Apple:: What Is The Normal Temperature For A MacBook Running May 4, 2009 I bought the unibody MacBook some weeks ago, probably nearing a month now. And I'd like to perhaps get some answers on some things that have been bothering me a little here and there. I've called AppleCare but they almost always tell me to bring my MacBook down somewhere to have a look at it, and that is not a very viable option. Unless it of course is something major.

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What is the normal temperature for a MacBook running say Firefox with maybe 5+ tabs open and a video streaming in one of those tabs? Along with maybe aMSN and Pages. Before I had SMCFancontrol running, with power attached it would run at or between 5561 degrees celsius or so. Currently with SMCFancontrol running, it runs at about 4551 celsius but the fans are working doubly hard. While running games on my Win XP partition, it gets hot, sometimes if I put it on my lap for a second or two, it almost feels like the surface could scald me. But I guess that's because I'm running games. Is it more advisable to have the battery out or in if when I'm at home and using just the power adapter?

Applecare has advised that I leave it in all the time, but I'm not entirely convinced on this. Macs aren't PCs but most if not all of the people I know that use PCs have the battery out all the time and only plug it back in when they need it. Similar Messages:. ADVERTISEMENT Feb 22, 2010 I am looking at getting a MB 13' or a MBP 13'. Can I upgrade the Ram in the normal macbook? Its saying 2gig of ram, where as the MBP can upgrade to 4. Both only have one slot inside for ram.

Can the normal MB take 4 gig stick and run it as 4? Jun 9, 2009 I have a white macbook with a 2.1ghz intel core 2 duo that I got in August of 2008. I was wondering if it is normal for the fan to run constantly and for the CPU to be at 160 degrees, the memory at 120, the main heat-sinks at about 130? Jun 3, 2009 I own a macbook pro unibody 2,53 and im experiencing temperatures (using the big graphic card) at arround 70-72C while just using my browser.

Is this a normal idle temperature with the high gfx card enabled? Laptop is on a desk.

Dec 27, 2009 I check my battery count almost every day, what I have noticed is that the full charge capacity decreases by around 5 every day. Three days ago it was at 5182, and now it's at 5169. I run my laptop on external power most of the time. Is such steady decrease normal? Feb 3, 2009 from a macbook pro (spec below) is this normal? Basically opening powerpoint, msn and webpage, minimal download Oct 11, 2009 Lately I've been busy and haven't played a whole lot of games.

Just the other week I notice my GPU temps went up on ilde. The fan would kick in,to stablized the temp around 75 degrees then drop to 60 or so. The temperature just keeps climbing up till it maxed at around 75 degrees. Iv'e already went and bought some air can blowers and blow all that dust and lints out. I even ensure it's clean by shining a flash light thur the top of the fans and look thur the vents to see if I can see the fan blades.

All is clear but I'm still having then same issues. When I ran games such as RE5 it gets really hot sometimes reaching 95 degrees. My palms sometimes starts to burn anyone encounter such act? Wondering if there's anything else I can do before calling DELL support! Oct 24, 2008 i got my motherboard replaced today, the idle temperature is the same like before around 65-70 'C. But i never tested the temp when i m gaming with previous motherboard. And i did with the new one, the max temp i got was 104'C OO normal?

When i quite the game was 96'C and 5 min later it returned to 70 the notebook is m1330, the game was warcraft III, AC connected can someone post their m1330 temperature after playing half hour game? Jun 29, 2013 I have a Lenovo Yoga 13 with an Intel i5-3337U. I noticed that it seems to be getting a lot hotter recently (touch wise), and so I installed coretemp on the ultrabook to find out what the idle temperature is.It seems to average out 47C idle.I was wondering if this is the average idle temp for this model process/laptop.

Jan 18, 2014 I need to check the normal operating temperature for the Dell Latitude E7440. My fan is constantly on and the air coming out the side vent is extremely hot.

I have installed a temperature app and with basic use (windows 8.1 and 2 or 3 apps open) the core 0 and core 1 of the processor are running between 85 and 90 degrees Celsius. When plugged into power, the fan is permanently on high speed. I don't know if this is normal. I dont understand why it is getting so hot, i have the i7, 8GB, 256GB SSD, so literally no moving parts to generate heat. My battery (47Wh) drains very quickly as well, 2 1/2 hours max. Aug 10, 2009 what is the battery life of your macbook pro on bootcamp?

I want to compare it to that of windows 7 as i will be doing heavy programming during my second year at uni. I want to know what will be better, vista or xp. I currently have w7 rc.

I wanted to purchase it but i do not know when it will be released. Therefore i wanted to go with something more stable. Nov 20, 2009 Besides running Onyx, what can I do to keep my Macbook running smoothly? I don't have very many things installed, and am sure to delete bits of things when I get rid of them. Also, what exactly does Onyx do? Jul 24, 2009 I got the keyboard Eject key to work. Post has been updated accordingly.

This was done on an early 2009 white Macbook, with Vista SP2. Your mileage may vary. I'm not responsible for any damage or loss of files. On that note, always remember to backup data before doing a reformat! First of all, I booted from the OS X Install disc, went into Disk Utility, clicked on the hard drive and selected Partition. From there, I created a new single partition, under options I selected Master Boot Record table. After it was done I rebooted, holding the ALT/Option key until I got into the boot manager, and I ejected the OS X disc and inserted the Windows disc (I am using the original Vista RTM disc in this case, and I installed SP1 and SP2 later).

Feb 16, 2009 My first mac is almost a year old now. What should I do to keep my macbook pro running quickly? I maxed out my ram, but what maintenance should I do?

I have a lot of programs that I don't want to loose by reinstalling OSX. Jun 20, 2009 I absolutely love the new Macbook Pro 13' hardware.

The unibody case and high quality panel makes me want to buy one right now. Nobody really offers anything similar. The problem for me, however is the fact that it comes with and runs OS X, and as far as I understand I will need to use Apple software (bootcamp) to run Windows. Is it at all possible to modify the computer to run Windows exclusively?

And if I do run Windows through Apple software, are there any limitations to what I can do there or is it exactly the same as on a regular PC laptop? Running OS X is not an option, as alot of very specialized software I use is Windows only and I frankly dislike Apple OS. Jun 3, 2009 I'm going to uni next year to study CSc and have been told nearly every system they run is an XP machine. I also checked what software they run, and it turns out the majority aren't available for the mac. I asked them what would be best for the course and they told me I would get better support if I had a PC and that there may be workarounds for macs. However, the person I spoke to (head of faculty) has no experience whatsoever with OS X.

Anyway, the thing is I want to keep my current macbook mainly because I find it hard to part with and the second being I don't have the cash to dish out on another notebook of comparable quality. The question: Which version of Windows (XP/Vista/7) runs best on a Macbook? By this I mean which has the greater support (drivers), and is most stable to work with (incl/ battery life, less glitches etc). Also, will Snow Leopard provide better compatibility with Windows and how? Thank you in advance for any information you can provide me with. May 3, 2009 What are the problems running vista on a Macbook pro Unibody? Jan 11, 2010 About seven months ago, I bought a Lenovo T400 for law school and left my 2006 13' MB with my dad (the computer mentioned in the subject line).

All he did was install Snow Leopard on it, and then let it sit and barely use it. So, last time I was home I took it back from him to have as a fun/backup laptop. I know the fan on this model (compared to the older G4 iBooks) always did run somewhat frequently, but usually I could tell what I was doing that would do it (something CPU intensive). However, since I've been messing around with it, I've noticed the fan runs a LOT more often, at a high speed. I could even let it sit for five minutes with no applications running and the fan will turn on for a bit. I don't think I'm just spoiled by the cool-running T400, but I'm fairly sure the fan is running more often than when I used this MacBook.

Can anyone tell me if Snow Leopard (at 10.6.2) is making a difference? Or is there some other issue that can be present here? I've also done the PRAM reset tricks to no avail.

Jul 3, 2009 I have an HP dv6870 (dual core AMD). It overheated a few weeks ago and shut down. I notice now that the fans are always running.

I don't remember this being a problem before. Core temp says my cpus are running around 180F degrees. TL-64 is the processor model. Jan 23, 2009 I recently got the Macbook for Christmas and it has been giving me no problems until last night. I was watching a video on it and I had it plugged in, as the battery was running low, when it all of the sudden went blank and shut itself off.

I thought that maybe the battery had died for some strange reason, since it had not been in its charger long, went on my other computer and dismissed the situation until this morning. When I unplugged it, checked the battery life (it was full, by the way, 8 green lights came on) and then tried to turn it on, nothing happened. I held down the button for a long time and still, nothing.

I tried plugging it back in and turning it on, still nothing. I got the manuel out and tried the Command, P, R and Power button thing, which made the laptop make a small noise. Then I tried once again to turn it on, but the screen just went to a lighter gray and nothing happened. When I pushed it again, it went dark. I tried removing the battery and putting it back in, but it still did the same, and I even tried holding down the power button for five seconds while the battery was out. Still nothing.

Jan 3, 2009 I have noticed that sometimes my computer is running slower than normal. How can i fix this? What are some steps that i can take? Is it true that norton really does slow down computers?

What Is Normal Running Temperature For A Macbook Pro

If your computer is running slow, could that just be a result of windows vista (if you have the latest update)? Feb 20, 2010 On my Black Macbook is it when it is charging the screen feels different than when it is running on the battery. For example, when it is charging and I run my finger along the screen there is more resistance and it is not as smooth as when it is running on the battery. Is this normal? Nov 30, 2008 I don't know if this is normal or not. I don't use this laptop for gaming so i wouldn't know how high the temperature reach but i gave 3Dmark06 a try to see how my computer did. Here are the results.

Is my score and temperature normal? Jul 16, 2009 what is a normal temp? I feel like my MBP is 'too' hot.

Right now its at 66C and fans are at 2000rpm. Sep 24, 2009 I have a summer 09 2.26GHz MBP w/ 2 gigs of ram. The first time I installed Snow Leopard I just did an upgrade, but I noticed a hit in performance. Spaces got slower, Firefox would lag between tabs, apps would take some time to launch, etc.

I recently used time machine to backup my Leopard installation, clean installed to Snow Leopard, and used Migration Assistant to move everything back over (including apps). I'm still noticing the same hit in performance when compared to my Leopard install. I thought Snow Leopard was supposed to be faster, not slower? Anywho, I noticed my ram usage is being choked up. Using iStat Pro I have been consistently monitoring my ram usage.

As of now I am running Finder, Firefox (2 tabs), iTunes, Adium, and Skype. This is what the iStat Pro ram readout is giving me: Wired: 205 mb Active: 964 mb Inactive: 496 mb Free: 121 mb Are these levels normal? It seems like I'm using an abnormal amount of ram for not a whole lot of intensive applications. Could this be the source of my slow-ness in Snow Leopard? In addition, I installed Windows 7 Professional via Bootcamp on a 32gb partition. 7 also seems to be pretty darn slow from what I expect.

I have Windows Experience Indexes around 5+ out of 7.9 except for the gaming graphics category (4+), but I notice slowness when switching between apps (using Windows counterparts/equivalents to the apps mentioned above). Another example of slowness would be how it took about 20 minutes to extract a 2.5gb Pro/E installer file. This slowness is starting to bug me! Am I hitting the limits of my machine, or is there something wrong?

If there is something wrong, what can I do to fix it? May 11, 2009 it is indeed handy to have coolbook on the menu bar and it shows that at the time when temperature went up to 8090; the cpu was running at full speed. At the task i was running where i underclock down to even 800mhz things were fine, but it just shot up to 2.5k ghz for no reason. And after locking at the range of 800-1600, the temperature did indeed dropped to a more desirable temperature of 60 but still sticked to the upper limit at 1600 w/out reason. All temperatures stated are Celsius.

There weren't any cpu intensive tasks running either; once again, i turned off everything after seeing the temperature went up. Since it has nothing to do with the GPU(every unibody mac user love to say this, but no, not the gpu this time. For those who didn't know what happened prior; my macbook pro loves heat and more so reaching 8090 w/out reason. Venting is clean enough there is no visible dust gathered, it had been used with a cooler at home so it wouldn't be the entrapment from desktop material either. Apr 14, 2009 this is with minimal workload besides leaving BT on w/ 50kbs down and 10kbps up capped. Room temperature is anywhere around 20-24, common room temperature at a library in edmonton.

Keep in mind that this is the CPU's temperature so it has less to do with the GPU's issue. Feb 2, 2009 this thing gets hot while running windows (VISTA 64bit).

Apr 23, 2009 What exactly makes a CPU temperature skyrocket while leaving the GPU temp low? Right now I am writing an essay on Word 2008, have a powerpoint open, this safari window, and uTorrent downloading torrents. And my CPU temp rose to 83 degrees C after opening uTorrent. Why does uTorrent cause such a spike in CPU heat? Feb 5, 2009 To start I should remind everyone that i'm not a mac user. I have never owned a mac or used OSX properly before today. As such, my opinions should be taken as coming from someone who has much knowledge and experience as far as PC's are concerned, but who is a total mac n00b.

First Impressions When I first walked over to the Macbooks I was quite taken aback. The build quality is out of this world. In fact, I immediately walked over to the latest PC laptops to compare and immediately thought 'manufacturing FAIL'. Really, the Macbooks are italian sports cars, and PC's are 30 year old farm tractors to use the typical 'car analogy'.

The Macbook I really only had any interest in the Macbook when I first went to the Apple stand, but came away with the intention of buying a MacBook Pro. Let me explain: The MacBook's build quality is awesome. It's solid, no creaking plastic or flexable build, completely and utterly solid.

Your Mac is a complicated beast. Whether iMac or MacBook, the Mac is loaded with all sorts of technology we’ll seldom see, but sometimes we’ll hear about it. Here’s a quick look at how you can monitor the temperature of components inside your Mac, why you’d want to, how you can control the fans that keep it cool (and sometimes noisy), and even check on the internal sensors. Most Mac users seldom bother with the internal sensors, have little need to control the fans, or worry about the temperature of various components.

Until something goes wrong. One of the first signs of a Mac that’s having trouble is the fan.

When the fan comes on, something is happening. It could be nothing more than a Safari window with multiple open tabs connected to websites with a bunch of Flash advertisements. All the extra CPU juice that Flash requires can turn up the heat. Heat means fans. Fans mean noise. How can you control the fans, monitor the Mac’s temperature, and check on the various and sundry sensors inside? Think temperature gauge.

What this clever little utility does first is monitor your Mac’s innards– fans and sensors– and report on what it finds. Check out this list. TG Pro lets you view the Mac’s temperatures for each sensor; both current and maximum. That’s a good place to troubleshoot. There’s more! You can also view the speeds and control the speeds for each fan inside the Mac.

Set the fans to go to a certain speed (higher or lower) whenever it reaches a certain temperature. There’s even a built-in sensor to notify you when the Mac gets too hot. The built-in diagnostics helps to locate faulty sensors and fans. And, as a good Mac app citizen, TG Pro can pop up a notification, or send you an email if you’re away. Setup and configuration will take a few minutes, though. There’s lots going on inside your Mac that most of us never both to learn about. TG Pro just makes it easier to control fans, monitor temperatures, and view sensor readings with a click.

Nicely done, good reviews, and a great utility for any Mac user who wonders why the Mac’s fan keeps coming on. TG Pro and smcFanControl as well monitors and allows adjustments to fans on my iMacs where Apple believes quiet trumps longer term chip life in certain climates. I live in a warm coastal community where very high humidity 90% is the 24 hour norm in the summer months. Having experienced “unusually high graphics chip failure” (Apple’s words) 4 times on 3 iMacs over 7 years and replaced under AppleCare, I’ve concluded what Apple does to keep the iMacs quiet in the long term can break down the long term reliability of graphics chips and other heat sensitive components. If you stream video, Netflix, movies on YouTube or other streaming networks and experience jumps, excessive hangs, frequent pixilation or horizontal lines disturbing your viewing experiences, its “normal” activity at high humidity and temperatures.

Higher/custom speed fan settings, permitted by third party programs is the only way to minimize these negative graphics results. Apple chooses to keep iMacs quiet.I choose to prolong the life of my iMacs chips (after the warranty periods) with minimized graphical interruptions.

What Is The Normal Temperature For Macbook Air

Know however, while still under warranty, changing internal factory settings of controllers can be cause to deny any failure replacements/repair by Apple, under warranty. Also by using these fans at higher speeds than originally intended they may fail quicker. However, replacing cooling fans $20 is far cheaper than the entire motherboard $800. Apple Repair replaces the entire board when component failure occurs, not chipsets. Primary Sidebar.