hi.. how high is your temperature of the CPU in your macbook pro... just needed to know if I have to send back my macbook back to apple for checkup.. currently my macbook pro is at 71C and the fan is running at nearly 6000 RPM... so what the normal temp that my macbook pro should be at normal usage... suddenly its gotten so damn hot..!!!

@amryf83,
Try installing some fan control software; SMC Fan Control.

i did.. manage to put the fans on 5000 RPM.... but the temp is still around 70+.. is it normal for the macbook pro to be around this temperature in our country....

@amryf83,
I don't think my MBP runs >70 degrees. Here's a screen shot of my Fan Control settings.

are you runnin certain programmes which might have caused de unusually high temperature?

try monitorin your applications processes 2 check wad might cause de problem..

noob here,

how do you check your fan temperature?

there is this thing called google.com, u can type ur questions there and get de answer.

anyway, i'm using dis widget called 'iStat Pro' on de dashboard 2 view the temperature.

nope.. just using normal applications.. no games whatsoever.. CPU only running at 50%...

i check the temp through istat pro and regulate the fans speed by SMC fan control..

Mine goes up to 80'c when ripping DVD using Handbrake.. no big deals

wow.. really.. i just want to know... is it normal to let your macbook pro up to 70 degree or more.. and it won't shorten the CPU lifespan.. if it's normal.. that's fine by me...

@amryf83,
iStatpro & fan control isn't giving me the same values on the RPMs for both my fans. Anyhow, here's another screen shot from both the fan control & iStatpro:

iStatpro:


Fan Control:

While using SMC fan control is good when your sensor is slow to reponse to heat. You usually wont need it. As for better long run practice, please keep your mbp higher than the level you placed your mbp. place something to make mbp higher and leave the enclosure bottom more flow of air.

Usually the flow of air is very important in whatever-your-case may be. Just keep the air flowing. Dont face the ventilation to the wall. Keep the air flowing. and you will face less problem with heat.

When you run programme like Handbrake, the temperature is normal when it hits 80+.

But for your case, i suggest you make sure the air flow. which works most of the time.

wow macbook pro so hot... are you guy sure it is ok let it on when it is 80 C? i think i will just get a laptop cooler for it...

There must be something funny going on if your temp > 60 degrees. If mine reached more than 60 degrees, I usually checked on the activity, most of the time, there is this one process that hogging the CPU .. and most of the time was the mdworker which trying to index(??) my file .. and if the file is corrupted, it will just retry and retry to do something to the file.. removing the file usually solve the problem.

Run heavy graphic intensive game for an hour then turn your Macbook Pro upside down and fried food.

I have a first gen MBP (3 years old now and still going strong) and I've been running it almost at 90% uptime the entire 3 years.
I sent it in to Apple once to fix the whining + too much thermal paste problem in the first few months of owner ship and it's been working fine ever since.
The internal temperature is about 71C to 80C most of the time and the outer shell does get pretty hot. A lot of my friends complain/critic on why does the MBP get so hot, but they don't know that it's engineered to expel heat through it's aluminum case so that the insides don't get cooked.
I have never used any laptop coolers as I think it's a big waste of money and there isn't enough documented proof that it significantly improves performance. The MBP is a more of a notebook desktop replacement, NOT a LAPtop, as the heat expelled through the aluminum case would like burn/scald most laps.

Hope this helps. Only downside to my macbook pro is that it's now a desktop replacement and isn't exactly mobile. I'm currently looking for a 2nd hand Macbook I can torture and lug around.

@Onso,
The MBP might be heavy but really it's not that immobile as a laptop!

Yeah I know, but sorry to say that my baby is invaluable to me and I would die if anything were to happen to it. Like get stolen or had coffee spilled all over it.

@Onso,
In that case, leaving it at home probably would reduce the chances of it getting stolen Mine is also invaluable to me; more like so I could get work done but I drag it along wherever I go; am still contemplating if I should take it along with me on my travels; I don't like the weight - maybe I could do with using the old ancient 12.1" Fujitsu on those short travels *shrugs*