MacBook heat issue...

Oh, ok well nevermind then

DeathToPCs said:

Well I got my Macbook 1.83ghz 4 days ago and the first thing I did was took out 1 of the 256mb sticks and put a 1gb stick in. WOW... this thing ran so darn hot it was insane!! Today I went out and bought the same 1gb stick and replaced the other 256mb stick with it. So now 2 identical sticks of 1gb DDR2 533mhz ram in it and it is so much more cooler then before. I heard that if you are running 2 different size sticks of ram in it then it will run hotter then if you have 2 of the same size ram in it. Is this true? seems like it to me.

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Can anyone comment on that?
I thought MacBooks use DDR2 677MHz RAM?

I bought 2 Sticks from Circuit City that are DDR2 533mhz and they work great! Link below is what I bought.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/King...31002/catOid/-12995/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

No problems so far!

DeathToPCs said:

Well I got my Macbook 1.83ghz 4 days ago and the first thing I did was took out 1 of the 256mb sticks and put a 1gb stick in. WOW... this thing ran so darn hot it was insane!! Today I went out and bought the same 1gb stick and replaced the other 256mb stick with it. So now 2 identical sticks of 1gb DDR2 533mhz ram in it and it is so much more cooler then before. I heard that if you are running 2 different size sticks of ram in it then it will run hotter then if you have 2 of the same size ram in it. Is this true? seems like it to me.

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yeah, i don't think it's true. in the beginning, when i installed my two 1gb ram sticks, i thought it was running cooler, but i think it was just my imagination. i think the best way to keep it cool is to use it off the battery and not while plugged into the magsafe. when it's plugged in, it gets ridiculous. running just on battery power it's more than tolerable.

has anybody tried installing a single 2gb ram stick? maybe that's the solution to all our problems? hahaha!

How does one recalibrate the sensor in order to allow the fan to come on at a lower temperature? Say... 3-5 degrees Celsius.

I don't see how having a gazillion gigs of RAM is going to lower the temperature at all. We'd have to take 10 MacBooks and run them all at 512, then 1G, then 2G and make time/temperature charts in order to make a definitive answer.

I could be wrong, but it seems that adding RAM to alleviate the heat is the wrong answer... that's not what RAM is for. If there is even the slightest connection between relieving the computer's load just a little bit in order to give the processor a break, I doubt our laps and hands are finely tuned enough to be sensitive to a 1 or 2 degree Fahrenheit change.

FYI if you have a heat problem

I just wanted to let you know that there is a new product out there which might help if your laptop is getting too hot for comfort. It's called the itoPad, and you can check it out at http://www.cmstorms.com/store_itopad.shtml