Mac Mini running at 82degrees C?

[MacNoobGuy]

hey guys, i've just got firefox running and playing a couple videos on youtube and my iStat is telling me that CPU1 and CPUA are both hovering between 80-85degrees. is this normal? i have a brand new Mini well ventilated and nothing is near it and the room is cold -- 20degrees or so at most.

i can't imagine what the temperature will be during the summer when temperatures will reach 35-40degrees.

 

[\-V-/]

Uh... you're not burning a square-shaped hole into your desk are you? The new chipsets should be able to function around 200 degrees F. YouTube generally makes my fans turn up high. Typical flash garbage.

 

[miles01110]

hey guys, i've just got firefox running and playing a couple videos on youtube and my iStat is telling me that CPU1 and CPUA are both hovering between 80-85degrees. is this normal? i have a brand new Mini well ventilated and nothing is near it and the room is cold -- 20degrees or so at most.

i can't imagine what the temperature will be during the summer when temperatures will reach 35-40degrees.

Yes, it is normal for a Mac to heat up while playing Youtube videos. Assuming the operating environment where your Mini is will not reach 35-40 C you will be fine. Are you using your Mac Mini outside?

Celsius or Fahrenheit?

The title says "C" ...

 

[AdrianK]

Completely normal, your mini will shut down when temps are dangerously high (~105C). Flash is very CPU intensive, I'd suggest switching to HTML 5 if you haven't already

 

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The title says "C" ...

Caught that shortly after. Derp moment.

 

[MacNoobGuy]

Completely normal, your mini will shut down when temps are dangerously high (~105C). Flash is very CPU intensive, I'd suggest switching to HTML 5 if you haven't already

how can i do this?

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it just seems weird that it runs so hot. my dell laptop and even my old AMD 3000+ never get to these temps and they're much older. i know the Mini CPU is more powerful so it therefore will increase its temperature, but wouldn't advancements mean the temperature would go down?

 

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how can i do this?

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it just seems weird that it runs so hot. my dell laptop and even my old AMD 3000+ never get to these temps and they're much older. i know the Mini CPU is more powerful so it therefore will increase its temperature, but wouldn't advancements mean the temperature would go down?

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/34428/flashtohtml5-safari-extension

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/35606/youtube5-safari-extension

http://www.youtube.com/html5


Flash on Mac is buggy as hell. Always has been. Has been known to cause all sorts of issues in OS X.

 

[MacNoobGuy]

i'm running firefox 12... i don't want to mess around with HTML5 since youtube says some videos aren't supported and fullscreen doesn't work fully. would i have a choice between flash and HTML5 on videos or would i need to restart firefox to change?

 

[MacNoobGuy]

has apple ever addressed this issue?

would mountain lion fix it?

 

[Ifti]

I'm using HTML5 on my MacBook and never had any issues with any videos at all......