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Too Hot For My Pants

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TheAnoyingApple

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Apr 13, 2010
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Hi.. i have had my macbook pro for like a week and i just noticed that it gets soooooo hot.it is now between 75 and 80 degrees. I have open itunes, safari with chatroulette and msn messenger.. It really feels too hot.. Im afraid that maybe the internal components might get fried or soemthing. is this normal? are my computer components gonna get fried?

Its a 15" base model with high def resolution by the way.

Its also charging so...
 
TheAnoyingApple said:
Hi.. i have had my macbook pro for like a week and i just noticed that it gets soooooo hot.it is now between 75 and 80 degrees. I have open itunes, safari with chatroulette and msn messenger.. It really feels too hot.. Im afraid that maybe the internal components might get fried or soemthing. is this normal?
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I guess it is, I'm typing this as my privates are burning. One thing I have noticed though is when the nvidia 330m runs, it is much hotter.. I am starting to feel like I should have bought a refurb 15" and waited for another refresh to iron out these seeming kinks.
 
Wasn't that the title of a song in the 90s?

I'm... too hot for my pants, too hot for my pants...

You could always take your pants off if the computer is too hot for them. Seems like the thing do to on Chat Roulette anyway!
 
TheAnoyingApple said:
Hi.. i have had my macbook pro for like a week and i just noticed that it gets soooooo hot.it is now between 75 and 80 degrees. I have open itunes, safari with chatroulette and msn messenger.. It really feels too hot.. Im afraid that maybe the internal components might get fried or soemthing. is this normal?

Its a 15" base model with high def resolution by the way.
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75 yo 80 is within normal operating temperatures, chatroulette is flash based I believe and the flash port to OS X sucks, it's very processor intensive and will heat up your CPU nicely.

Turn it off and don't use sites that have flash, you'll see a big decrease in temps.
 
That is pretty normal for a MBP model. Just sitting idle with Firefox running iStat usually shows 140 degrees F. I've seen it get as high as 185-190 F many times under load.

Buy a laptop pad of some kind, lots to choose from at Best Buy. You can get the fancy ones with fans or just a lapdesk type.
 
I have never seen my base 15" rise above 45 degrees C. I haven't pushed it very hard though, just internet surfing and itunes.

Try downloading ClickToFlash, it blocks all flash content in your browser unless you have added the website to your whitelist.
It should decrease those temps and give you a longer battery life too.

EDIT: it appears the ClickToFlash website isn't working right now.
 
i bought a cooling pad for mine (17" i5) but have barely needed it, mine stays so cool. my last mbp nearly burnt my legs off lol
 
i have downloaded clicktoflash and istats and wanted to know if the degrees are in farenheit or celcius?
 
I think by default, iStats shows temps as Fahrenheit. But you can go into System Preferences > iStat Menus > Sensors and then go down to the small box in the lower left hand part of that that lets you change it to Celsius.

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My i5 MBP with High-Res is running idle... around 50...but when I'm working...(VMware Windows 7, iTunes, and Eclipse...) it goes around 70~80...

So is this normal???
 
Blue Sun said:
I have never seen my base 15" rise above 45 degrees C. I haven't pushed it very hard though, just internet surfing and itunes.

Try downloading ClickToFlash, it blocks all flash content in your browser unless you have added the website to your whitelist.
It should decrease those temps and give you a longer battery life too.

EDIT: it appears the ClickToFlash website isn't working right now.
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Are you using the i5 one?
 
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