CPU going dead hot

Rooky007 · 14 Oct 2008 at 21:31

According to istat my cpu is reaching 90o how the hell this happening... Think it the last updates I dont does it need a PRAM reset if so how do i do it?

Feek · 14 Oct 2008 at 21:53

What machine?

Rooky007 · 14 Oct 2008 at 21:59

It my nearly 2 years old MBP

iraiguana · 16 Oct 2008 at 18:25

Dust issue?

v0n · 16 Oct 2008 at 21:21

Download smcFanControl, try to run it on high setting for a while, to blow dust out?

Rooky007 · 17 Oct 2008 at 10:30

v0n said:
Download smcFanControl, try to run it on high setting for a while, to blow dust out?

Cheers that honestly sorted it

Rooky007 · 18 Nov 2008 at 14:49

Though I come back to this instead of opening another thread...

My CPU is Still running hot for some reason I am having to use highspeed to cool it down..

What should the average temp be on a MBP 2.16 when it not doing anything and also full load

LordSplodge · 18 Nov 2008 at 14:58

I though my MB was bad hitting 71 degrees when playing WoW... :eek:

Rooky007 · 18 Nov 2008 at 14:59

mine been as high as 90 when using aperture full load

Matthew.M · 18 Nov 2008 at 16:28

My MacBook regularly exceeds 83C and I leave it encoding for days at a time - never had a problem.

If it's stable does it matter?

jas07 · 18 Nov 2008 at 16:30

Will Shorten its life so all depends on how long you want the hardware to last really.

Rooky007 · 18 Nov 2008 at 16:50

jas07 said:
Will Shorten its life so all depends on how long you want the hardware to last really.

What he says that why I am concerned and wonder what the temp really meant to be as just curious to know if there a fault

NickK · 18 Nov 2008 at 17:00

I'll push the 6000 rpm "Tornado" button if my CPU gets over 60degC!

Cleaning out the dust helps a lot - pity the GPU fan has lots of things stuck to it and so it's harder to clean.

fanger · 18 Nov 2008 at 20:40

v0n said:
Download smcFanControl, try to run it on high setting for a while, to blow dust out?

That sounds interesting...that you can whack up the fans to clear dust.
Is there a version for 10.5 ?
smcdownloads/installs but then says you're trying to run on an unsupported system (new MBP 08)

iSam · 18 Nov 2008 at 21:46

fanger said:
That sounds interesting...that you can whack up the fans to clear dust.
Is there a version for 10.5 ?
smcdownloads/installs but then says you're trying to run on an unsupported system (new MBP 08)

Wouldn't install it on new MBP, wait until there is an update.