Excessive heat? Quicktime crash? Are they related?

[aquajet]

Wait! Before you at another heat-related thread, consider the following...

Reading through the last (closed) thread, I decided it would be fun to peg my CPU usage and see just how hot things would get. Take a look at this.

I also tried playing back three H.264 videos from the Quicktime gallery at the same time, along with iTunes playing music with the visualizer active. CPU temps were in the mid 90s with the fans running ~5000 rpm. But then suddenly, Quicktime player unexpectedly quit. I am able to reproduce the problem. Is it possible this could be heat related, or something else? Any MBP owners up to running this little experiment? Or iMac, Mac Pro, Mini, MB owners for that matter?

 

[chem]

Is it possible this could be heat related, or something else?

Yes.

 

[filman408]

I have this issue. See sig for specs.

Just ran CPU Test:
cpu temp: topped at 97C
gpu: topped at 82C
finished tests: 60
time: 8:35
fan speed at top: 4100rpm

cpu temp w/ fan @ 6000rpm: 85C

 

[eenu]

What are the GPU temps in all these situations?

EDIT: OP your fans should be capable of 6000RPM? Have you run SMC fan control?

 

[qksilver]

quicktime crashes on my SR 2.2 MBP if i loop 2 1080i hd videos for a few minutes as well

 

[eenu]

quicktime crashes on my SR 2.2 MBP if i loop 2 1080i hd videos for a few minutes as well

Hmmmm this says quicktime issue rather than CPU/GPU issue

 

[chem]

Hmmmm this says quicktime issue rather than CPU/GPU issue

There's not enough information to make that statement.

 

[eenu]

There's not enough information to make that statement.

There is enough given mine does the same but dosnt go over 70C

 

[chem]

There is enough given mine does the same but dosnt go over 70C

You're stating that you have reproduced the original poster's H.264 playback and iTunes test, resulting in a Quicktime crash while your CPU core temperature never went above 70C?

I'll believe it when I see a picture.

 

[jsw]

I'm closing this thread. And any other threads chem and eenu go back and forth on. The horse is dead. Stop beating it.

And chem: any people you would have convinced have been convinced. Please try to find another crusade.