MacBook Pro is getting to ~200 F from just watching Youtube
Hi everyone,
I've been having some issues with my 2017 MacBook Pro 2017 lately. I noticed that my Mac got extremely hot while watching streams on twitch. There has also been a random ticking noise occurring at random intervals (no pattern from what I can tell) – I don't know if this is related to a temperature thing or something else.
I thought that this could be a Google Chrome issue, so I download the Twitch application and that helped with the heating issue. However, I've just been watching random YouTube videos, and temperatures are up around 200° F. I have no other applications running, so I am pretty confused by this. The bottom of the computer is hot to touch and I cannot rest it on my lap. The fan does not seem to ever go on (that I can audibly hear).
Something interesting I just noticed: I am doing text to speech right now (using the Mac voice dictation function), the temperatures are saying 203° F, and the fans just turned on. As soon as I quit out of the voice dictation function, the fans immediately turn on. If I turn on voice dictation, the fans immediately turn off. This is the first time I have audibly heard the fan while having this issue.
My battery says "Service Battery", which doesn't make sense either because I have really good battery life. I don't know if the clicking is related to a power issue?
I've attached a screenshot of some specs (iStat Menus)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to get an idea of what could be wrong, before having to send it in for repair.
Thanks a lot.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1