Recent MBPs and Thermal Paste

[space-time]

Don't mix Farenheit and Celsius, set iStat to report Celsius or report room temp in Farenheit.

[IronMac]

I changed the Farenheit and Celsius in order to avoid confusing people but it states 72 Celsius at the moment.

I also have this MiniUsage app that shows CPU load and I am running at 20% at the moment.

[Racer X]

install and use SMC FanControl and create your own preference. Just run the fans faster.

But it sounds like either a build up of dust (which you say it doesn't have), or bad heat transfer from the CPU.

[jdc]

When you restart, doe the hot happen right away? or after a bit?

Can you create a new user and run that for however long it usually takes for it to get crazy hot?

What about GPU temp?

HaNG? That means software to me, not hardware.

[IronMac]

Racer X wrote:
install and use SMC FanControl and create your own preference. Just run the fans faster.

But it sounds like either a build up of dust (which you say it doesn't have), or bad heat transfer from the CPU.

When the internal fans run at 6000, the machine is still intolerably hot. They're at 4659 right now.

[IronMac]

jdc wrote:
When you restart, doe the hot happen right away? or after a bit?

Can you create a new user and run that for however long it usually takes for it to get crazy hot?

What about GPU temp?

HaNG? That means software to me, not hardware.

After a restart, depending on the number of programs open, it heats up.

GPU temp is now at 62, GPU diode is at 64. Celsius. CPU is at 71 now.

Not sure about the software part because that means that if it was software and I am using it, shouldn't the machine hang while I am using it?

I can try creating a new user later when there no work.

[silvarios]

jdc wrote:
That means software to me, not hardware.

You are joking, no?

[jdc]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=jdc]
That means software to me, not hardware.

You are joking, no?
Random crashing while nothing is going on? IMHO Something is hanging.

I dont get the part where 3 months ago it just started running hot. Like pow.

There are just too many things going on here with no solid facts.

Hardware can mean anything to me. From CPU, GPU board, bad ram, stuck fans, etc, etc, etc.

[silvarios]

Hardware could be something other than the CPU paste. Although, that's not an unknown problem. I was just watching a Mac take apart video, (OWC perhaps?) that mentioned reapplying the thermal paste. See if I can find the specific link.

[IronMac]

jdc wrote:
I dont get the part where 3 months ago it just started running hot. Like pow.

I don't get where you read that. I said at least two to three months. It could have gradually been building up as an issue.

silvarios, iFixit has a walk through on the thermal paste reapplication. And, here is the post that I stumbled upon when I suspected something other than fan issues:

http://vitobotta.com/thermal-paste-reapp...5R3YX.dpbs