My brand new MacBook Pro, which I got 2 weeks ago, is heating up all the time and the fan goes on whenever I watch a video - like even if it's only for 20 seconds. What is up with that?
Flash content on websites, such as movies, is notorious for placing high demands on system resources. Install ClickToFlash to control which Flash content plays on websites.I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary. I watch videos on Netflix, read articles, twitter, facebook, etc. Literally no games or anything demanding. The amount of heat and fan usage is absurd to me. It's worse than my 4 and a half year old OLD Macbook Pro.
Flash content on websites, such as movies, is notorious for placing high demands on system resources. Install ClickToFlash to control which Flash content plays on websites.
And use html5 YouTube too![]()
I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary. I watch videos on Netflix, read articles, twitter, facebook, etc. Literally no games or anything demanding. The amount of heat and fan usage is absurd to me. It's worse than my 4 and a half year old OLD Macbook Pro.
The new MBP has a very powerful CPU that likes to show off. Unfortunately it thinks that playing flash videos is the perfect opportunity to do so... therefore the heat + fan noise.
The bottom line is that this is just not a very good machine to watch flash videos on.
I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary. I watch videos on Netflix, read articles, twitter, facebook, etc. Literally no games or anything demanding. The amount of heat and fan usage is absurd to me. It's worse than my 4 and a half year old OLD Macbook Pro.
Netflix is quite demanding. That's because it runs on Silverlight, and Silverlight doesn't support hardware acceleration, so it's just stressing the CPU needlessly... especially on HD clips. Unfortunately, ClickToFlash and other suggested solutions would not work.
But if you find that the heat and fan noise bother you, I think you should return the Macbook and ask for a replacement instead. Some 2011 MacBooks are louder than the others.
The iPad can do netflix and other stuff and is quiet. But no flash, right?
I wonder how much better flash works on windows... or does it have the same problems with resources?
I have found that many MBP in 2011 suffer from heat problems in the same situations that other machines of the same configuration don't.
I think both Chrome and Safari should support Flash about the same because they are both based on Webkit... unless Google added "magic" (here, I actually mean "special hidden optimization") in it.
But 80C at 2000RPM sounds about right. I got that much in my MBP 15" as well.
Meanwhile, my MBP is crazy and goes to 6500 RPM at 45C.
Meanwhile, my MBP is crazy and goes to 6500 RPM at 45C.
Nope. My 2009 MBP would get hot even when just typing away in Xcode. The CPU itself gets hot and the top left corner of the keyboard would get too hot for comfort.Was your old MBP cool and the fans never went on? Oh, well go back to that and that performance. Sell your current one and stop complaining about a non-problem.
Your Mac is not overheating. The Intel processors used in Macs are designed to automatically shut down to prevent damage if they truly overheat (around 100C/212F - 105C/221F, depending on your processor). iStat Pro will give you accurate readings of your temps and fan speeds, among other things.
Unless there is a rare defect in a Mac, most temps are well within the normal operating range, considering the workload being put on it. Websites with Flash content, games and other multimedia apps will put higher demand on the CPU/GPU, generating more heat. This is normal. If you're constantly putting high demands on your system, such as gaming or other multimedia tasks, expect temps to rise and fans to spin up accordingly. It's just your Mac doing its job to maintain temps within the normal range.
Your fans are always on when your Mac is on, spinning at a minimum of 2000 rpm (for MBPs) or 1800 rpm (for MBAs, MBs and minis). They will spin faster as needed to keep temps at a safe level. If they're spinning up without increased heat, try resetting the SMC. PRAM/NVRAM has nothing to do with these issues, so resetting it will not help. Also, make sure you don't block the vents, which are located at the rear, near the hinge.
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My 2009 MacBook Pro (out of warranty) frequently overheats and turns off... Usually just while editing large images or vector graphics in Adobe Fireworks and Illustrator.
It reaches 105C before closing off, and the case becomes far too hot to touch (and the fan whirs away at 6500RPM).
Its also especially bad if I play games on boot camp in Windows 7. Even my girlfriend's sims game manages to switch it off after 20 minutes or so, but Skyrim manages to switch it off every 5 minutes if I don't use a laptop cooler.
It's ridiculous how bad these things get, I have burn marks on my legs through my jeans sometimes!!!!![]()
It's ridiculous how bad these things get, I have burn marks on my legs through my jeans sometimes!!!!![]()