Wow, MBP running ice cold all of a sudden

[Papajohn56]

I was playing a game earlier, which got it up to 88°C+ for a bit, and it normally idles around 48°C. But now, fans at normal speed, I'm running safari and Adium, at 33°C!

Is it possible for a CPU to get so hot that thermal paste re-seats or adjusts or something?

 

[Nermal]

Mine's also idling at 48, plugged in. Is yours plugged in or running from battery?

By the way, 33 ° is not ice cold, 0 is

 

[Papajohn56]

Mine's also idling at 48, plugged in. Is yours plugged in or running from battery?

By the way, 33 ° is not ice cold, 0 is

I know what freezing point is, figure of speech

It's running from AC Power, and on Better Performance mode.

 

[chem]

Is it possible for a CPU to get so hot that thermal paste re-seats or adjusts or something?

It's more likely you had a temp sensor failure or single core of the CPU thermal shutdown