Let me start by saying, Dosdude1, what an amazing piece of software you've written!
Upgrading my (4g, ssd) mid-2009, 15", MacBook Pro 5.3 from El Capitan to HS was really easy, the instructions super clear on your website, and quite intuitive as well.
I am really really thankful for all your work!
TL; DR: now the mbp is running quite hot, all the time.
I use this mbp sporadically, having two other laptops for work, but it's nice to have it at home, whenever some friends stay over and need a laptop, or I want to watch some movie in my bed. ElCap was running well, and it was cool as a cucumber considering the light use (tor, firefox, tidal, office).
But with the recent security certificates issues, and a few softwares not working anymore, I read the whole thread (I swear!), and upgraded. Super smooth, flawless, nothing to say.
Usb flash drive, run Dosdude1 installer, get HS 10.13.6, post-install patch, all good. Everything works, brightness, keyboard, etc.
Except...CPU temp now running a balmy 55°C at 90% idle.
Firefox open with a few tabs, we're now 7% system, 10-15% user, and the temperature is rising to 65/70.
If I watch a video, or have something else in the background, it rises to 90, and the fans are really audible.
Installed TG Pro to run the fans a bit sooner (worried about the overall computer, and it's really too hot for my lap).
I need the fans around 40/50% all the time to keep it below 60.
It's been a week, indexing is done.
I ran Onyx, nothing.
2 cmd lines later and all the safari/itunes/security updates are completed, nevertheless the mbp 5.3 is still warm, nothing new.
Made sure it's on the 9400m, not the 9600m.
SMC and nvram reset done (I think...), no change.
The gpu is cool, only the gpu proximity sensor temp is close to the CPU temp.
Of course I opened the laptop, and cleaned the fans (which were quite clean though).
Rarely will the cpu be taxed over 50%, and yet the temps keep rising.
It's quite understandable that running HS will require more CPU than ElCap. Still I haven't read anybody reporting higher temps.
Where did I go wrong?
Again, many thanks!
edit: I can't see anything in activity monitor that seems to be running a lot of cpu threads.
As well, starting/waking up, the temps will be around 30, jumping to 55 in a minute.