safe temps for a macbook

[j.col]

hi guys, i noticed my fan is starting up more lately, so i download istat.

hard drive at 32.C
the cpu is at 62.C
heatsink a at 55.C
heatsink b at 54.C
enclosure bottom 31.C
northbridge 1 at 50.C
northbridge 2 at 54.C

these are idle temps, so is 62.C ok?

macbook 2,1
core 2 duo 2.16GHz
1gb 667 MHz ddr2
mac os x 10.4.11

 

[Disco Boy]

Idle temps don't really mean anything, it's load temps that matter. That said, your CPU being at 61C at idle is quite high.

 

[icedbullet]

That seems a bit high. Mine is idling at 48C. Bear in mind it depends on the temperature of your room too.

Are you sure you don't have any background processes running wild? I did once and I only noticed because my cpu was always hot which resulted in 2 hours less battery time. I had that rapaport banking software installed and that caused the problems.

 

[j.col]

i am a complete n00b at macs but.

i have ran this stress test
* Open Terminal.app
* Enter: yes > /dev/null
* Press Enter

and have activity monitor open as well.
the cpu is running at 98.9% and my temp is 64.C

edit

just tried this cpu test http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23935/cputest/

ran it on, huge, 1 repetition, and 2 instances and within 10 mins the cpu temp was 74.C so i stopped it.

i may just try to give it a clean with the hoover.
all i really do on this is web browsing, so it will do for now

 

[j.col]

That seems a bit high. Mine is idling at 48C. Bear in mind it depends on the temperature of your room too.

Are you sure you don't have any background processes running wild? I did once and I only noticed because my cpu was always hot which resulted in 2 hours less battery time. I had that rapaport banking software installed and that caused the problems.

had a look in activity monitor, only thing using cpu power is firefox with 4-5%
but does flicker to 12% every few seconds

 

[Frost]

I dont think there is anything wrong with your temps.

i just ran the same cpu test which brought my cpu temp to 86c to which point the fan had reached full speed at 6220rpm and it then dropped to a steady 84c.
once the test finished the temp dropped to 51c within a minute.

Does your fan speed fluctuate at all? generally my normal idle is 51c
listening to itunes which is using about 10% cpu, my temp slowly raises to around 60, then the fan will start to slowly spin up and it will slowly work its way back to 51 again, rinse repeat.

 

[MagicBoy]

It's fine. Mine is idling at 74C right now. Anything between 60 and 75 isn't unusual. If it's still 75+C and the fans are screaming then it's a different matter...

The mobile CPUs are designed to run at anything between 0 and 105C.

 

[artaxerxes]

Try blowing the dust out.

 

[j.col]

thanks guys, the fan does flucuate, so i guess its working fine.
when i ran the stress test, i could hear the fan getting faster as the temps rose. but it did seem to settle around 72-74.C
its just i didnt realise these cpu's can run hotter than a desktop cpu