Hot Air1?

Mike44 · Mike44 #1 (**permalink**)

06-23-2010, 12:53 PM

My Macbook Air seems to get really hot of late and the fan runs. This is even when I have very little running i.e. just mail and a browser. Is this an issue anyone else has come across. Is there a solution? Is it a problem?

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mknabster · mknabster #2 (**permalink**)

06-24-2010, 11:39 AM

How long are you having the computer running at a time? Mine does that to me when I'm running graphics intensive programs, but that's only when. Also, do you have the laptop elevated at all? If you have it raised up, it will allow for more airflow for when the fans do run.

Mike44 · Mike44 #3 (**permalink**)

06-25-2010, 05:17 PM

This seems to happen sometimes after only 30 mins running just safari with mail open in the background.....I will try and give it some ground clearance....seen other posts suggesting that if it doesn't shut down then it's fine....we will see.......thanks for your interest

IvanLasston · IvanLasston #4 (**permalink**)

06-25-2010, 11:34 PM

Are you watching flash videos - like youtube or vimeo? These tends to use a lot of CPU cycles - or actually any flash will - so if the pages you are on have a lot of flash adds/graphics - you could see your CPU actually get hit a lot. Open Activity Monitor to see if you are using a lot of CPU.

mknabster #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 22, 2007 Posts: 880 Mac Specs: 15in MBP 2.5GHz Core2Duo \| 1.83Ghz Dual G5 PowerMac \| 2.0 GHz Dual G5 PowerMac	06-24-2010, 11:39 AM How long are you having the computer running at a time? Mine does that to me when I'm running graphics intensive programs, but that's only when. Also, do you have the laptop elevated at all? If you have it raised up, it will allow for more airflow for when the fans do run. -Matt
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Mike44 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 24, 2008 Location: London England Posts: 25 Mac Specs: 13" Macbook Air 80 Snow Leopard ipod nano 8g 11" Macbook Air 128 g Mountain Lion	06-23-2010, 12:53 PM My Macbook Air seems to get really hot of late and the fan runs. This is even when I have very little running i.e. just mail and a browser. Is this an issue anyone else has come across. Is there a solution? Is it a problem? Thanks
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IvanLasston #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 26, 2010 Location: Rocky Mountain High, Colorado Posts: 2,116 Mac Specs: 1.8 GHz i7 MBA 11" OSX 10.8.2	06-25-2010, 11:34 PM Are you watching flash videos - like youtube or vimeo? These tends to use a lot of CPU cycles - or actually any flash will - so if the pages you are on have a lot of flash adds/graphics - you could see your CPU actually get hit a lot. Open Activity Monitor to see if you are using a lot of CPU.
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