New 2011 MacBook Pro Heating Issue?

The freezing is not due to heat per se. It's due to something in the chipset interacting with your rendering software. I've maxed out all 4 physical (8 logical) cores in my MBP for hours on end ripping DVDs and encoding them with Handbrake. Temps stabilized at 86º, fans at around 4,200 RPM.

Something else besides temperature is freezing your machine. As I said, it's probably a chipset incompatibility. I haven't seen OS X have a repeatable hard crash until this model MBP: booting in the default 64-bit mode running VirtualBox will crash it every time after about 45 minutes. But it's not due to temps.

Well is that the kind of thing that will be fixed with an update by Apple? I too have the same freezing problem.

My opinion. Unless Apple is made aware of the sorts of concerns expressed on this thread, nothing will happen. So, if folks have serious concerns about how MPB performance, they should contact APPLE soonest.

In my view there is some liklihood that an OSX tweak (AKA "upgrade") may not be capable of addressing what could (I emphasize.... the word "could" here) be a serious problem. In a worst case scenario the fix could require a one-for-one hardware swap, which would be a huge cost hit for Apple and a nuisance for current owners, not to mention a PR disaster for Apple.

I've had MBP '11 for 1 week and have been watching heat closely based on this threads findings. '11 runs cooler than my MBP '08 under all normal conditions (email, web, iphoto, imovie etc.). When rendering using Handbrake temp gets hotter (~185F) than my '08 (~175F) but process is much quicker and when is finished fans cool down quickly.

No heat issues here.

How long your rendendering work? Less than 10mins? Think about serious renders for 3D objects, like 20 hours with ~95c temperature on full load ? Sounds nice ? I think apple make big mistake, but they cannot take announcement for wrong manufacture part of mbp for replace...

To your point; small and short: 350mb for less than 10 min...

Perhaps renders/jobs of the size/length you reference should be on another platform i.e. Mac Pro with more core power...

If I don't need Mac Pro ? I'm fine with power of my macbook pro, but big heat is big problem, and should be solved. If I need portable workstation, I'll buy mbp. If need for some use like safari, mail, iphoto and other sh.. I'll buy macbook. Pro it means for professional use, not for casual users. I'm very dissapointed with this problem. Btw 2010 models, dont have this problems at all..

At some point, those of you who expect Mac Pro power and comfy temperatures and quiet operation in an enclosure that's 1/100th of a Mac Pro's size are just going to have to accept that that expectation is completely outlandish and unreasonable.

I got the 15inch 2.3quad, 8GB ram, 256SSD

I've got issues with After Effects mainly, had lots of crashes when rendering. Hard crashes occur randomly. I haven't been taking note of CPU temps.

Its amazingly fast though, my old MBP duo core 2.53 took 2 hours to render a video I'm working on, my new MBP i7 Quad 2.3 8GB ram, 256 SSD takes only 22 minutes (using 6 threads)

I guess going that fast he's gonna come off the seat every now and then. But still frustrating.

Meanwhile, Cinema4D works fine for me. Even some hard core 9 hour GI renders work. These used to take literally more than a day to render.


So for me the problem is more to do with After Effects, than the Apple hardware.

eww....

Fully agree w/ your comment relative to the trade-offs between performance, size, and other physical attributes.

I'll wager that in the next MBP minor rev. Apple will change the set points to kick the fans in earlier to keep the machine a bit cooler. Simultaneously, the H/W guys will be searching desperately to spec a quieter yet higher volume CPU fan for the next minor rev.

If "random crashes" in the new MBP are widespread, though, that is yet is another issue, and it is very worrisome because crash vulnerability is inconsistent with the "Apple Brand".

I'm going to buy a cooling mat/stand for my laptop to see if that helps.

Can any one recommend one?

I'm agree too.
But guys, why you buy a MacPro and not a MacbookPro is also why you buy a MacbookPro and not a Macbook or a Macbookair. And why you choose the top level model with a good GPU and ram and processors too..
I don't plan to stay next my computer during renders , so the noise is not a big deal, the temp neither if it works.
I just want a machine stable ant to be confident for my work.
The freeze is the problem... I thought it could be because of the heat...
If there is any other idea....??

That's the point ! Some people need portable workstation with full power of it. But 13" heat issues doesnt give that power for hard works of full cpu usage. I dont understand why some people buy macbook pro for internet, mailing and some other stuff.. At these days more casual people use apple pro products for nothing and then some people use it for real work and have heat problems, everyone tell "this is normal" its not normal ! My desktop C2D E8400GHz cpu at full usage have ~55-60 c max, I think thats normal, but not 90-95 c ^^ Btw some people already replaced apple thermal paste and have huge temperature drops if full load have ~95 c, after have ~60 c.

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Jakku: If you'd like to void your warranty by replacing the thermal transfer paste in your MBP, go ahead and do it. It's your money.

As for 80°-90° not being OK, you're just flat wrong.

That's problem, I don't want void my warranty, I'm just want good and smart support from apple.