Heat issues with new MacBook Pro?

[ollster]

Guys, if your machines are running hot I bet it is the thermal paste application. I have a brand new 17" 2.4 - just have a look: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66349

I have read about that but apparently when applying the paste properly it only reduces the temperature by 2 degree F

See here http://www.macdevcenter.com/lpt/a/6605

 

[nikhsub1]

I have read about that but apparently when applying the paste properly it only reduces the temperature by 2 degree F

See here http://www.macdevcenter.com/lpt/a/6605

Yeah I saw that and LOL'd my butt off. Measure core temps of a cpu via the OUTSIDE of the case? ROFL puh-lease. Would you take the temperature of your refrigerator by placing a thermometer on the exterior DOOR? Or use that thermal gun on the door? LMAO.

 

[ollster]

Yeah I saw that and LOL'd my butt off. Measure core temps of a cpu via the OUTSIDE of the case? ROFL puh-lease. Would you take the temperature of your refrigerator by placing a thermometer on the exterior DOOR? Or use that thermal gun on the door? LMAO.

lololol. We are talking about the temperature of the MBP...as a whole. Not just the CPU temps. So therefore...in his experiment...it is acceptable to measure the temp of the case. He is just concerned with the amount of heat as a whole coming from the system and since people raised eyebrows about the way the CPU is smothered in thermal paste he tested it out!

I don't know how you do it in macs but if you want to measure the temp of the CPU in a PC...you just go into the bios for a fairly accurate result. I dare say it is just as easy on a mac...no?