I just bought my MacBook just 2 month ago. While I at home, I will take out the battery. I on my MacBook about 2 hours, I feel that on my left feel very hot. I feel uncomfortable with it. The hot temperature which on the tracpad left which where the magsafe connected. Is very HOT. Do u guys encounter the same problem? If have can share what happen?

Should I send for service?

The temperature of the side where you connect your magsafe is tend to be higher that's pretty normal, but you sound like yours is freaking hot. Do you use coolerpad ? Or SMC fan control? It helps a lot boss If you do hv both of them then may b you should send it for a check

TS: usually the first batch of apple notebook got this "hot" issue one. Do check your software update regularly to resolve the "hot" issue. Otherwise please send it for a check like chingwooi said.

hmm 1st dun take out ur battery ever. dun ask me. there's a whole thread on why. i never had this hot issue.take it for check up and also update ur firmware

Yeah..i never remove the battery in all my laptops..
There is actually more disadvantages on taking out the battery than keeping it in..

If you are running Flash Apps, Games or Heavy programs, the Alu macbook hits 80c, its normal. I have a MBA and Macbook Alu 2.4 at home, all are experiencing heat issues. Laptop cooler doesn't help much. since the entire alu body acts as an heatsink, best used under Air Conditioned environment, it will help abit.

And yes, the top left part can be used to warm up my coffee.

This post has been edited by presto86: Mar 11 2009, 12:27 AM

the macbook can take the heat no worry.. mine stays cool coz got smc fan control run at 3.5k .. i still think that other laptop are worst just that u wont notice coz plastics case wont transfer much heat from the inside.. haha. its good to have allu unibody

Oh no, i didn't know that. I always remove my MacBook battery whenever i'm going to connect the magsafe. Gonna go google now ady xD

No heat issue for me, fan running at 2k rpm on normal use.
Never remove battery and just run purely on AC power.
Laptop is different from desktop. The Battery do act as a buffer in case AC voltage spike or else. CPU performance will be regulated and not performing at optimize output when Battery is removed.
Read this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2332

If you really think removing battery is good when connecting AC power, then why did Apple engineers spend so much time scratching their head on designing the new 17inch MBP non-removable battery?

This post has been edited by ahblu3: Mar 11 2009, 01:24 AM

actually was tat a good move from apple? wat happen if the battery has sum problem?

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Added on March 11, 2009, 1:36 ami mean for the 17inch unremovable feature. like our mbs and 15inch mb batteries can be removed so when anythin wrong can replace. wat about the 17? wat happen if got prob? (scratches head*)

This post has been edited by chunkymunky: Mar 11 2009, 01:36 AM

So when your battery is spoiled, or you want to upgrade the ram, u have to pay service charge at apple service centres after warranty expires? apple spare/upgrade parts are kinda overpriced. that's the only reason i can think of. Sorry.

the terminalogy to fit in a bigger battery by removing the latches isn't that hard to figure out when apple first launched the PowerBook 17".

This post has been edited by presto86: Mar 11 2009, 01:52 AM

I'm thinking along the lines of having a nightmare removing all these different sized screws, placing them carefully lined up...

then a great big gust of wind blows in....

*shivers*

No need to remove your battery when you're plugging in the power cable, MacBook's battery will auto cut the line out when it's 100% charged.

A lot of end-users always think that they are more genius than R&D engineer, and thus underestimate the complexity of microprocessor and electronics.

In the end they end up f*cking up their products and in return blame manufacturer for inconsistent build quality, reliability issue, overpriced after-warranty service, blablabla.

Doesn't only apply to Mac users, just anything else.
Personally I do know some guys who always encounter with freeze windows, virus-affected PC, crashed HDD, much more often than other people.

And what not. May the Mac always be with you.

Is it normal when it loads heavy the fan will spining faster. I checked it about 6k rpm. Is it okey ? will it damage the fan ? or just normal like that.

Yea, quite a normal phenomenon in my MacBook white when i played game like DOT.A or ran plenty of apps simultaneously. Anyway, the fan speed should slow down after you closed those apps and the lappy has cooled down.

I also got the temperature on my status and saw the progress system even watch mkv movie take a lot process on processor and the temperature will heat up..

Thanks all the info. I heard Some say install a program/software called SME (forgot what he mention to me)..will search for it it help to make the MacBook fan run faster!

SMC fan control?
It doesn't help to make your fan faster.
It just allow you to control the speed of your fan.

my macbook becomes really hot when i copy videos from the video cam or rip some dvd movies..
it's really irritating.. cos u can hear loud noise from ur machine..

dude dont use smc on autopilot,it'll make the fan go bust,sooner than u think

do not remove your battery when use.

just like my fren, the battery charge (which able to keep) keep decreasing now

What the good advice? Let say my MacBook battery is FULL and I put MagSafe into it. Does this affected my battery cycle? If I take out the battery, my battery life span is much more longer and the cycle will reduce!

No removing your battery will not reduce your cycle count. Let's say it one more time, removing the battery from your macbook is a bad idea.

Define autopilot xD

how to control?

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Added on March 19, 2009, 2:08 amapple battery doesn't work this way

This post has been edited by cRazYee: Mar 19 2009, 02:08 AM

[quote=cRazYee,Mar 19 2009, 02:07 AM]
how to control?

Under preference, u can define the minimum speed.
Macbook Alu only can change Exhaust fan.
I Think MBP got left and right fan option At least the previous version does.

can you screencap?
i dont see any option for mine

Can I just use the SMC just to monitor the fan speed instead of making the change on the fan speed?
I would like to leave the settings to original. Is it possible?
Thanks.

Mac newbie here.
There's actually a setting to control the speeed of the fan in the macbook?
Correct me if i'm wrong and what kinda lappy cooler should i get ?

My macbook pro still can go up to 60c+ full load even i'm working in office that almost freeze me to dead..

max speed 24/7?

Er, what does this mean? coz i don't see the "autopilot" thingy setting at the preference.

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Added on March 19, 2009, 10:29 pmGet a cooler master. It's nice and sturdy

This post has been edited by chingwooi: Mar 19 2009, 10:29 PM

Environent temp not equal to processor temp.
I used my during winter, heavy load also reach 60 degree or more.

It's just a fan, unless you use fan use for server room or liquid cooling, else no way to bring it down so easy.

But it's a lappie, no way to do it

hi,I'm using a macbook alu 13". would like to share with u guys..is this temperature normal?the environment temperature can be considered cool,but the temperature of cpu is this high.quite worried with the temp..hope that it's normal.

i think yours was fine. mine was at 94'c lastnight when i was editing my work on photoshop, and IA.
running PS,AI,itunes,firefox, messenger.
but once i placed it on a glass surface, the temperature became 90'c.
normal temperature with surfing internet is 50~56'c.

ouhh.....that's a good thing to hear..so,the normal operating temp for macbook is high by default lah,rite...the temp looks scary man..

i use Fan Control 1.2 to change the rate at which the fan speed ramps up instead of just fixing the minimum fan speed with smcFanControl.

im using smcfancontrol 2.2.2, the temperature is remains 50+- now, with firefox and itunes

i think if the standard operation is already high,that means the macbook could accomodate with the temp lah..no need to increase the fan speed anymore,coz the fan have its lifecycle,means the faster it goes the faster it will die,isn't it?

In my opinion, Apple is a bit too conservative to try to keep it's Macbooks silent. Some users have reported the MBP crashing when trying to game just upon starting up their a MBP. the fan speed doesn't ramp up fast enough resulting in a crash due to overheating.

What I did is just to adjust the graph of which it uses to ramp up the fan speed in proportion to the CPU temp. Help's keep the temps down while not keeping the fan running at a high speed all the time. So I suggest not using smcFanControl but instead look for Fan Control (a different app) to control how fast your fan speed ramps up.

Guys my MB alu seems hot these few days..
Running nothing...just maybe safari and adium + mail..
My fan speed goes up to 6k+ rpm and the temp is like 65 degress celcius..

super hot use in windows in summer

from what i read in apple website,we are not advised to take out the macbook battery. Apple recommends to NEVER take out the battery,that's why now the latest version of macbook pro,they use an internal battery. maybe bcoz there's some ppl who likes to take out battery to spare the battery life cycle. I think there's something connected to the system hardware that needs the battery to be attach to the macbook.
Maybe some of heat issues caused by taking out the battery. just maybe.

I never ever take out the battery as i've read online not to take out..
But at times my laptop really hot and the fan rpm very high..
I'm not even running on AC..

There was this dude in the garage sale that is selling a cooler pad made from gel. Anyone got the link. I cant seem to find it.

http://www.thermapak.com/
yes there is someone selling the above in the trade zone. just give it a search. i bought this for my mbp.

there is also another much cheaper one whos effectiveness is unknown.

better get thermpak atleast the review is good.

Macbook battery is quite advanced that it has it's own chip to count the charge cycle and manage it's power.

if i am not too mistaken , the era where the battery will be overcharged is over already. most of the laptop battery has it's own controller chip inside to prevent overcharging. as a result of that it is always better to put it in.

just bought 1 recently, luckily dun have problem lik this.

bought what? the MB or Thermapak?

talking about the batteries, what about if the battery is already fully charged and the laptop is in sleep? where does the power go then? will it affect negatively onto the battery then?

(somehow i know it won't affect battery performance but i just feel paranoid leaving the AC plug on when my MBP on sleep)..

the battery is still bypassed by the AC even then.

Has anyone's Mac gotten so hot that when you're watching a movie/online clip the the whole video and audio goes into slow motion? For me its usually about 82c. Thats the highest I've even gotten. Fans were spinning at 6200 rpm.

thats weird, never faced this problem before,is anything covering your exhaust vents?

nope.. normally I get mine to be around 65 degC..

Nope. When that happens I start closing tabs and applications and put my mac on top of a dictionary for ventilation. Seems to solve the problem.

guys, what is the normal range for the temperature and fanspeed? and what is the temperature and fanspeed which is considered too high?

when normal usage the temperature is about 59-70C. if play game it up to 82C n you can hear the fan speeding in full blast..

how you guys check the temperature of macbook?

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

Eh in mac when u set change wallpaper every 5 sec..
Does it increase CPU usage or ram that heat up ur com?

i dont think,that'd would significantly change anything drastically like from 50 C to 70C.

yeh man. i tried that. and i didnt feel the diff.

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Added on August 12, 2009, 10:48 pmcan we get it here in kl?

This post has been edited by s88: Aug 12 2009, 10:48 PM

i think theres a guy selling it in garagesales and based on metalgear's analysis it doesnt drastically decrease heat on its own.

I just received the thermapak for the GS seller yesterday..
It does make a difference lol..
Now i see my temp is always stable and my fan RPM is low also..
I can put it on my lap or on the sofa or on the bed and my temp is like 48-50 degrees..

^Good to hear that. Although my simple test with CPUTest didn't show any obvious difference, the outer aluminium body already feels cooler to the touch.

btw, nimrod323, it's not metalgear, it's metalzone haha.

just wish it wud look nicer thou the thermapak thing.

this thermapak sounds cool. i think i should get it. rite now my alu macbook gets hot easily. and i think the normal cooling pad doesnt really work.

how abt the GIGABYTE laptop cooler? you can specifically place the fan where you want it to b. would that work?

haha im really really sorry haha too much MGS in my head d lol.

as long as it works, i dont mind the look

Where can get the Thermapak?

u should try search in the garage sales.theres someone selling thermapak..

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Added on August 17, 2009, 5:51 pmi'll give u a hand lah...try this link
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...15&hl=thermapak

This post has been edited by aizad02: Aug 17 2009, 05:51 PM

nvr had this problem b4.

if u install windows on ur macbook alu, da hot temp is normal..

may i know which software i can install to check my mac pro temperature?

Try this: http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/

thanks superman7 will try to install this tonight