Runs Hot

[Queen6]

I run Ubuntu on my 09 mbp, so c2d vs i-series and it runs well for DD tasks. Temps range from 80F to topping out with the gpu at 140-150F. I don’t keep this on my lap mind you. It sits on an active fan ONN cooler or passively cooled on an aluminum rain design M stand all day.

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Between the two it is still very quiet - a gentle hum which I find soothing. Anyways, I have not taken the time to repaste this unit yet as thermals are mostly reasonable for its light DD load although I probably should considering it’s age.

Pulling the history on this box thus far it looks like at some point the gpu thermals maxed at 181F (no idea what I was doing there lol) with fan speed maxed at 3894rpm but looks like average is around 150F with average fan speeds of 1900-2100 rpm.

From memory (2008 c2d) seems to be reasonable if not running on the cool side My 15" 2008 MBP ran hotter than Hades. Ironically it limped along on one fan for about six months until I could source a replacement. Sadly it eventually succumbed to age; battery exploded (not good), hinge & locking mechanism, needed a third set of fans, basically too much cost to revive but it did last 14 years and still ran

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[borgward]

I run Ubuntu on my 09 mbp, so c2d vs i-series and it runs well for DD tasks. Temps range from 80F to topping out with the gpu at 140-150F. I don’t keep this on my lap mind you. It sits on an active fan ONN cooler or passively cooled on an aluminum rain design M stand all day.

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Between the two it is still very quiet - a gentle hum which I find soothing. Anyways, I have not taken the time to repaste this unit yet as thermals are mostly reasonable for its light DD load although I probably should considering it’s age.

Pulling the history on this box thus far it looks like at some point the gpu thermals maxed at 181F (no idea what I was doing there lol) with fan speed maxed at 3894rpm but looks like average is around 150F with average fan speeds of 1900-2100 rpm.

Just got answer from Linuxmint forum:
Macbook fans aren't very well supported without

macfanctld

It can be installed with the Mint Software Manager

DESCRIPTION
macfanctld is a daemon that reads temperature sensors and adjust the fan(s) speed on MacBook's. macfanctld is configurable and logs temp and fan data to a file. macfanctld uses three sources to determine the fan speeed: 1) average temperature from all sensors, 2) sensor TC0P [CPU 0 Proximity Temp and 3] and sensor TG0P [GPU 0 Proximity Temp]. Each source's impact on fan speed can be individually adjusted to fine tune working temperature on different MacBooks.

Important: macfanctld depends on applesmc-dkms.

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