Timeline for Overheating Macbook Pro
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| Jun 28, 2019 at 18:28 | comment | added | jksoegaard | That’s not true in my experience - nor is it according to what I have heard from others. MacBook Pros are definitely not supposed to overheat and abruptly turn off - that is a defect within the hardware of that specific laptop. It is not a design problem common to the MBP. Note that throttling is a different matter - common to laptops from all vendors. | |
| Jun 28, 2019 at 17:11 | comment | added | lx07 | @jksoegaard - of course there is a cooling problem. That is unfortunately an issue with Macbook Pro's and always has been. I always undervolt and usually disable turbo but there is no getting around the design. You are right it theoretically may not always reduce heat (as it may take longer to do the same thing) but in my experience disabling turbo often helps as the cooling on MBPs is just so terrible that throttling them before they throttle themselves is a benefit. But sure blow the dust bunnies out first as you said :) | |
| Jun 28, 2019 at 15:09 | comment | added | jksoegaard | I wouldn't recommend it - that's symptom treatment. There's obviously a cooling problem that needs to be solved. Disabling Turbo Boost will make the computer run slower in many scenarios, whereby reducing the need for cooling in those situations - but it won't help in other situations, where you still have the risk of the computer abruptly turning itself off. | |
| Jun 28, 2019 at 14:49 | comment | added | lx07 | You could disable turbo with Turbo Boost Switcher | |
| Jun 28, 2019 at 13:56 | comment | added | jksoegaard | Good idea - it doesn't sound like a sensor failure - so you do have a cooling issue. Blocked vents, broken fan, dust, bad thermal paste, etc. | |
| Jun 28, 2019 at 13:14 | comment | added | DevShark | It's a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7. Yeah, I do reach 100 degrees. The fans seem to be working properly, but yeah, I'll try to open it up and blow compressed air to clean it up a bit. | |
| Jun 28, 2019 at 12:52 | comment | added | jksoegaard | Sounds reasonable - the junction max temperatures of these CPUs are usually 100 degrees Celcius (you haven't specified which CPU you have). Are you reaching such a temperature? - If so, check the cooling solution on your CPU. I.e. are fans operating properly, are vents blocked, is the thermal paste intact, etc. | |
| Jun 28, 2019 at 12:48 | comment | added | DevShark | Thanks a lot for your answer. Very useful. The reasons I feel shutdowns are caused by overheating is because they happen always during a peak temperature | |
| Jun 28, 2019 at 12:36 | history | answered | jksoegaard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |