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    MBP Santa Rose Overheating & Battery Issues

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by jmwein, Oct 12, 2008.

  1. jmwein

    jmwein Notebook Evangelist

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    I have had my MBP for about a year and a half. Everything was working perfectly until last night. I woke up and my computer was overheating and smc fan control was reading 80 degrees and 6000rpm for my fans!! I tried shutting it down for a few hours and turned it back on. Same issue and no matter what I do the computer stays b/w 75-80 degrees faranheight. I unplugged the computer and the battery was is only lasting for 20 minutes before shutting down!! Before last night the battery lasted for about 3 hours! I'm not sure what happened last night but now I'm having these major issues with my machine. Any ideas what could have happened and how I could fix it!? Thanks.
     
    jmwein, Oct 12, 2008
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  2. sulkorp

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    Try running activity monitor and seeing if something is using the cpu like crazy.

    eg, if you were playing a 3d game in windows, the battery wont last very long. So if something is causing a memory leak, or whatever, and using a lot of cpu, then that could drain the battery pretty fast.

    Although its weird if you restart the computer and its still doing it.
    But check with activity monitor to see if somethings hanging, and using a lot of cpu %.
     
    sulkorp, Oct 12, 2008
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  3. WilliamG

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    80 degrees does not equal overheating. My MBP hits that easily doing LightRoom or Photoshop work. It does sound like some application is hogging your CPU. I'd check Activity Monitor, as sulkorp suggests. :)
     
    WilliamG, Oct 12, 2008
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  4. jmwein

    jmwein Notebook Evangelist

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    Checked activity monitor and nothing eating CPU more than normal. Also, it's def unusual b/c it gets that hot if I boot up and don't even open a program! It used to stay around 55-60 degrees.
     
    jmwein, Oct 12, 2008
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  5. jmwein

    jmwein Notebook Evangelist

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    BTW it's 80+ degrees Celsius not Faranheight.
     
    jmwein, Oct 13, 2008
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    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    you sure?

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  7. Ennea

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    It has to be Celsius because 75-80F is not just low but too low. If the fans have 6k RPM then that would mean it's hot and not cold. It would make no sense in Fahrenheit.
     
    Ennea, Oct 13, 2008
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  8. mmoy

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    Bring it in for service.

    BTW, my MBP is running at 45 degrees C. Normal operating temperature for it is 38 to 50 degrees depending on ambient.
     
    mmoy, Oct 13, 2008
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