MAC pro overheats

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I have an 18 month old Mac Pro that gets to a temp of 135* based on Magican, a nifty program that can monitor various temps in the computer. The HD gets to 110*, CPU gets to 135* under normal usage and internal fan speed hovers around 1996-2003rpm. I want the fan to start sooner. How can I adjust it? It still acts normal when it is hot, but I know it's not good for it. The cooling pad drops temps by 3*. I could care less about battery run time because it's on AC power. I want maximum component life.
Thanks Dusty
 
Are these temperatures in Fahrenheit? If so, they are not worrisome temperatures. Only when you have system instability or extreme idle temperature should you start to question the cooling system.
 
Those are not horrible temperatures at all. Also, don't use fahrenheit. Nobody when talking about computer temps use F. Celsius. For example, right now my Lenovo laptop is at 50 celsius, at idle. That's about 120. If it has an intel chip, don't start worrying until you hit ~85 celius or higher. My desktops i5 hits 80 under intel burn test, and they don't even start throttling until 95.
 
Yes, they are in Fahrenheit. The program labels these temps as high indicated my red numbers vs orange or green. I can feel the heat through the keyboard. On my HP, temps remained CPU-115*, HD -105*. I want my HP back. My gut says with heavy use it will spike CPU to 150* then it's toast..junk.. It has had Many failures that I believe are heat related.. 2 hard drives and the connector cables under warranty and a battery replacement.. I had to fight apple all the way just to get that done. They have HORRIBLE customer service..
 
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Yes, they are in Fahrenheit. The program labels these temps as high indicated my red numbers vs orange or green. I can feel the heat through the keyboard. On my HP, temps remained CPU-115*, HD -105*. I want my HP back. My gut says with heavy use it will spike CPU to 150* then it's toast..junk.. It has had Many failures that I believe are heat related.. 2 hard drives and the connector cables under warranty and a battery replacement.. I had to fight apple all the way just to get that done. They have HORRIBLE customer service..


No. Those temps are completely fine for laptops hardware. 65 celsius is nothing, especially for an Intel chip. My lenovo hits max of 72 under load with an AMD chip, and intel have higher tolerances for higher temps. trust me, 65 is frigid. And for a laptop HD, 105 (40 celsius) is also perfectly reasonable, and not anywhere near a temp you need to start worrying about (55 or so for laptop hdd is about as high as you want to se)
 
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It idles about 130* -CPU, 106*-HD.. program thinks this is high.. I do as well. It melts HD and the cable that goes from the HD to the motherboard.. 2 in less than 2 years it gets HOT.. the parts were crispy literally
 
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It idles about 130* -CPU, 106*-HD.. program thinks this is high.. I do as well.


Program is wrong. That's all there is to it. Also, as I said, use celsius. 55 celsius idle temp for a laptop is not bad at all. Intel's published maximum temp for their chips is about 98 celius, iirc. If you are less than 85 under load, you are fine.
 
Nick, What other program monitors temps? So I can verify them? This baby melts internals
 
Hard drive is designed to run at 60C constantly and will compensate the head fly height according to it. If I remember right CPU temp of below 80C should be fine also.

Most conversations about computer temperature is in C as there are a lot of users and suppliers around the world and only US still uses F.
 
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Nick, What other program monitors temps? So I can verify them? This baby melts internals


For OSX, I don't know. the reported temps are probably accurate. But when it says they are "high" that is wrong. Give me 5 minutes and I will show you. Heck, I'll go upstairs and load up my desktop with IBT and post my temps and you'll see just how not worried you should be.
 
Thanks guys... This thing is SUPER fragile.. just a little worried. I will not support Apple in ANY future purchases
 
This is my laptop, running intel burn test. Maximum temps that I will ever get out of it. And it doesn't concern me at all. Trust me, your intel chip will easily handle these kind of temps.

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Nick,
:crazy... Those WIndows computers are WAY better built then this apple junk..
 
Apple is a "life style" choice that is based mostly on emotion.

You pay lots and get little ...but hey the "hipsters" say Apple is ....."da bomb". Muhaahahahaa!

Not to mention that Lord Jobs was one of the most greedy people in the home computer business. Sue sue sue sue sue.
 
Originally Posted By: 91344George
Apple is a "life style" choice that is based mostly on emotion.


At least when it comes to PCs, Apple's hardware really is quite a bit nicer than just about anything else out there. And OSX is really quite a bit nicer to work with, particularly for those of us who work with UNIX, write code, etc professionally. I don't really consider this debatable, to be honest!

robert
 
The MacBook Pro doesn't need add-on software to show the temp. Set it up to show the temp... in Celsius, in the top bar. You will note that when you are using 100% of the processors, in processor/drive intensity (especially in a 100F ambient temp.)the temperature will get up to (as I remember) 72C or so. Somewhere around that point it will automatically slow down your processing until the temperature comes down a little. It's automatic. At the moment I'm just browsing and eating breakfast, so it is running 41-42C.

Having said that, I found that after 2 years of use in dusty environments, it is a good idea to pull the 10 screws from the bottom and clean out the dust.

And my return to Apple 2 years ago after 20 years of Microsoft laptops was productivity based, not "lifestile" or "emotion".
This thing is so much more productive than the fasted windows notebook made, with productivity in the trackpad that nobody can beat. But Microsoft has it's defenders, just as Castro, Yugo, etc.
 
George,
I agree 100%. I bought this Mac because everyone that I talked to said they are durable, fast, stable platforms. That could not be further from the truth. I try to buy things based on functionality and reliability...always have. I have never bought things to impress other people, I have never been caught up in that. I just want this thing to last until I get my Doctoral degree in PT.
 
Not with mine..It has been [censored] as been Apple's service.
2-Hard Drives
2 HD Cables
1 Battery
Both ram sticks
Wireless randomly disconnects
Wipes out flash drives while they are plugged in to it
Other things I don't remember at the moment
ALL in less then 2 years
I paid a lot and expected to get a lot... It's like paying for a BMW and getting a Smart..
Built Well..???? Is that some twisted joke?? I'm going to go to Walmart and get a Acer netbook just as a backup..
 
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