MacBook 16-inch Fan Noise

Mine gets hot after 30 minutes or so, even if I’m not doing anything with the machine (other than having the external monitor connected), it also happens if the machine is with the lid closed and in sleeping mode.

10NewsPhotog wrote:

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I've never run an external monitor, but I just hooked my 4K TV to the AV Multiport, set it to 4K 60Hz...

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...silent as can be, absolutely no fan noise. :-\

That IS an external monitor, as is a projector.

If you are NOT hearing load fans, that suggests there may be a Hardware problem with some of the Early samples of this product.

¿What version of MacOS?

ahmedfromreservoir wrote:

I once left mine with the fans blazing for a few hours plugged in and it was still blazing the fans, can’t be good for it 🤔

Why? That means the fans were properly cooling the interior to deal with the heat that was being produced.

If it had gone into thermal shutdown, that would have indicated something bad.

In this case the fans were keeping the interior from reaching the point of thermal shutdown - the very reason they are there.

Conventional desktop PCs are designed such that one or more interior fans are running whenever the system is powered on, and the same is true for most any PC graphics card featuring hardware as powerful as that on the MBP 16's logic board.

when I use my CPU heavily, my laptop have shut down, probably happened to me about 20 times since jan 4th? It goes above 100 degrees and can't keep up with fans blasting at full .. Then I have to disconnect my screens to finish that work ..

Working as intended...............

The laptop does keep cool and is virtually silent unless I'm pushing it. If it's not then your MBP does have a problem but most are not exhibiting this issue otherwise there would be 100,000's of users posting here.

fmorga wrote:

I am coming also from a 2016 MBP without any issue. The defected MBP 16 inches with a terrible fan noise is useless.

Funny, I use mine daily and I love it, as do untold thousands of others, so I guess it's not quite "useless."

It has an issue where in a specific use case more heat than desired is generated and the fans ramp up to cool the device, and some people find that objectionable, I get it.

That might make it useless for you, but certainly not for many.

hardmod wrote:

Self-explanatory we stopped buying new MBPs until this issues are resolved...

That's perfectly reasonable; no computer is the right solution for every customer.

I would also state again that if multiple monitors are crucial, an iMac, iMac Pro or Mac Pro would be the better choice in your situation.

>>I am coming also from a 2016 MBP without any issue. <<

I had three 2016 MBP and had nothing but problems from the day they were opened and they all get sent back for various reason (one had the entire guts and screen replaced at no charge). Two got returned and I got a 2018 MBP. Then a 2019 15" and then a 2019 16". The 16" is by far the quietest for me when working on video and other heavy tasks and with dual 4k screens. I know from experience that you can get a bad one (or two or three).

It's capability vs. usability.

For example, trucks have a listed tow capacity, but you are going to be in a world of inconvenience (ironically, mostly due to cooling issues for the engine and transmission) if you exceed about 80% of it for long.

It's of course possible, but not ideal.

TailsDog wrote:

MacBook Pro 16'' machines have a dGPU, like the 15'' predecessor these should be-able to be hooked up to a monitor without issue.

Correct, and I would expect that to result in increased heat and the need for more cooling as you've just enabled a GPU that draws much more power (generating more heat) than the integrated unit.

TimUzzanti wrote:

To make matters worse, Bootcamp is unusable (another marketed feature) and is throttled significantly compared to MacOS because Windows and its drivers aren't nearly as efficient as MacOS. Again, another symptom of a bigger problem. I have posted this previously; we use Bootcamp heavily on all previous MBP generations but have instructed all employees to not use it to avoid hardware issues until there is a solution.

Out of curiosity, why use Bootcamp as opposed to a virtualization solution like VirtualBox?

If you plan on using a single monitor, two monitors, three monitors or Bootcamp... all capabilities Apple markets to its consumers... you will hit thermal conditions that will impact your laptop performance and/or longevity.

Do you have proof of that longevity claim?

Spinnn,

The statement you made:

When you open Logic Pro X with an 8-track project (nothing fancy, one or two plugins), CPU request frequency is 5 GHz (!) and so everything starts heating up..

thats exactly what Happens to me ..same number of tracks (nothing fancy, one or two plugins),

what I can’t understand is my old 2012 iMac 27” would run those same specs you without requesting a fan?

Nothing to say about what?

I already said you cannot compare an old MacBook Pro to a newer one.

Different hardware, different CPUs, different GPUs and a different thermal design.

Your query is like comparing a Ford Mustang with a four-cylinder engine with one with the V8; they're both Ford Mustangs but completely different designs under the hood.

Well we can compare a newer model to its predecessor because that is what people do and it's part of the same product line.

The point is there is an anomaly when using an external monitor with the 2019 16'' MBP. I don't want to go back to using my older 15'' because it has a janky keyboard.

DPJ wrote:

"God forbid consumers make informed decisions about what they purchase."

You're confusing the proper word influenced with the word informed. And there are one or two people here who continually repeat themselves over and over in order to influence others.

Literally you and one or two other people who don't have issues (or even own the machine?) keep insisting everything is fine, doubting and questioning our claims while the rest of us are constantly posting video evidence, screenshots and links to other discussions online of people having problems.

This is the video I wish someone had shown me before I bought the laptop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJT660pUOMc

Sadly no one did so I made the video as total proof of how bad it is. This will inform potential buyers of the issues with the MacBook Pro 16".