MBP closing while playing world of warcraft with 27inch LED

[finalcut]

I am playing world of warcraft with my unibody macbook pro 15 inch 2.53GHz with 6GB of ram and a SSD hard drive.

I also have a 27 inch led cinema display. My macbook pro is runing very hot, near 100C and everything turns off while playing. But this isnt hotter than before I got my Led display.

It never happened before having my monitor. That monitor is brand new.

anyone having the same issue? prolly a temperature issue and what can I do?

 

[Chilla Frilla]

I am playing world of warcraft with my unibody macbook pro 15 inch 2.53GHz with 6GB of ram and a SSD hard drive.

I also have a 27 inch led cinema display. My macbook pro is runing very hot, near 100C and everything turns off while playing. But this isnt hotter than before I got my Led display.

It never happened before having my monitor. That monitor is brand new.

anyone having the same issue? prolly a temperature issue and what can I do?

100 C?! Jesus. Flip that MacBook Pro over and fry and egg while you're at it!

It is normal that a MacBook Pro would be stressed while gaming on an external display like the 27" LED Cinema Display, as it requires more for the notebook to power a 2560 by 1440 display rather than the lower 1680 by 1050 / 1440 by 900 resolution.

 

[mulo]

well running lid closed boasts a series of heat dissipation issues, so of course it will run hotter.

 

[finalcut]

actually, I am not runing the MBP with the lid closed.
I am wondering if a laptop cooler would help. Those with 2-3 fans. But I dont know any good ones to buy

 

[mulo]

actually, I am not runing the MBP with the lid closed.
I am wondering if a laptop cooler would help. Those with 2-3 fans. But I dont know any good ones to buy

oh gotcha, (pretty hungover..) so i take it by closing you meant shutting down?
in that case i would suggest taking it to apple and asking for a re appliance of the thermal paste.

 

[kolax]

Unscrew the bottom, and see if there's a lot of dust around the fans, which would lower the air circulation.

 

[finalcut]

Unscrew the bottom, and see if there's a lot of dust around the fans, which would lower the air circulation.

hmm good idea thanks

 

[neondrgns]

its prob none of those

with a 27" screen the gpu works that much harder
its over heating cause its working a lot more than usual
I am on a 21" screen and using native resolution for some low graphics games and its making my temp spike as well