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Warming Up - Burning!!!

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ktalebian

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Hi there
My MacBookPro recently is starting to really heat up! I mean just yesterday, I was only running Transmission (BitTorrent Client), Safari, and MS Word, and the temperature of the computer was reading 80C! It was damn hot when I touched it too!

Whyy? What is wrong??

Thanks
 
Did you look at the activity monitor? Did it show any process with high CPU usage?
I can tell from my experience that Coolbook is a very cool app which let the MBP keep around 5-10°C cooler!
 
I have monitored the CPU and it is low! Why is so hot now??? I mean it has just recently been like this!
 
ktalebian said:
I have monitored the CPU and it is low! Why is so hot now??? I mean it has just recently been like this!
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How low is the CPU usage? Also, can you tell us the RPMs of the fans? Are there any processes in Activity Monitor hogging up CPU?
 
ktalebian said:
The CPU usage is about 40-50%, and I have the fan set to max speed (6000rpm).

Thanks 😀
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At those cpu figures your temps look pretty normal, so it's a software issue. Now you have to look and see what's taking up your cpu. My first guess is Safari, what are you doing with it? anything involving flash will cause high cpu usage, that means youtube (and other online) videos and online games.

Take a look in your activity monitor and see what's using cpu time. BTW my 2.33 MBP using only ~10% cpu is at around 49degrees CPUA.
 
Is there a utility to tell what temp the internals are subjected to? I can poke around in the onboard utilities, but perhaps there is a third party tool you guys are using. I'd like to check my MBP's temperature.
 
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