2011 MBP keeps overheating

[eugegall]

Hi fellow Apple fan bois.

My early 2011 MBP keeps overheating & burning my leg. The fan keeps coming on and going mad. Is there something I'm missing here?

Cheers.

 

[olliewebbuk]

Use a desk?

 

[Revels]

They do get pretty hot.

 

[eugegall]

They do get pretty hot.

Its odd because its never been like this before? My p**n load has remained the same too. Worried theres something wrong inside maybe?

 

[olliewebbuk]

Could be dusty inside. I had mine open a few months back to clean the dust out and replace the thermal paste, dropped the CPU and GPU temps 10 degrees each.

YMMV.

 

[MaLicE]

have u installed lion?? if so open activity monitor, make sure its showing all processes and look down the list for "usb print and storage centre" then end the process... 10 seconds later your mac will cool down and stop revving the fan up and down... also look to see if there is anything else running that is using a lot of power... anything over 100 that you aren't using close... (don't try and close a kernel process though)

 

[eugegall]

have u installed lion?? if so open activity monitor, make sure its showing all processes and look down the list for "usb print and storage centre" then end the process... 10 seconds later your mac will cool down and stop revving the fan up and down... also look to see if there is anything else running that is using a lot of power... anything over 100 that you aren't using close... (don't try and close a kernel process though)

Sorry for being stupid. Over 100 what? MB?

 

[MaLicE]

% lol anything over 100%

 

[olliewebbuk]

CPU usage mainly if it's a heat issue.

 

[Y7 ADW]

Mine is doing exactly the same. Had it 4 months now and its only just started doing it..

 

[MaLicE]

mine started doing it soon as i installed lion... by stopping processes that are using a lot of cpu percentage it stops the over heating...

 

[Y7 ADW]

mine started doing it soon as i installed lion... by stopping processes that are using a lot of cpu percentage it stops the over heating...

I will look into it. Cheers