MacBook 16-inch Fan Noise

I noticed those who have posted their temperatures (perhaps not here but over at Macrumors) their battery temperatures are usually around 33C +/- a couple of degrees no matter what temperature the CPU temperatures are. I wonder if the batteries placement have helped with this.

"So I would like to request that you post scientific proof that the Intel gpu in the 16" machine is a lower grade than AIR's or 13" MBP."

I'd be happy to do that but certain individuals on this thread have been requesting that the thread remain on topic, and your request of me is off topic, so we'll leave it at that. Have a good day. 😊

Btw, I haven't tested this myself, but this was something I accidentally stumbled upon today - https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/why-you-shouldnt-charge-macbook-pro-left-side/. For the last 2-3 weeks I had my monitor and charger on the right, so not sure if it had any affect on my macbook becoming less noisy.

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With NO external display, the video runs in VLC. acceptably But get this, it never switches to dGPU. When I manually switch to it, it runs worse with the dGPU. Very odd.

That is very odd. So only internal display with the dGPU active an 8k video is playing worse than with just the integrated GPU? I will download it and see if the same is happening for me.

DPJ maybe you can test this on your machine, as you have no issues usually? Or as you are a video editor you probably have dealt with 8k content before, has it caused you an issue in the past with the dGPU or does it work fine for you?

TailsDog wrote:

I posted a link to an article about this the other day and it was removed. It's a bit random how some stuff gets removed and some stays.

Not at all; posts get removed only if they violate the Apple Support Communities Terms of Use.

I really don‘t want to judge anyones behaviour in here, but for somebody looking for relevant new information it is very hard to follow this thread just because it is full of meta communication.

Perhaps it could help to stop discussing every single opinion that has nothing to do with the issue itself.

What I am trying to say is: try to not adress William or DPJ and perhaps they wont show a reaction then. The discussion about defective or not, difference between expected and guaranteed behavior of the machines and forum rules is really annoying, therefore filling about 50% or more in this thread.

NO. They reported that the display RAM had dropped back to low-power mode, and that the dGPU side was using as little as 5W with DisplayPort displays, or HDMI displays with extremely high refresh rates.

> Interestingly enough I have not had this problem with my 2015 13-inch MacBook Pro. I guess I assumed that I was upgrading to a computer that could run the same work load while being more efficient... I guess I was wrong and should have stuck with my 5 year old computer for better performance

It's funny you mention that, because I considered my 2010 17" Macbook Pro more powerful than my 15" 2015 Macbook Pro, because I could run the identical workload on both of them side by side, and my 2010 would run it whisper quiet, while my 20151 would set off its fan like a blow dryer. Steve Jobs famously hated noise even in desktop computers, and I'm sure he'd've never put up with that. ;)

Here's hoping that Apple *IS* aware of this, and doing the usual thing of keeping completely silent on it but are working on a solution. Now that the keyboard is fixed, obnoxious fan noise is my #2 issue. :)

" Steve Jobs famously hated noise even in desktop computers, and I'm sure he'd've never put up with that. ;)"

Haha that's rich! I guess you never heard the PowerMac G4 MDD. The fan noise was so bad it made public news and could easily be heard from outside the Apple Store. Apple had to do some special firmware update to make it tolerable until they discontinued it.

Everyone is just too frustrated with this situation that's still not fixed by Apple. Yeesh I wished I got a different laptop or stuck with my 13"

And it looks like they banned the OP for no reason too for a while who was a major contributor to this thread.

wealthandnecessity wrote:

And it looks like they banned the OP for no reason too for a while who was a major contributor to this thread.

People only get "banned" for repeatedly violating, after receiving multiple warnings, the Terms of Use he and everyone else here agreed to follow to post to the Apple Support Communities.

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It's incredibly frustrating, unfortunately with such a huge company these type of issues will not affect their bottom line so there isn't much hope in any sort of resolution. There is no incentive for it. Most of my optimism has run out at this point.

All the best to you Tim.

TimUzzanti wrote:

Having started this thread 5 months ago, and attempting to work with a variety of teams at Apple -- all of which apparently had no ability to do anything -- as well as my employees working directly with Apple Engineers that we contacted (or who contacted us) we're no closer to a solution. We've seen no results and in most cases the engineers who we have been in contact with have stopped responding to us. We haven't even gotten an acknowledgement of the problem.

You have been told repeatedly by multiple contributors that Apple does not "acknowledge" issues and that Apple Engineers as a rule do not get back into contact after receiving the data they had requested from you (and the fact that they also read these boards, if they do so, on their own time, not as part of their jobs.)

To be honest, the last straw was being banned on this community for a week while this thread had been constantly derailed by moderators. I'm the CEO of multiple companies with many employees and spend significant amount of money on IT procurement for our own companies as well for an MSP. For a company to have a policy to not acknowledge an issue and a moderator team willing to use that as an answer blows my mind. That is not a company we can work with and not how we run our companies.

You had multiple posts removed for violating the Apple Support Communities Terms of Use, you were warned of what would happen if you continued to do so, and… you continued to do so.

Moderators don't care about your posts, they only care if you are violating the Terms of Use… which you willingly and repeatedly did.

If it "blows your mind" that a company that does not acknowledge issues in public dared to… not acknowledge your issues in public, so be it. Good luck with whatever vendor you decide to go with next, as no PC maker acknowledges issues in public, either, so I'm not sure where you will turn. Certainly I know people who spend eight figures or more per year with Dell, HP and Lenovo who have never had any of them "acknowledge an issue" with their systems.

Best of luck in your future with whatever solution you choose.