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cpu temperatures

  1. mac57mac57

    Recovering an Overheating G5 Quad

    As part of the "Snow Leopard on PPC" threads and related work, I mentioned that I am going to retry the SLPPC install based on the wealth of knowledge to be had in these pages. I also mentioned that I am going to retry it on my G5 Quad, which regrettably is running hot and loud - fans near 3600...
  2. L

    MBP 14 8/14 ,fans kicking in at 55°

    Pretty surprised to see this.under a rather light use (downloading stuff mainly) ,the fans to up to 2500rpm,which isn't high,but still,is this an expected behavior ? i must say it certainly doesn't happen all the time ,but it happens,and i find it weird since afaik,apple never usually lets the...
  3. thizisweird

    Operating temperatures for 2020 13" MacBook Pro

    I have some software on my computer that allows me to monitor hardware temperatures with the LEDs on my mouse (in case you're wondering, it's a Corsair mouse). I currently have 5 LEDs dedicated to the 3 sensors the software has picked up- CPU, RAM, and the PCH. Would anybody be able to give me...
  4. KronOxide

    MP 1,1-5,1 Newbie question about Temps

    I've owned plenty of Macs in my day but I recently picked up a Early 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 With the Dual Xeon CPU's. My question is this, with only 3 apps running in the background my CPU temps are reasonably high and i was just wondering if this is normal or if i should tear into it and replace the...
  5. C

    MBP Late 2013 CPU temperatures hitting 100°C

    Hi I have had my Late 2013 Macbook Pro for two and a half years now give or take a couple of months, and this is not really an issue that has only just started. Essentially what it boils down to is when the CPU is under heavy load, the diode temperatures are reporting to be hitting as high...