Please Post Macbook Pro Temperatures here.

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Please Post Macbook Pro Temperatures here.

All Macbook Pro owners, please post your macbook pro temperatures here. This would allow us owners to clearly identify what an "average" temperature is, and what would be considered over-excessive heating of our Macbook Pros.

Below are two useful applications (one is a widget) to find out the temperatures of your computers.

http://www.bresink.de/osx/TemperatureMonitorWE.html (a widget)

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19994 (a comprehensive application)

when posting your temperature, please do post some specs of your macbook pro.

This is greatly appreciated. thank you (:

for starters, my macbook pro is a 1.83 ghz intel duo core, 512 mb ram, 128mb graphics card. it supposedly comes from the batch produced on the day of 31st March, 2006. I think it is a revision D.

So far, doing normal tasks like web browsing, etc, my macbook pro has been at a temperature of 42 degrees celsius.

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 10, 2006 8:39 AM

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Answer 1

bzurc

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May 10, 2006 12:04 PM in response to Readon

1.83/512MB - W8613 (March 26-April 01 - Revision D)

Wow, I'm running much hotter than you, usualy between 65-70C under idle and less-intensive tasks. This is after cleaning the OEM thermal paste mess and applying the proper ammount of AS5. I've had improvement after this but only under high-load conditions where the fans come on much sooner. Otherwise, idle temp is about the same as pre-cleanup.

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Ramzez

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May 10, 2006 12:21 PM in response to bzurc

I have 2.0 with 1Gb and Hard disk 7200RPM, serial number W8615

i am running aMule, Transmission, Mail, Addresbook, Safari, and was watching a couple of Divx small movies while on battery.

then installed the widget and the reading varies from 54-57C for CPU, 42C for HD.

I don't have Bluetooth on, but have Wireless and Infrared on.

Hope it helps.

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Answer 3

May 10, 2006 12:39 PM in response to Readon

MBP 2.0 1gig of Ram (it has been returned twice for Heat & Whine issues)

60C - when running normal tasks (Web, email)
80C - when running more intensive tasks (FCP, Aftereffects, Handbrake)

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Readon Author

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May 11, 2006 1:15 AM in response to Readon

hey guys thanks (: but i have one question.

some of you mention that you have two temperature sensors. however, my widget and my application both only display one temperature reading from my hard drive.

could someone please enlighted me abt where the processor-temperature reading has gone to? could it be due to the different processor specs (mine is a 1.83 ghz duo core)

thanks (:

Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Answer 5

Ramzez

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May 11, 2006 4:06 AM in response to Readon

I think you need speedit.kext in order to show it.

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Answer 6

May 11, 2006 5:55 AM in response to Readon

For my MBP 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, otherwise stock config, the idle temperature is 45°C (113 F), measured using the CoreDuoTemp app available here:
http://macbricol.free.fr/coreduotemp/

Ambient temperature was 30°C (86 F), so it will likely run cooler at normal room temperature. This is an un-modded MBP with absolutely no changes since it left the factory, except for adding some RAM.

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Answer 7

May 11, 2006 6:24 AM in response to Tim Lorenzen

Interesting. My MBP 1.83ghz, 1.5gb RAM is currently measuring 71c at 9.4% CPU usage, 1500 mhz.

I'm in a coffee shop, currently running Safari, Mail and iTunes and I have been running Photoshop, but nothing hugely processor intensive. It'll be interesting to see what it measures under normal usage and ambient temperatures.

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Answer 8

May 11, 2006 7:44 AM in response to Readon

I have a MBP 1,83 and I did the "yes-command" with two Termial Windows, that means my two processors are running at 100%. The
Fans are running and holding a constant temperature of 75°C.
In "normal-work-mode" the temperature is rising up to 62°C, but this takes about an hour. At the moment I have a processor usage of about 6% and a temperature of 48°C.
When I am at about about 62°, I get the "mooing". I am very sure that this is caused by a fan on the left side, because I get the same noise, when I do the "yes-command" but then the fan is accelerating. When I get the mooing it is going up and after a little while down.

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Answer 9

May 11, 2006 7:48 AM in response to Readon

Running on the AC adapter with only a few applications open my MBP runs at 38C.

I've kept the CPU busy (190%) with Photoshop for the last 5 minutes solid and the temperature has risen to a steady 40C.

The room temperature must be about 17C.

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Answer 10

May 11, 2006 8:09 AM in response to Readon

Running on external monitor with lid closed
17" MBP 2gig of Apple installed memory, 7200
95% idle on average
136F for the CPU
7200rpm drive 105F

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Answer 11

May 11, 2006 9:41 AM in response to turbogeek

Maybe I'm against the norm, but when I install the monitor, the only sensor I get is the SMART hard drive sensor. When I use the widget and check the sensor list, it shows no others being available. Is this a problem at the manufacturing level?

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Answer 12

May 11, 2006 7:26 PM in response to Jim Pryde

I am having the same issue. I see nothing other than the SMART hard drive sensor. Does that mean that the CPU sensor is not working? Anyone have this same situation and resolve it?
Thanks!

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Answer 13

May 11, 2006 8:24 PM in response to lobuzz311

You need the temperature reporting kernel extension from InCrew ( SpeedIt).

Note, too, that you must reload it manually upon each reboot, at least in its current form.

RRS

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Answer 14

May 11, 2006 9:06 PM in response to Readon

Macbook Pro 1.83, 2 G ram 128 Vram
Cpu usage 100% for over 20 minutes (ripping DVD) temp is at 76 to 79 C.

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Answer 15

May 12, 2006 2:02 AM in response to Readon

When idle the CoreDuo processor is around 58C. When sustaining a load near 80% for a good time it creeps up to 72C or more, but I have yet to see it hit 80C.

Once the processor is idle again the temperature quickly falls back to 58C.

I know a lot of folks have been complaining that the heat-sinky goo is actually making it hotter, but I haven't observed this first hand.

I mean the processor cools off quite quickly. I can literally watch it drop from 72 to 58 in under a minute. To me this would indicate that the heat-sync is working very well.

Now why is the outside of my MacBook Pro hot? Well because it's getting rid of the heat! The fact that the metal case is hot would indicate to me thermal transfer ... ie the heat is being drawn off the processor.

MacBook Pro 2.0GHz Mac OS X (10.3.7)

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