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Akseli0x61

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Registered: 2014-08-01

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Macbook Pro 15" gets really hot

My Macbook Pro 15" (bought few years ago. i think it's 2010 or 2011 model) gets sometimes really hot. It's ok when I use it for browsing or programming or reading etc. but when using flash (eg. youtube) or pipelight, it starts to get hot. After some ten minutes flash starts making the laptop hot. Sensors reports 80 °C which is just below the "high". With pipelight it gets even hotter and when I tried minecraft it got _really_ hot as soon as I started the actual game (not in the menu), almost 100 °C which is the "critical" line. I'm using cinnamon as my DE (which actually doesn't matter because I also tried without DE). My fans are working correctly, at least I think so because they are humming and sensors reports about 3000 rpm when running flash. (about 6000 when running minecraft). On OS X I don't have this problem.  I hope there's something I can do for this. I really have no idea after reading tons of "linux getting hot" topics online. I'm still a little bit noob with linux so if someone has an idea how to solve this I'd appreciate clear explanation.

Thank you for helpping!

EDIT: Reading from some forums about macbook pro getting hot I've found that the normal operating temperature is actually 50 - 100 °C. So maybe it's ok.

Last edited by Akseli0x61 (2014-08-03 10:28:28)

xero

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Registered: 2014-04-02

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Re: Macbook Pro 15" gets really hot

i had similar issues w/ debian on my hp machine. here's some ideas to try:

1. make sure your graphic card is installed &  configured correctly
2. install powertop and thermald and setup a good configuration
3. take a look at cpu frequency scaling and maybe dial it down a bit.

Last edited by xero (2014-08-01 20:20:22)

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