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I have a white 13" macbook and while it's always run hot as it were, it's now getting to what I would consider to be worrying temperatures on a regular basis from "normal" use.
I installed smcfancontrol when it first started feeling really hot and lately it seems to be running at around 71-73 degrees(celcius) most of the time(the lowest temperature when in use is maybe 64 if it hasn't been on long). It's got up to 83+ before now and as soon as I noticed that I switched it off and let it cool down for a couple of hours before using it again. Also, the bit of the hinge that's closest to the fans has yellowed in the last couple of months
Any ideas on what could be causing it to be getting to such temperatures and if I can do anything to help? "Normal" use for me is having skype, adium and firefox open(sometimes colloquy and/or textedit too). I'm not doing anything exciting on firefox either, just browsing forums and occasionally checking facebook, but facebook apps make it worse so I've been avoiding that. A couple of times I've left preview open after viewing an image or something and when I've noticed and closed out of it things seem less laggy and maybe a couple of degrees cooler, but firefox seems to be the biggest cause. It never used to run this hot and I've always used those three apps. Using it on a flat surface doesn't seem to make any difference, I'm wondering if maybe something's up with the fans? I can't remember the last time they weren't whirring away, but it was months ago(they sound pretty normal though), but there's not a lot of air coming out :s and touching the hinge just now it's actually much hotter to the touch than the bottom of the laptop.
The actual laptop itself is in good condition, although it has a few hairline cracks on the base near the hinge(they look like scratches) and it does sometimes click when I open it up which I think is the cause of those, it's as if thehinge is connected too close to the base or something.
Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated! I know apple laptops are notorious for overheating, but even my ibook never got this hot. I'm pretty worried about it reaching temps over 80 even it was only a couple of times so far.
Probably just co-incidence, but it's been doing it since just after I got back from NY where I used it with the charger plugged in via a cheap plug adapter a couple of times(I'm from the UK and so are my macbook and charger).
edit: Is "coolbook" worth a try or is it likely to cause other problems?
I installed smcfancontrol when it first started feeling really hot and lately it seems to be running at around 71-73 degrees(celcius) most of the time(the lowest temperature when in use is maybe 64 if it hasn't been on long). It's got up to 83+ before now and as soon as I noticed that I switched it off and let it cool down for a couple of hours before using it again. Also, the bit of the hinge that's closest to the fans has yellowed in the last couple of months
Any ideas on what could be causing it to be getting to such temperatures and if I can do anything to help? "Normal" use for me is having skype, adium and firefox open(sometimes colloquy and/or textedit too). I'm not doing anything exciting on firefox either, just browsing forums and occasionally checking facebook, but facebook apps make it worse so I've been avoiding that. A couple of times I've left preview open after viewing an image or something and when I've noticed and closed out of it things seem less laggy and maybe a couple of degrees cooler, but firefox seems to be the biggest cause. It never used to run this hot and I've always used those three apps. Using it on a flat surface doesn't seem to make any difference, I'm wondering if maybe something's up with the fans? I can't remember the last time they weren't whirring away, but it was months ago(they sound pretty normal though), but there's not a lot of air coming out :s and touching the hinge just now it's actually much hotter to the touch than the bottom of the laptop.
The actual laptop itself is in good condition, although it has a few hairline cracks on the base near the hinge(they look like scratches) and it does sometimes click when I open it up which I think is the cause of those, it's as if thehinge is connected too close to the base or something.
Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated! I know apple laptops are notorious for overheating, but even my ibook never got this hot. I'm pretty worried about it reaching temps over 80 even it was only a couple of times so far.
Probably just co-incidence, but it's been doing it since just after I got back from NY where I used it with the charger plugged in via a cheap plug adapter a couple of times(I'm from the UK and so are my macbook and charger).
edit: Is "coolbook" worth a try or is it likely to cause other problems?