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How hot can i let my late-model MBP get before I should be concerned?

I havent been able to push it over 70c after SMCfancontrol and the use of a laptop
fan-tray, but I need to know, will this temp over an extended period of time cause damage to my MBP? (Which is a truly awesome machine by the way, a comperable laptop I got from a PC/OEM builder ran at 96C (seriously, AMD Turion66nn earlier release, for a few hours a day for about a year before failure, which may not have been temperature related but seriously)

Macbook Pro 2k8, Mac OS X (10.5.5), Networking Whelp

Posted on Oct 17, 2008 10:41 AM

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13K

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Dec 4, 2008 5:10 AM in response to A_zerger

So, what do you guys think, I've had my spanking new macbook pro 2.8 clocking regularly at 98 degrees celsius or 208 Fahrenheit - that can't be good, can it? And it's only watching a vid and maybe the safari open, and it's on a stand.

Frozo

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Dec 5, 2008 12:27 PM in response to 13K

Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but are you running it on 9600 when you get these temps or 9400?

13K

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Dec 5, 2008 5:26 PM in response to Frozo

Definitely 9600 "higher performance"

How hot can i let my late-model MBP get before I should be concerned?