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Safe operating temperature for a '07 Macbook
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<blockquote data-quote="SpartanTom" data-source="post: 1022272" data-attributes="member: 148351"><p><strong>My maximum temperature for comparison</strong></p><p></p><p>I just wanted to add that I also have a 2007 MacBook, and I run rosetta@home when I'm not on battery power. At my desk in an air-conditioned office, even with my processor at 100% usage for an eight-hour workday I never pass 86 degrees.</p><p></p><p>I do have two suggestions if you are concerned about heat:</p><p></p><p>You might want to look into a utility called smcFanControl. You can increase the minimum fan speeds on your MacBook with it, even setting different speeds for battery or on AC. It also has the ability to keep your current fan speed and internal temperature displayed in the menu bar.</p><p></p><p>My other suggestion is an excellent form of passive cooling I found online. Monoprice.com sells a pad of phase-change material for just ten bucks on their site. It significantly lowers the operating temperature of my MacBook while I'm using it. (I don't bother bringing it to the office because I never actually put my MacBook on my lap there.) It takes hours and hours to fully phase change to a liquid and even after it "maxes out" on the heat it can absorb I still see a slight improvement in operating temperatures.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10804&cs_id=1080402&p_id=5224&seq=1&format=2" target="_blank">http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10804&cs_id=1080402&p_id=5224&seq=1&format=2</a></p><p></p><p>Good luck avoiding thigh burns!</p><p></p><p>Tom Morrisey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SpartanTom, post: 1022272, member: 148351"] [b]My maximum temperature for comparison[/b] I just wanted to add that I also have a 2007 MacBook, and I run rosetta@home when I'm not on battery power. At my desk in an air-conditioned office, even with my processor at 100% usage for an eight-hour workday I never pass 86 degrees. I do have two suggestions if you are concerned about heat: You might want to look into a utility called smcFanControl. You can increase the minimum fan speeds on your MacBook with it, even setting different speeds for battery or on AC. It also has the ability to keep your current fan speed and internal temperature displayed in the menu bar. My other suggestion is an excellent form of passive cooling I found online. Monoprice.com sells a pad of phase-change material for just ten bucks on their site. It significantly lowers the operating temperature of my MacBook while I'm using it. (I don't bother bringing it to the office because I never actually put my MacBook on my lap there.) It takes hours and hours to fully phase change to a liquid and even after it "maxes out" on the heat it can absorb I still see a slight improvement in operating temperatures. [url]http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10804&cs_id=1080402&p_id=5224&seq=1&format=2[/url] Good luck avoiding thigh burns! Tom Morrisey [/QUOTE]
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