink veins, whatever. If it melts take it back for a refund.
bluedoggiant
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are you sure its not F*?? I don't use the macbook for anything like that, I use my iMac for power consuming stuff.
Cave Man
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Le Big Mac
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+1. It's not "literally" at boiling, since the boiling temperatures of the bits inside your computer are a lot higher than the boiling point of water.
zblaxberg
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Hit it right on the dot. When you look at the temperature in istat see if it's the cpu or if it says case enclosure and then start worrying about the 97c.
bluedoggiant
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My 2.2 macbook will get up to 90*C easily when the cpu is at 100%. Usually only happens when doing video encoding.
With basic tasks such as internet, email and music, it's normally around 45-50*.
I have never seen my MacBook go above 84 Celsius and when it was that hot it was doing hand brake encoding.