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Hi,
I have a new MBP Retina 13" (late 2013).
When the screensaver kicks in the fan eventually goes to 100% and the machine gets hot.
When I turn the screensaver off the temperature comes down quickly, and the fan speed drops equally quickly.
Has anyone seen this behaviour, and if so, how to fix it?
FYI, I have reset the SMC a few times with no benefit.
Regards
Darren.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion
Same issue here.
I noticed this behaviour after Mavericks update fixing keyboard and trackpad freezing issue.
No such high fan speeds before the update though I'm not sure the update is the true reason for the problem.
@Darren: Did you apply the update I mention?
Regars,
Krassi
Hi,
I decided to return the MBP within the 14 day money back period, which was the day before the EFI update came out.
So, I was seeing the problem before the EFI update, rather than after as you are.
There was (is) something very wrong somewhere, my MBP got so hot I could smell a faint burning odour, and the case was hot to the touch all over (not just at the vents).
Regards
Darren.
Same here - there's a CPU spike during the screensaver that causes the fans to hit 100%. I think it's 'WindowServer' and ScreenSaverEngine both spiking, but looks most like the first one.
Yeah same here. Just set it up over the weekend and noticed this several times now. Don't really want to take it back and set up another machine 😟
Same here - usual work is without any issue - after the screensaver kicks in the fan is from my point of view at its maximum capacity - although the MBPr is not very warm...
Any help?
I noticed the same and I have a 15" rMBP. I'm just going to not use the screensaver and see if it's included in a future fix.
Im getting the same problem on my 13" rMBP. When the screensaver is running and the laptop lid is open the fans spin up and the temperture rises. After logging in it quickly returns to normall. Strangly using iStat 4 there is no spike in CPU usage and the CPU is idling the whole time. I have also reset the SMC.
Im getting the same problem as well for 15" rMBP. When the screensaver comes on my computer gets really hot and the fan is on 100%. Hope they come out a patch to fix it!
I sorted this out by selecting a simple screensaver ("Message"). That screensaver does not exhibit the problem.
I think the issue is when running OpenGL-type screensavers, or things that do a lot of GPU work.
Regards
Darren.
I have the same observation. I replaced my 15" Mid 2009 MBP with the latest 13" MBP Retina late 2013 (2,6 GHz) a week ago. Unfortunately, I observe the same:
I observed this behavior with any screensaver provided by mavericks that displays pictures. The pictures displayed are available on the internal SSD
I had the same screensaver settings on my old MBP with no negative impact. I don't understand that an operating system provided screen saver produces this high CPU load on the latest models. Are these screensavers not properly working with retina displays?
Markus
Hi,
Same here. And I also noticed, like tenjinuk, that the "Message" screen saver is the only "safe" one.
I opened a bug report about this. I was asked to provide a sysdiagnose and a "mymachine.spx" report. Waiting for some more news about this.
IMHO, this is some bad OpenGL or GPU integration somewhere. Will report here any news from Apple team about my bug report.
Eddy
What resolutions are you running and on which display?
I changed the resolution from "More Space" where I observed the fan issue to "Best (Retina)". In this resolution, the fan did not start working and the CPU also seems not to get hot.
The high display resolution was one of the buying criteria for the Retina MBP...
1440 x 900 (13")
This is the resolution between "best retina" and "more space". Will try it tomorrow (not enough time in front of me at the moment) in the best retina resolution. But even if it doesn't get hot in "best retina" I will have to go back to 1440x 900. As mfehr, I need to go over the "best retina" resolution as a minimum to work properly.
Mine is still getting hot in Best Retina, but it takes some more time.
I have been having the same issue since upgrading my 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
27" iMac 16GB Ram to Mavericks OS 10.9.2. Prior to upgrading, the system was stable and never locked up. After the upgrade, and after the computer would go in to screen saver mode for a bit of time I would get the out of application memory warning and would have to force quit open applications or reboot. After watching the Activity Monitor I noticed the screensaver was using all the memory and taxing the CPU. I now have the monitor set to turn off/sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity with no screen saver. This seems to have fixed the problem. Very strange that after using Macs for over 20 years that the screen saver kills the system. ugggg.
MBP Retina 13" (late 2013) Fan 100% When Screensaver Running
