My MacBook Pro Late 2011 is getting hot

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My MacBook Pro Late 2011 is getting hot

I need some help with this issue, my MacBook is getting hot just by reading posts on Facebook! That's to heavy usage from what i know, i am a developer and when i use my work tools likes servers, the noise coming out from the fans becomes unbearable. I use smcFanControl just to monitor the temperature, and always is 90%, and the fans runs around 6.5k speed. What is happening? Should the termal paste needs to be replaced? I just can't take my MacBook to service because i live in Argentina, there is no Apple Service here.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Jul 28, 2016 4:48 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Jul 28, 2016 4:54 PM in response to vercryger

Surprised you don't know since you are a developer, but start with this:

Use Activity Monitor to Kill Runaway Processes

Use Activity Monitor on your Mac

Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan activity.

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vercryger Author

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Jul 28, 2016 5:11 PM in response to Kappy

I did this, by killing all these applications i can't use anything on my laptop because it gets hot with a simple application like Chrome. Right now, i am only using Safari, everything else is closed, and the temperature is 70º C! Should be 40~50, thats is normal, and i know it because i use other mac at my job, and never gets higher of 60º C, and that is a mini mac with i5, 4GB Ram and hard drive, i have i7, 16GB Ram and SSD.

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Kappy

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Jul 28, 2016 5:35 PM in response to vercryger

Did you look for processes not responding (in red) or processes using large amounts of CPU time? Are you looking at all processes or just those you own? Read the first link about using AM to uncover excessive activity by certain processes. That is your likely problem, and it should appear in AM if you have selected All Processes from the View menu.

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vercryger Author

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Aug 18, 2016 6:11 PM in response to vercryger

Just as i knew. I replaced the thermal paste, i used Arctic MX-4 by the way. I cleaned the whole logic board and fan too. And that's it, problem solved. 🙂

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