Unibody Blues (cooling help)

[ThirtyThr33]

Anyone know any effective ways to cool a MBP without changing the thermal paste? I'm kinda bummed that Apple didn't put more air vents or fans in the MBP unibody AND also did a crappy job of applying TP. People keep telling me to get a cooling pad for my MBP but I don't get how they would work because most of them are designed for laptops with a fan underneath them right? So how would that help a MBP even marginally?

 

[motoracer1486]

Cooling pads simply keep a flow of air hitting the underside of the computer which will help cool it a little. Try downloading smcFanControl and increasing the default fan speed.

 

[Kleptomaniac]

Just use SMCfancontrol and make sure the air vents are not blocked, I don't find the heat that bad really. I just keep it on a flat surface and if I'm doing something intensive like video encoding I'll raise the fan speed.