What is your macbook's temperature?

Just trying to see if mine is too hot (less than 2 weeks old, 2.0 ghz black MB with 120GB HDD and 1.0GB RAM). I read in another thread that people were getting 40-45 degrees celsius with just a few apps open (safari, aMsn/Adium, a word file and a .pdf file, so average use), but mine is more like 54-58 degrees celsius.

So, can you please post your temperature readings, in particular those with a 2.0 core 2 duo cpu?

Also, does having extra memory affect the temp? Right now I have 1 gig, and everything is working fine. But I'll be running windows soon and I'm going to upgrade it to 2 gig.

EDIT: Oh, my reading is with good ventilation, AirPort and Bluetooth both OFF.

 

That is sounding a bit wam. My Macbook spec is similar to yours but with more memory and larger hard drive so if anything should run warmer.

My CPU typically runs between 45-50 degrees C with quite a number of apps (and parallels) running. On rare occasions I have seen it up to 60 when the CPU was pegged but the fan speed would increase and bring the temp down pretty quickly.

My memory runs between 40 and 45 with the 2gb chip typically a couple degrees higher than the 1gb chip.

The bottom of the machine when its sitting on a hard surface usually runs 26-28 but on the lap, napsack, etc can creep into the low 30's

My exhaust fan is usually running at about 1800rpm (silent) but when the CPU goes beyone about 25% the fan will speed up to keep things cool.

These numbers are from the iStat Dashboard Utility

Hope this helps

 

I have a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook.

Plugged in:

My CPU's at 50 C right now. Fan speed is 1800 RPM. I have iTunes, Camino (web browser) and Adium open.

Usually when I open another application like Office, I get to about 57 C. Fan speeds up to about 2100 RPM.

When I watch a video, the CPU goes to about 65 C, and fans speed up to about 4400 RPM until the temperature drops, and then the fan slows to 2500 RPM.

When I watch video for a long time or I open a lot of applications, then CPU jumps to 71 C (although rarely), and fans jump to 5500 RPM. The fans stay at that speed for about a minute or two, then slow down (because the CPU temperature drops).

Once I had my CPU reach 80 C, and the fans jumped to 6600 RPM and amazingly, lowered the CPU temperature 20 C in just one minute.

On battery:

On battery the CPU temperature usually stays around or below 50 C.

 

hmmm, that makes me want to call apple and tell them my problem, but would they do anything just because my temps hover around 55 or 60?

Right now, I'm outside, so the laptop is in the sun. I have my legs on top of another chair, so my legs are straight and the laptop is sitting on my laps/knees, so they have a bit of ventilation. I'm running itunes, safari, bitrocket, and 2 pdf files and a word file are open. The temp hovers around 59-60, with AirPort on and connected.

On a side note, I'm downloading at 460kb/s with wireless!! Never had it so fast with my previous laptop.

 

I don't think its that big of a problem, sepandee. With all those applications running, I usually get 60 C as well. Its not going to damage your laptop, at around 60 C or even 70 C.

As for the download speed on my wireless, I get about 570 KB/S. That's good.

EDIT: See, my MacBook just jumped to 60 C. Fans still at 1800 RPM. But I've been doing the same activities as I was when the CPU was at 50 C.

 

seems like the new MBP is really hot -_-;

 

my c2d macbook 2.0ghz with 1GB ram is running at 36 C with the fans at 3600


with the fans running at 1800 with adium, skype, firefox it is between 46 and 49 c

 

Maybe your ambient room temps are effecting your cpu temps..

I live in the San Fernando Valley in Cali. and during this time of year it gets really really hot. I have a POS computer that shuts off on its own whenever it gets hot so, I have to keep a fan blowing on it at all times to prevent it from shutting down.

I honestly wouldn't worry about those temps. unless they reach 80-90+. I'm sure you know mobile processors can take heat a lot better than desktop cpu's.

 

I'm on a Santa Rosa MBP, running about 4-6 programs, for about 3 hours straight now. Its also laying flat on a peice of wood furniture, not the greatest place for heat management. Here's the temps ::

CPU :: 54 degrees C
GPU :: 59 degrees C
Bottomside Enclosure :: 35 degrees C


A tad hotter than i'd like, but not bad given the circumstances of running so long. Thats with everything turned on as well, on battery power.

 

Oh maybe that's why mine is a bit hotter than I'd like it to be: it's been on for days!

 

...maybe? lol

 

Laptops ya know .... should be turned off ... when your not using em?


Or just at night, rest of the time I use sleep.

 

I actually put my laptop to sleep at night, and sometimes during the day. What I meant to say is that i haven't turned it completely off in a week.