2020 Macbook Pro overheating

I had this - turns out was Chrome being Chrome. Laptop was running like it was about to take off.

It shouldn't be necessary to buy a cooling pad for something that is brand new and cost at least £1200. It should work out of the box. Return it for a refund while you can.

I usually keep mine on a stand which has ridges to raise the laptop up, but it still got very warm above the Touch Bar area.I have purchased a laptop stand for my Mac which contains a USB powered fan underneath with holes in the surface. It is keeping the laptop beautifully cool so I think the issue is the location of the fans which I believe ar at the back and underneath. It is obviously a design fault.

The SMC reset didn't work; neither did other procedures Apple tried; and software updates didn't stop it either. The only thing that helps is keeping it on top of a cake cooling rack.

So I think One Green Bottle must be right when he says he thinks the problem is a design flaw in the hardware itself. That being the case, then all other 2020 MacBook Pro laptops will have the same flaw. So, if I return it and exchange it for a new one, I will have the same problem with the new one.

I'm glad that the Apple stores were closed in my city because of the Pandemic, so I wasn't able to bring it in to them to try and fix it. Now I realize the problem cannot be fixed, just mitigated by the use of devices to cool the laptop from underneath it - whether passive ones, such as my cake cooling rack, or active interventions such as the laptop stand with built in fans used to cool the laptop.

I'm not a tech person. But from what I know now, I'd say either immediately get a laptop cooling pad (I have a KLIM cyclone with 5 fans that I keep plugged into a dedicated USB wall plug) or, if you can afford it and you're still within the 14 days return window, return the 13" and get the 16" because people on this site think it doesn't have these overheating problems.

Lol would you ever do that if you were him no company admits the fault in their products.

I have been experiencing it myself for almost a year and Apple did nothing except repairs to calm me down that we are doing something.

RETURN IT.....

I own MacBook Pro 2019

I am unsure which country you are in, but legislation in many countries protects customers from defective products for up to 12 months. There is other legislation around misleading and deceptive business conduct which you can use if you believe you were misled by Apple into believing that your new computer would function without faults, such as not overheating. You've now had two repairs done on a new product and the problem remains; this warrants a request for a full refund.

Apple is not happy about the amount of heat thrown off by the 2019 and 2020 MacBook Pro models either. These Macs are the "muscle-cars" of Notebook computers, and they capabilities are remarkable. Apple's position to date has been that these models run hot, and do run up the fans at times, but that is not a defect (unless they get so hot they do an emergency power-down, in which case they will repair them.)

The promised compute-power is there, but Intel is nearly three years late on their promises of downscaling their silicon to closer to 7 nanometer feature sizes, which would reduce power and heat dramatically. Apple is so fed up, they have announced publicly that they will use their own Apple silicon for most new models going forward.

Why should owners have to start tinkering with settings to make a brand new item work properly? If you live in the UK the Consumer Rights Act 2015 gives you 30 days (NOT 14) to return faulty items. My advice would be to do that.

You might try upping the Fan speed to much higher if you can stand the noise, watch temps when pressing it hard... I'd still return it myself

I'm placing mine on top of a cake cooling rack. That helps the heat dissipate.

They had a deal extending returns because of the lockdown, mght call & speak to a Customer Service Rep.

I got myself a USB cooling stand with fans. Works perfectly and machine stays cool. I am convinced it is the location of the fan vents that is the basic problem.

Return it I have had enough of their support they don’t have an answer to this problem.

Replacing part for no reason is not a solution that’s what they do.

please return if you wanna work peacefully

That’s how 1 trillion dollars company deceiving people recent MacBook line up has failed and there are many people reported this heating issue.

RETURN IT