mvaladis
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Q: CPU Overheating-Export

Hello there! First post here and it doesn't for good reason! When I try to export my videos as a movie file or to upload them from Final Cut in any website , my Cpu is overheating. When the file has exported , Cpu temperature , returns in normal values. CPU's temperature overheating only in this case. In other cases temperature is normal. Anyone who knows why this happens? Thank you in advanced!

OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Jun 29, 2016 6:20 AM

by JimmyCMPIT,Solvedanswer
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Overheating would imply it's heating to a capacity where it shuts off or throws a warning to the user.

normal operations of a CPU can vary, for the most part day to day use of a CPU can throttle slightly above idle speed and work well, however there are times when a user does something that requires a CPU to do some serious calculations; for the most part the CPU will have demands on it that will cause it to work harder, producing more heat and the system will try to assist with cooling and venting (e.g. fans running faster).

As long as the CPU is not causing a reboot, a crash or a shutdown it's normal to experience your CPU adjusting itself to the needs of the user.

 

If something more specific is happening you keep an eye on your activity monitor to determine what the CPU is doing when it's "overheating", and you may wish to perform a hardware test if you are concerned with this behavior to see if there is something wrong with the system.

Using Apple Hardware Test - Apple Support

if a problem is found you should contact Apple.

Posted on Jun 29, 2016 6:44 AM

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Q: CPU Overheating-Export

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  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Jun 29, 2016 6:21 AM in response to mvaladis
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    Jun 29, 2016 6:21 AM in response to mvaladis

    What are the complete specs of the system?

  • by mvaladis,

    mvaladis mvaladis Jun 29, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Jun 29, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
    MotherboardGA-Z97X-UD5H
    CPU:i7 4790K 
    Graphics:GT 740 SC
    System Drive: SSD Samsung Evo 850
    Case: Corsair carbide 500R

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Jun 29, 2016 6:31 AM in response to mvaladis
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    Jun 29, 2016 6:31 AM in response to mvaladis

    You might try an Apple service technician for this problem.

  • by JimmyCMPIT,Solvedanswer

    JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT Jun 29, 2016 6:44 AM in response to mvaladis
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    Jun 29, 2016 6:44 AM in response to mvaladis

    Overheating would imply it's heating to a capacity where it shuts off or throws a warning to the user.

    normal operations of a CPU can vary, for the most part day to day use of a CPU can throttle slightly above idle speed and work well, however there are times when a user does something that requires a CPU to do some serious calculations; for the most part the CPU will have demands on it that will cause it to work harder, producing more heat and the system will try to assist with cooling and venting (e.g. fans running faster).

    As long as the CPU is not causing a reboot, a crash or a shutdown it's normal to experience your CPU adjusting itself to the needs of the user.

     

    If something more specific is happening you keep an eye on your activity monitor to determine what the CPU is doing when it's "overheating", and you may wish to perform a hardware test if you are concerned with this behavior to see if there is something wrong with the system.

    Using Apple Hardware Test - Apple Support

    if a problem is found you should contact Apple.

  • by mvaladis,

    mvaladis mvaladis Jun 29, 2016 6:48 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT
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    Jun 29, 2016 6:48 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT

    So , Which is the normal temperature for video exporting?

  • by David Bogie Chq-1,

    David Bogie Chq-1 David Bogie Chq-1 Jun 29, 2016 8:27 AM in response to mvaladis
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    Jun 29, 2016 8:27 AM in response to mvaladis

    Not hot.

     

    Your specs don't indicate your Mac model. There's hardly any operation the MacOS performs that should ever overtax the processors. Depending on the model, your external temperature could be a normal use off the heatsink's design. Are you sure it's the CPU and not the graphics card that is overheating?