Has anyone experienced a scenario where you are hitting your CPU and GPU so hard that charging is suspended?
I've noticed that when I was converting some video files Mac OS reported the machine had switched from charging to power adapter plugged in and not charging.
Thinking I had one of the dreaded battery problems, I messed around with cables, ports etc to discovered it only did this when the CPU and GPU were maxed out.
In some cases where many USB C devices were also plugged in, it had started to drain the battery as well. [I seem to remember some of the older MBP's also having this issue?]
I noticed the CPU was pulling up to 37W and GPU up to about 33W. [I can only imagine how much more if you have SSD's, devices, USB key fobs and all that plugged in too].
It also seems when their is 'spare power' to charge, the charge time changes.
To verify this, when the machine went back to 'normal operations' and finished exporting video , high speed charging was resumed.
I'm starting to think that 87W adapter is simply not enough...considering USB C is rated to 100W.
I did wonder if a dock would solve this by anything plugged in using its power supply and the adapter that comes with machine used solely for powering the machine.
Any thoughts?
I've noticed that when I was converting some video files Mac OS reported the machine had switched from charging to power adapter plugged in and not charging.
Thinking I had one of the dreaded battery problems, I messed around with cables, ports etc to discovered it only did this when the CPU and GPU were maxed out.
In some cases where many USB C devices were also plugged in, it had started to drain the battery as well. [I seem to remember some of the older MBP's also having this issue?]
I noticed the CPU was pulling up to 37W and GPU up to about 33W. [I can only imagine how much more if you have SSD's, devices, USB key fobs and all that plugged in too].
It also seems when their is 'spare power' to charge, the charge time changes.
To verify this, when the machine went back to 'normal operations' and finished exporting video , high speed charging was resumed.
I'm starting to think that 87W adapter is simply not enough...considering USB C is rated to 100W.
I did wonder if a dock would solve this by anything plugged in using its power supply and the adapter that comes with machine used solely for powering the machine.
Any thoughts?
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