it's 60 degrees outside, and my window is open. and i am not doing cpu intensive work on my laptop, just web browing, and im-ing, but according to smcfancontrol, the temperature is almost 80 celcius and w/ a fan speed of 3000rpm+! I dont know if it's because some application that i installed, but my macbook pro (new santa rosa 2.2ghz) used to be just around 60 c and fan speed of ~2000rpm. should i be concerned? i dunno why the sudden increase of temp/fan. any helpful input is much appreciated
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MacBook Pro heat issue
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the thing is, my mbp used to be around 60C and ~2000rpm under normal usage. i just dunno y this sudden increase of temperature and fan speed
webbrowsing: camino 1.5.1
Im: Adium
synergy
that's about it
it's now 62C and 5000rpm!
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webbrowsing: camino 1.5.1
Im: Adium
synergy
that's about it
it's now 62C and 5000rpm!
the temp in the toolbar
i do have speck case for my mbp and the keyboard protector. but i dont think they are the problem, since i had them before and didnt have a heat problem
Open Activity Monitor in your Utilities folder and check to see if any of your open processes is using excessive resources. I find that macrumors.com is one of the guilty sites, along with any other with embedded flash video links, that can send temperatures soaring.
That is 176F - I am at 110F @ 2340 rpm - web browsing and mail only.
MBP 2.33 w/ 2GB ram.
Sounds as if it is running hot to me - especially with that high rpm on the fans.
MBP 2.33 w/ 2GB ram.
Sounds as if it is running hot to me - especially with that high rpm on the fans.
MBP runs hot. Same temp here. I got smcfancontrol and it works great. Rght now I am doing some movie editing and and at 80c with fans at 4000.
My C2D MacBook Pro usually runs at ~50C.
The only thing that heats it up is a program that starts to use a lot of the CPU. For example, if I'm viewing a webpage that has a Flash ad/video on it.
weckart's suggestion was spot on, IMO. Open Activity Monitor, look at the CPU usage and see if a process is using a lot of the % CPU.
The only thing that heats it up is a program that starts to use a lot of the CPU. For example, if I'm viewing a webpage that has a Flash ad/video on it.
weckart's suggestion was spot on, IMO. Open Activity Monitor, look at the CPU usage and see if a process is using a lot of the % CPU.
Seriously? You can get the same qualities in a leaf blower. That doesnt sound normal.
i just did that, but my usage seems rather reasonable. i actually called apple about it, the tech told me to remove the battery and press down and hold the power button for 5 seconds. it didnt really work for me, guess i will call back tomorrow, i will keep you guys posted on my heat situation
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i think i just found the problem. i just went back to Activity Monitor and clicked on All Processes in the scroll window, apparently, this program called "printjobmgr" was using 99% of my cpu! after i force quit that program, the temperature/fan speed dropped down immediately! i did have some problem w/ my cannon printer recently; noticeably, i cannot print from Microsoft Words, an error msg always pops up telling me to check the setting in printcenter. my mbp is now running at a comfortable 48C/2000rpm. does anyone know how to fix the printjobmgr thing, and y is it acting up as a cpu hog?