Macbook Heating Up

[musiqzuki]

Hello,

I have the 1st Gen 13" Macbook Unibody Aluminum. I upgraded my ram to 4GB.

But...

Whenever I watch youtube/flash videos on full screen or play even games like Counter Strike on lowest settings. My Macbook heats up like crazy.

Any reason know why this may be the case?

Thank you,

 

[GGJstudios]

Any CPU/GPU intensive process such as Flash will raise temps. That's normal. Install iStat Pro to get accurate readings of your temps, among other things

Your temps are most likely perfectly normal, as searching the forum with MRoogle will reveal:

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[Tomple]

Change fan speed using

http://download.cnet.com/smcFanControl/3000-18487_4-102230.html

or

http://www.lobotomo.com/products/FanControl/index.html

but GGJstudios post is correct

 

[musiqzuki]

Well, I'm worried cuz once it led to my logic board burning, 2nd time, my fan stopped working.

So I'm kinda afraid to play games on my mac.

 

[GGJstudios]

Well, I'm worried cuz once it led to my logic board burning, 2nd time, my fan stopped working.

So I'm kinda afraid to play games on my mac.

Your Mac will automatically shut down if the temps get too high.

 

[Tomple]

As i said, you could change the fan speed if you want
the genius bar is there as well if you think its a serious problem

 

[musiqzuki]

Alright cool, thanks!

 

[musiqzuki]

p.s. Mroogle is awesome

 

[gelinasbrian]

My Macbook heats up to. It always has, so I would say that everything is normal and not to worry to much.

 

[musiqzuki]

just installed smc fan control, and when i play cs:source on mac it goes to

86 degrees
6200 RPM.

thats ridiculous

 

[GGJstudios]

just installed smc fan control, and when i play cs:source on mac it goes to

86 degrees
6200 RPM.

thats ridiculous

If you take the time to read even a couple of the threads I posted links to, you'll know that 86 is not hot at all for a MBP. Your temps are normal.

 

[Tomple]

yeah thats normal
my iMac hit 167 earlier