im using this app: smcFanControl

it displays the temperature as well as the fan speed..

how accurate compare to istat pro ?

Mine's neither an MB nor an MBP, but I'd just chip in on what I use for monitoring...

Use Temperature Monitor for a full report on all sensor available on your Mac.
http://www.bresink.com/osx/0TemperatureMonitor/download.html

does thermapak work?

er how exactly do you judge which program is more accurate?

anyway i've not tried istat pro..

Is playing game like left 4 dead or other on mac book pro will always cause the macbook pro temparute goes to 90? and heard fan sound?

is this normal?

I guess there is no way to check which is more accurate. Judging from several reported average temperature, I think for normal internet browsing, the temperature should be ranging around 50 ~ 60 degC.
I use iStat btw...

any high end game will cause this.

hey bro. i have this problem too. but mine gets hot without gaming. it gets hot faster when gaming, but with normal mac usage, it gets pretty hot on the left speaker. will a laptop fan help? or a table fan, blowing downwards towards the keyboard?

technically, the term "hot" can be perceived differently by different people.. download one of the temperature application and state down yours here..

and yes one of those cooling stands should help =)

Which mean that no matter how strong the MacBook Pro is like 4GB ram and etc, it still will got fan sound and high tempature? as long as the game consider high end game?

left side is hot cuz the logic board is on left side
plus, power inlet create quite decent heat to the system

hey. cooling stands as in, table fan. or laptop fan?hmm..

im getting around the same range as yours, 55c - 65c on normal usage and my room is a little warm.. that's contribute to the temp also.

well the laptop fan is constantly on anyway.. i meant as in one of those cooling pads =)

it should help in your notebook temperature as well..

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Added on August 4, 2009, 1:50 pmwell the laptop fan is constantly on anyway.. i meant as in one of those cooling pads =)

it should help in your notebook temperature as well..

This post has been edited by jind86: Aug 4 2009, 01:50 PM

cooling pads? got picture bro. not so sure what are those. the thing is my mbp not using any laptop cooler fan. just elevated by this item called the 'space station'. this one that i am using records the CPU temperature of 60 - 67 degrees.
ok i have 2mbp. one that i use constantly and another that i barely use. the one that i barely use never have this heat issue. on for an hour the temp still low. but this one on for . . 30mins, its at 60+ degrees d. both are from the same gen and have the same spec.

so is it a defect or me being paranoid. haha

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Added on August 9, 2009, 1:12 pmburp. respond anyone?

This post has been edited by llsphinxll: Aug 9 2009, 01:12 PM

a cooling pad is like this:



er.. i think 60-67 degrees is pretty normal.. especially if you're not in an air-conditioned room..

ouh laptop coolers. hmm yeah planning to get the gigabyte one as it can specifically blow the wind out from the top left section. anyone has any experience with one of those?
any other good laptop cooler recommendations?

and thanks jin for the info.

^ You might wanna check out ThermaPAK if you haven't. It's been mentioned a few times here.

This post has been edited by MetalZone: Aug 11 2009, 12:19 AM