Macbook pro (late 2009) overheating?
I've been using my late 2009 Macbook pro for about 3 months now. It's been quite a smooth ride as of now.
One thing that is concerning me about my Macbook is that the temperature seems to spike up about 10 degrees Celsius higher than normal idling whenever I use it for the past 3 days.
Here's what's happening:
I'm using VLC and Firefox as the main applications
Under the Geforce 9400M mode, the idle temperature is now 50C for the CPU(compared to around 45C average). GPU diode about the same.
But with the 9600GT, the idle temperature is now 63C! (normally the same, around 50C). GPU diode around 69C!!
I believe the computer is not under any intense load.
Is there anyway to manage this problem with a software, or does this constitute a problem which can be solved by an Apple repair service? =(
-Joe
Macbook Pro 15Inch, Mac OS X (10.6.2)