What should be Max CPU temp be?

[adamvk]

I downloaded a program to monitor my late 2008 unibody Macbook Pro's temperatures. Just a few minutes ago while playing music/playing an ONLINE game real briefly it warned me that my CPU temperature was too high. (167˚ F) Is that too high of a temperature? What should the "range" be?

Thanks.

 

[GGJstudios]

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[Patriks7]

What programs were you running at that time?

 

[Pax]

Seems really unlikely that the game could warn you. Sounds like it was trying to sell you something like a cooler pad. To access CPU temp data you need to download a special bit of code like iStat Nano which interrogates the firmware to do this.

Having said that 167 F is nothing. Your CPU will be happy up to 105 C 221F unless you have one specific model of CoreDuo which is only happy up to 90 C

 

[adamvk]

What programs were you running at that time?

Safari, iTunes, and Mail.

Seems really unlikely that the game could warn you. Sounds like it was trying to sell you something like a cooler pad. To access CPU temp data you need to download a special bit of code like iStat Nano which interrogates the firmware to do this.

Having said that 167 F is nothing. Your CPU will be happy up to 105 C 221F unless you have one specific model of CoreDuo which is only happy up to 90 C

It wasn't the game that was warning me, it was a separate application that I downloaded.