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What is the best / most accurate program for taking Macbook Pro 2.2 Temperature ?
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What is the best / most accurate program for taking Macbook Pro 2.2 Temperature ?
Above what degress F is TOO HOT for the Macbook Pro ?
I would also say that iStat is the way to go.
It's not a matter of accuracy - iStat is simply displaying data that's being provided to it by the thermistors installed on the machine in various places. If there is an issue of accuracy, it's a function of the hardware, not the software that reports it.
MacDann
Tempurature - Way TOO HOT
Tempurature - Way TOO HOT
First Readings - Before Writing:
113 F - CPU A
131 F - GPU Diode
117 F - GPU HeatSink
115 F - HeatSink A
103 F - Heatsink B
76 F - Enclosure Bottom
110 F - Memory Control
128 F - Airport Card
Left Fan: 2000 RPM / Right Fan: 1998 RPM
After Duplicating - Macbook Pro Disk #1
124 F - CPU A
140 F - GPU Diode
122 F - GPU HeatSink
122 F - HeatSink A
108 F - Heatsink B
83 F - Enclosure Bottom
117 F - Memory Control
133 F - Airport Card
Left Fan: 2005 RPM / Right Fan: 1996 RPM
Guess I'll be visiting the Apple Store with Brand New Macbook Pro.
Tempurature - Way TOO HOT First Readings - Before Writing:
113 F - CPU A
131 F - GPU Diode
117 F - GPU HeatSink
115 F - HeatSink A
103 F - Heatsink B
76 F - Enclosure Bottom
110 F - Memory Control
128 F - Airport Card
Left Fan: 2000 RPM / Right Fan: 1998 RPM
After Duplicating - Macbook Pro Disk #1
124 F - CPU A
140 F - GPU Diode
122 F - GPU HeatSink
122 F - HeatSink A
108 F - Heatsink B
83 F - Enclosure Bottom
117 F - Memory Control
133 F - Airport Card
Left Fan: 2005 RPM / Right Fan: 1996 RPM
Guess I'll be visiting the Apple Store with Brand New Macbook Pro.
First Readings - Before Writing:
113 F - CPU A
131 F - GPU Diode
117 F - GPU HeatSink
115 F - HeatSink A
103 F - Heatsink B
76 F - Enclosure Bottom
110 F - Memory Control
128 F - Airport Card
Left Fan: 2000 RPM / Right Fan: 1998 RPM
After Duplicating - Macbook Pro Disk #1
124 F - CPU A
140 F - GPU Diode
122 F - GPU HeatSink
122 F - HeatSink A
108 F - Heatsink B
83 F - Enclosure Bottom
117 F - Memory Control
133 F - Airport Card
Left Fan: 2005 RPM / Right Fan: 1996 RPM
Guess I'll be visiting the Apple Store with Brand New Macbook Pro.
I've got at least 10 degrees higher than any of your readings, and I've just been using Firefox. If you're able to get an exchange let me know.
i don't think they'd replace the computer unless there is a malfunction/defect or if there's a recall. Good luck, by all means try and let us now how you go. I wonder if you didn't return it until they released the penryn mbps and then tried to get one of them because they won't have a very big problem with overheating, you might have to pay the difference for the new one becuase once you take your laptop out of the box you lose 20% of it's value...
Gus.
Gus.
Just want it fixed - not returned. In tomorrow!
Third Readings:
124 F - CPU A
144 F - GPU Diode
128 F - GPU HeatSink
128 F - HeatSink A
113 F - Heatsink B
88 F - Enclosure Bottom
117 F - Memory Control
113 F - Airport Card
Left Fan: 2001 RPM / Right Fan: 1996 RPM
Third Readings:
124 F - CPU A
144 F - GPU Diode
128 F - GPU HeatSink
128 F - HeatSink A
113 F - Heatsink B
88 F - Enclosure Bottom
117 F - Memory Control
113 F - Airport Card
Left Fan: 2001 RPM / Right Fan: 1996 RPM
Those numbers are meaningless (and they don't look that high). Install SMCFancontrol and crank the fans up a little if the temperature bugs you.
Wow, you're really worried about those? I guess mine is hella broken then.
Your temps. look pretty normal to me.
Your temps. look pretty normal to me.
Maybe it is normal.
Was on phone with apple tech and asked what temperature range is normal ?
Answer : 50 - 95 F - If it gets over 95, it's too hot.
When playing WOW my temp averages around 165 to 175 F and have never had a problem. Do not think yours is anything out of the ordinary. Actually I would be please with it...
Bill.....
These are about average. Been this way since the day I bought it, and it's running right now with the screen closed (external monitor). The fan is about 4K. No worries. These are notebooks without a lot of airspace, they're going to be hotter than a desktop, but still perfectly within design specs.
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Here's mine... They're in °C
85°C is approx. 185°F
and
99°C is approx. 210°F
and it stills keep on ticking...
Are those two temperature readings reading at the same time? 99C is pretty high; have you every had an automatic shutdown before because of the heat? The highest my Macbook Pro has ever gotten was ~91C and that was encoding H.264 in Quicktime.
The maximum temperature that the cpu core can handle is 100C. (known as tjunction)
You folks are fine on temperatures.
if you're worried about it and want to keep it cooler, get smc fan control and bump up the rpm of your fans or do what others have done and take your machine apart and replace the stock thermal paste with something better.
You folks are fine on temperatures.
if you're worried about it and want to keep it cooler, get smc fan control and bump up the rpm of your fans or do what others have done and take your machine apart and replace the stock thermal paste with something better.
If you're going to post temps, please post them in °C. It's much easier to determine the range. My MBP idles at 47°C which is 116°F. That's not bad. Your computer is not running too hot..
I was going to mention this as well. Software is nice but the most accurate temperature is going to be taking it directly from the CPU.
Those temperatures ain't taken from my current MBP SR and they ain't taken from the same MBP SR either! Actually, they're taken from one of the previous MBP SRs with a serious heat issue - one even those otaku's at the apple bar couldn't solve. Yup, that bad....
One of the systems I encountered had a major thermal paste problem, I'm sure if you took the time to search, you'll find a thread about it.. where another user had the same shock!!
I've lost count as too how many systems I've had, i think my current MBP SR would be about my tenth or eleventh replacement since June 2007? No, I'm not kidding... you should see all the receipts i have. - it's feckin' ridiculous!! There was even a DOA!!