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overheating of MacBook Pro

Hi, my Mac Book Pro is horribly ovearheating! I took it to the store and they checked it out, however, found no problem with it. I downloaded the iStat Pro, here are the numbers:

HD: 38 degrees

CPU: 93 degrees

Enclosure Base: 34 degrees

Enclosure Base 2: 34 degrees

Enclosure Base 3: 32 degrees

Heatsink B: 61 degrees

Mem Bank A1: 51 degrees

Fans, Exhaust: 6200rpm

The computer is boiling. I can't even touch it with bare hands and have to use pillow to lift it. What can I do? My mac is 11 months old and I do not use it more than for taking notes in the University, listening music on iTunes or watching movies on DVD's 😟

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jul 24, 2012 3:22 PM

18 replies

Courcoul

Level 6

18,558 points

Jul 24, 2012 4:12 PM in response to Paulina Catherine

Until that happens, could use Firefox as a backup browser so you don't get left with a cold but browserless Mac...

Jul 24, 2012 4:17 PM in response to Paulina Catherine

83C or 83F?

And at 83, what fan speed are you showing?

Shootist007

Level 6

16,703 points

Jul 24, 2012 4:32 PM in response to Paulina Catherine

Paulina Catherine wrote:

LOL 😝

CPU: 83 degrees with only Safari on, one tab (this page) run and nothing at all else 😟 Safari could be the problem but then I have no idea how to solve it. Lets AppleCare deal with it I guess 😟

Do a test, if you haven't already.

Place the notebook on a Hard Surface, like a desktop. Do what you normally do, if that is normal web surfiing and emailing and maybe a normal program or 2 (write a letter view some photos but no Videos from Web or from the internal drive) and check the CPU temp with iStatPro. If the CPU goes above 80 degrees C then you have a hardware problem and you need to go back to a Genius Bar and show them what is happening.

If the CPU never hits 70°c then you should be OK.

overheating of MacBook Pro