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Post by jamieckorea on Mar 6, 2018 8:20:29 GMT
Hey,
I've had no problems with this at all, but these days it seems like my MBP gets overheated pretty quickly than usual, and now even the keyboards are pretty hot. I am using the MacsFanControl tweaks suggested by Mat, but I don't think it is helping so much at the moment. Any solutions?
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Post by mike on Mar 6, 2018 13:08:26 GMT
Could it be dust clogging the heatsink and fans? That's most likely the issue. You could turn off the MBP, and use a can of compressed air.
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Post by Mat HD on Mar 6, 2018 14:12:59 GMT
It's definitely dust collecting inside your macbook. Also if you are technically able, reapplying thermal paste inside the macbook can help with temperatures. When being produced in the factories, it has been known that too much thermal paste has been applied on past products, making them LESS efficient at dispersing heat
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Post by jamieckorea on Mar 7, 2018 6:51:22 GMT
Thank you for the help! But I was wondering when one should usually clean their Macbook (fans, inside mac, etc). I use it almost 24/7 every single day.
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Post by Mat HD on Mar 7, 2018 8:40:45 GMT
once every couple of years should be enough.
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Post by menageryl on Mar 31, 2018 10:16:23 GMT
I'm a professional Apple / Mac technician for a living, and my personal RECOMMENDATION to clients is that they service the machine once every 24 months, or every 36 months at the absolute outside!!! Part of said service is the physical cleaning of the internals to help with thermals.
Just as an extra bit of information while on the topic: Macs in general (and MacBooks in particular) have always had a tendency to run hotter than most of their competition when running Windows / Bootcamp. I personally had to get used to seeing temperatures very close to 100-degrees celcius for both CPU and GPU when gaming hard and for extended periods. In my own personal and professional experience as long as you're not going above 100 degrees you're generally okay. And the chips in question actually have cut-offs hardwired into them that will force the machine to shutdown if either of them every really get too hot for their health.
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Post by moisterrific on May 4, 2020 6:13:37 GMT
The junction temperature may be 100°C but the throttling will kick in at around 75°C. If your Mac is overheating it’s very likely the thermal paste is dried and/or the fans have accumulated too much dust. Changing the stock thermal paste to a better one like Kryonaut or MX-4 and cleaning out the dust are shown to help if the overheating and thermal throttling are becoming unbearable.
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