I've been going to Starbucks this past week to get work done. I notice for the 2nd time, when I got home my MBP is really hot when I grab it from my bag. My sleeve in my bag is warm and today when I got home, the fans were running. The last thing I had opened before I closed it was Safari. I have power nap off on battery. Anyone know why? I just got my top case/display replaced 2 weeks ago from the popping noise (& haven't heard it since).
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MBP (15-inch, 2016) overheating
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I should've checked. If I close it, does it normally go to sleep or do I have to make it go to sleep before closing? What's weird is how the fans was running when Safari/Mail were the only apps open.
It normally goes to sleep. I just wonder if your new repair disrupted that for some reason. It sounds to me your Mac was not asleep and had no airflow in your bag, causing it to overheat.
Open up Activity monitor and go to the energy tab and see if there are any apps that say "Preventing Sleep." This is not necessarily the cause, but it may be a place to start. The reason it was hot with just those apps is because it was not asleep and there was no airflow. It *should* go to sleep when you close the lid...
My MBP is still overheating. I went ahead and screen shot the energy tab right when opening my MBP. It's really warm when it overheats when I grab it out of my bag. It doesn't happen all the time I bring it out, but it does happen often.
Sometimes it fails to go to sleep (as other mentioned) and putting a working laptop into an isolating sleeve without any air circulation is generally a very bad idea. It most likely sleeps eventually (or otherwise it would perform an emergency shutdown and you'd see a message about it) but since the sleeve prevents it from cooling down, it will stay rather warm for long periods of time.
Make sure it sleeps properly before staving it away (no fan noise etc.) and you should be fine.
Make sure it sleeps properly before staving it away (no fan noise etc.) and you should be fine.
My MBP is still overheating. I went ahead and screen shot the energy tab right when opening my MBP. It's really warm when it overheats when I grab it out of my bag. It doesn't happen all the time I bring it out, but it does happen often.
CPU tab screenshot would be useful. Sort the % CPU column in inverse order (highest to lowest percentage).
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