90+degrees C when watching video.

Roverno · 11 Jun 2012 at 23:22

Hi all, i think i have a little overheating problem on my macbook pro.

I have the 2010 model bought in september of that year. Dual core i7 @2.66Ghz.

When i am watching videos on 'the tube' at anything over 360p, my fans spin up massively and core temps hit over 90. The mac itself becomes too hot to touch on the back and the front (over the CPU i assume) is also extremely hot. Nothin takes huge amounts of resources, up to 30% maximum.

The last time i opened my mac was to install some new ram. Proper stuff from crucial, all 1067Mhz as required. There didn't seem to be any dust build up at that point so im not too sure what to do about this.

I think i only had 1 year warranty as i didn't pay for apple care so i dont think they would help?

Ideas?

MagicBoy · 12 Jun 2012 at 02:12

Temps are a tad high but it's not unexpected. Flash is a horribly inefficient way of delivering video and the OS X version is even more resource hungry than Windows. My 2008 MacBook used to have its fan screaming in similar circumstances but was deathly quiet the rest of the time.

Try joining the HTML5 trial.

HankScorpio · 12 Jun 2012 at 02:12

I had this with an early 2009 white macbook when watching flash video on the coach the temps would hit 90-100c!

Blame flash player being an awful application.

Mr_White · 12 Jun 2012 at 02:13

Flash on OS X is **** and rapes everything.

Roverno · 12 Jun 2012 at 08:20

Oh...

Gilbert89 · 12 Jun 2012 at 09:34

Stick the laptop in a mini fridge and watch flash.. could possibly help?!

GeX · 12 Jun 2012 at 10:26

Use the HTML version of youtube instead. Kill Flash to death, in the face.

Gilbert89 · 12 Jun 2012 at 13:09

Not wanting to hijack the thread but what temperature can the Macbook Pro reach before it shuts itself down?

Vonhelmet · 12 Jun 2012 at 13:21

I remember when I had an Athlon XP-M Barton core CPU, and that was rated to about 95 degrees C. I imagine a high end Intel CPU would be comparable.

Gilbert89 · 12 Jun 2012 at 14:34

Vonhelmet said:
I remember when I had an Athlon XP-M Barton core CPU, and that was rated to about 95 degrees C. I imagine a high end Intel CPU would be comparable.

Cheers for your response.

P.S! Good luck with your charity ride I have also donated.. "Every little helps" as the saying goes!

Roverno · 12 Jun 2012 at 17:30

According to the temp monitor i have the max recommended is 105C which is pretty good i think. But seriously, that is bloody hot...

Roverno · 12 Jun 2012 at 17:31

MagicBoy said:
Try joining the HTML5 trial.

GeX said:
Use the HTML version of youtube instead. Kill Flash to death, in the face.

How?

^187 · 12 Jun 2012 at 17:57

Roverno said:
How?

http://www.youtube.com/html5

MagicBoy · 12 Jun 2012 at 18:36

Roverno said:
How?

Link

back at you.

Roverno · 12 Jun 2012 at 21:48

Yea, sorry. Feeling particularly lazy today

HAz · 12 Jun 2012 at 23:08

Roverno said:
Yea, sorry. Feeling particularly lazy today

People take huge offence at the roll eyes smiley.

Vonhelmet · 13 Jun 2012 at 00:30

Gilbert89 said:
P.S! Good luck with your charity ride I have also donated.. "Every little helps" as the saying goes!

Thanks!

muon · 13 Jun 2012 at 00:42

HankScorpio said:
I had this with an early 2009 white macbook when watching flash video on the coach the temps would hit 90-100c!

Blame flash player being an awful application.

Surely if you run another CPU intensive application this will happen. Seems bizarre to say that flash somehow stresses the CPU, but photoshop or something wouldn't.

Even if flash is using 100% of your CPU (which means frames will start dropping at 360p), then unless it's been designed for 95C temperatures, it shouldn't be hitting that.

Seems bizarre that on a forum where people regularly push their computers to the limit using very cpu intensive apps, that the response is "oh don't worry, flash is resource intensive". Why have such powerful processors otherwise?