2006 White macbook gets hot?

I have a 2006 macbook 2,1 with the 2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB ram, and a 160GB hard disk. It is running Lion 10.7.5.
I am pretty tech savvy and bought this machine used. I cleaned it up and upgraded the ram, hard disk and OS to the above specs. It has always run hot since I bought it. Here's what I've done so far to try to correct the issue:
I cleaned and re-applied thermal paste
cleaned the dust from the exhaust vent from both inside and outside the laptop. it is very clean inside and outside now.
Even just browsing the internet for 30-60 minutes the fans crank up and the mac is hot to the touch. The fans are quiet for the first 30-60 minutes and then just crank way up. I don't get it. It has a fresh OS install with only Firefox running when this happens. It doesn't take long for the temp to reach 133 degrees Fahrenheit.
My 2006 imac 5,1 has the 2.0Ghz core 2 duo and 2gb ram also, but stays consistently at about 95 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Is there anything else I can do to help the temperatures on this macbook?

You could try a different web browser and see about turning off Flash, and any
add-ons in one browser to see if that uses less system resources & runs cooler.
A separate browser for non-intense browsing can help, when you don't need
the other extras that make the computer work harder.
My old first-edition MacBook1.1 is a coreduo 1.83GHz and tops out at 2GB RAM
and will not go beyond Snow Leopard 10.6.8 for practical reasons, to include a
need to access older applications, as some utilize PPC code, so Rosetta support
that is lacking in OS X 10.7 won't help the usefulness of such an older model.
If your MacBook runs too hot in Lion, had you similar result in Snow Leopard?
There isn't much relief in a slight upgrade to 3GB RAM instead of two; depending
on what model version identifier yours is, it may be able to use more. Though a
slightly different model early MacBook core2duo appears it could use up to 6GB.
My MB1.1 is up on a laptop stand so it is in the air, & use USB keyboard/mouse.
Cooler than on the tabletop or on the lap, since it can breathe easier. Mine is also
still running Leopard 10.5.8, same as my older G4s, but with better results. As such
I have a patched Flash player, though use four browsers for various reasons.
Good luck!

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2006 White Macbook Issues?

I have a late 2006 white macbook with a 2.0 ghz core 2 duo (Lion), and I also have a mid 2006 white macbook with a 1.83ghz core duo processor (Snow Leopard). I recently bought a 3rd party battery for the late 06 version. The battery had good reviews but once I installed it into the macbook the battery indicator icon said "service battery" and battery life went rapidly downwards. Out of curiosity I put the defective battery in the 1.83ghz macbook and everything appeared fine. I got 4.5-5 hrs of battery life with no "service battery" message. What could be causing that?
Also The 2.0ghz one has been having heat issues since I bought it (~1.5 months ago). Not overheating issues, just very loud fans and a very warm case. I don't do very intensive things on either laptop either. Just a single tab of web browsing. The 1.83ghz Macbook runs whisper quiet and is considerably cooler on the outer case. I cleaned both of dust recently and I re-applied thermal paste on both also. Could the 2 issues be correlated somehow? How can i fix them?
Thanks,
camtechguy98

Well first try what Mike suggests:
"Try resetting the SMC Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)"
If that doesn't work refer to my post about cleaning the fans above your post. Any decent service tech will be able to do that.
Apple store for sure.
This article addresses most of the issues I've seen:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/120177/macbook-fans-are-running-high-ev en-under-normal-load
"get the fan serviced before I decide to ditch it."
Oh no! Please don't ditch it. I repair Macs and donate them. If it comes to that email me first.

2006 white macbook hdd

i have a 2006 white macbook and was wonting to upgread my HDD do i need to buy a (ATA) or a (SATA)

For a new hard drive try Newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380&name=Laptop-Hard-Dr ives&Order=PRICE
Or OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
Here are instructions on replacing the hard drive in a MacBook with a removable battery. http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=45088
If you don’t have the tools to open up the MacBook OWC has a set for $5
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TOOLKITMHD/

2006 White Macbook body broken

Help!!! I love my macbook, but the white body which was slowly cracking has finally broken. I want to save my macbook by replacing the white body. Is this possible? Where can it be done? Can I buy a new body for it? Please help!

You can do a search for MacBook parts to find a possible source for your part. The Santa Rosa MacBook refers to the Santa Rosa processor used in 2007. The following explains more about them.
<http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/faq/differences-between-macbook-l ate-2007-santa-rosa-mid-2007-core-2-duo.html>
Yours would not be a Santa Rosa MacBook so both parts you mentioned would fit yours. The upper case marked Santa Rosa/Penryn means it would work with either unit.
Here are a few places you can check for parts.
DV Warehouse
PowerBook Medic
MacMedic

Why MacBook get Hot when watching YouTube?

This is not only YouTube, all flash files, flv – makes my macbook (MacBookPro5,1) and iMac 21.5" crazy...! on macbook i hawe Snow Leo and on iMac is Lion.
How to fix this thing? and why flash files going better on PC but on mac this is pain in ***?

Hi c,
If you go to Adobe's site and do some reading, you'll see that Adobe is having issues on Macs. Apple and Adobe have not been getting along for some time now, so go figure . . . .

Macbook getting hot when sleeping

and the battery does not seem to last very long during sleep.
What's going on???

have you calibrated your battery?

White Macbook Becoming Really Slow

Hi guys, I a have a late 2006 white macbook running on leopard (32GB free space) with the following specs:
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
my problem is that off late my macbook has become extremely slow and I keep experiencing the beachball syndrome!
This is also experienced when I am just browsing on safari and have an app like Word opened. Safari crashes more than once a day and the entire system seems to freeze up when I am running even basic apps like firefox, word, itunes, preview etc
I can understand a lag if I am running Photoshop but this is becoming quite bugging. I still have a year of warranty left btw.
What I was wondering shall I upgrade to Snow Leopard since its not very expensive? I dont want to upgrade my RAM, as by next year I will get the Pro. Also if I upgrade my OS, how will I install the back up data again? And will that affect the problem?
Will a clean reinstall help?
Any help would be appreciated.
Btw I keep running Onyx regularly and fix the permissons etc after every 10 days.

If your machine is slow right now, you need to figure out why--upgrading to Snow Leopard could make the machine even slower. Overall, Snow Leopard improves performance for machines, but if the machine has issues already, you may not see the improvements.
Here's some things to try:
In Applications>Utilities, open *Disk Utility*. In the left-hand column, click *Macintosh HD*, then click the *Verify Disk* button. Report any errors here.
You also want to reseat your RAM and see if that helps; instructions here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1651
~Lyssa

White MacBook: Why aren't my ports working?

Hey y'all, I'm using a 2006 White MacBook running on Mac OS X 10.7.5, and the USB ports aren't working. If I restart the laptop, the ports will work for a little little bit and then as soon as it finishes the reboot, they won't work. It's weird. It won't work for my iPhone 5 cable but it will work for my Mophie exernal battery case when I charge it via through USB. I plugged my iPhone 5 cable with the adapter to see if it's not working overall. However, it worked fine when I plugged it into the wall. I tried the SMC reset and the PRAM reset. Nothing is getting any better. I am trying to import pictures and this port thing is becoming very frustrating. Is there anything else I can do to fix it that doesn't require going to the apple store or something involving buying the software discs? (Incase by any chance I have to do a fresh install) Thanks all.

Well, dang. Things are getting a bit more complicated. If you have an expendable external drive of any type that is 16GB or larger, you can create an external recovery HDD. See: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5911. It's possible from Recovery Mode to select which startup drive to boot. If you boot to your normal startup drive from Recovery Mode and your USB ports are working correctly, it's likely indicative that key parts of OS X on your boot drive are somehow unwell and that a reinstallation is necessary.
If you have Time Machine backups of your system, I'd probably be inclined to do a full refresh of the system:
From the App Store / Purchases, download Lion again, but do not run the installer;
Download DiskMaker X from http://liondiskmaker.com/ and use it to create bootable USB install drive (requires an 8 GB USB drive) or a DVD;
Make sure the Time Machine backup is up-to-date and accessible;
Shutdown your MacBook, turn on via the power button and press/hold the Option key at the startup tone;
Choose the USB or DVD drive to boot and install Lion;
Once Lion's base install has completed, it will prompt you to continue to login or migrate a user profile from a Time Machine backup - migrate your user account(s).
That's the worst case scenario. Before you go jumping through all those hoops, however, you'd probably want to boot the system to your original install DVD to run the hardware diagnostics. If you run the short diags and nothing is found, letting the full diags run overnight might turn up a hardware problem. If so, you've got the unfortunate problem that Apple no longer supports these systems outside of California.
If full diags indicate no detectable problems and the aforementioned booting from Recovery Mode into your usual boot disk gets your USB working again, the reinstall seems to be the best bet.
Best of luck with it!

White macbook ram

i have got a 2006 white macbook and i was wonting to know what kind of ram it takes do i have o buy it from apple or can i buy just any ddr2 ram and what is the max i can put in it it only has 1 gb

Model Identifier:          MacBook1,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed:          2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          2 MB
Memory:          1 GB
Bus Speed:          667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          MB11.0061.B03
SMC Version (system):          1.4f12
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White macbook boots to black screen?

I have a 2006 white macbook with the 2.0ghz core 2 duo processor. It boots well and runs fast most of the time, but sometimes after i press the power button instead of the screen becoming white with the apple logo etc. it just stays black. the fans run and i can hear activity within the laptop but the screen is black.
I usually hold down the power button and try to boot it up again. It works the second time generally, but sometimes I have to do that 3-5 times before it works and boots flawlessly to the desktop.
I have also tried re-seating the LCD cable via ifixit's guide, but it didn't help.
thanks,
camtechguy98

If you are in proximity of an Apple Store with Genius Bar, you could schedule
an appointment or reservation for a genius or specialist to look into the matter.
Depending on your location and global region, this may or may not be free
but is worthwhile to diagnose and test the Mac to discover what is wrong...
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/
Find an Apple Authorized Service Provider
Visit an Apple Retail Store
In several locations, the above may vary; in the US and Canada, [among other
regions, some Apple Stores may not] offer a diagnostic as a free service...
So depending on where you are you could check into this; the diagnostic test
and Genius bar is free even with an older Mac out of warranty in US/Canada.
If there is no Apple Store with Genius bar, you can check into seeing an AASP
or Authorized Apple Service Provider, where customary charges may apply.
These AASP locations may be able to repair older Macs the Apple Store is
unlikely to; so if you have vintage or obsolete gear, that's another matter out
side of the Genius. Specialist Independent repair services can also help.
Good luck & happy computing!

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will a late 2006 white Macbook work with Mountain Lion

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Case Cracks White MacBook (2006)

I have observed cracks on my white macbook (Late 2006 model) case (both insde & out side). Everytime I take an appointment with the Genius, they say that they are so busy to replace the case and they might need at least 3-5 business days. Since I did not have an alternate computer, I have delayed a bit. Now that I recently got a iMac, I would like to turn in my macbook for repair. Not sure if apple has spares to repair the cracked outer shells. Any idea how long and how much it costs to get it fixed ? Or can I return my laptop to get some store credit and buy a new Macbook ??

sparu wrote:
Not sure if apple has spares to repair the cracked outer shells. Any idea how long and how much it costs to get it fixed ? Or can I return my laptop to get some store credit and buy a new Macbook ??
Only Apple would know that. Also, ask Apple. Not going to happen. You can't return a 6 year old mac and expect to get a store credit. Since the repair volume of the store seems to be high, get an estimate and leave it there for repair if you find the price of repair to be acceptable.

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I have a white Macbook from Mid 2006 and it has been functioning fine all these years. However just yesterday, it developed a trackpad problem.
I am still able to move the cursor but nothing happens when I click the trackpad button.
I then bought an external mouse. However the problem did not go away entirely. The external mouse would work just fine (I would be able to click with it) if I did not touch the trackpad. However on the few occasions where I accidentally touched the trackpad, the external mouse would suddenly suffer the same fate as the trackpad, i.e. I was still able to move the cursor but I could not click with the external mouse.
I managed to alleviate the problem by checking the "Ignore trackpad when mouse is present" option in my System Preferences, thereby preventing any accidental touches of the trackpad from affecting the external mouse. However I hope to get to the root of this sudden and mysterious problem, rather than sweeping it under a "Ignore trackpad when mouse is present" option.
I have tried resetting the PRAM and it did not solve the problem.

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White Macbook 2006 random shutdown solved removed cpu heatsink and more

I picked up a cheap macbook from a secondhand retailer for $300 and it regularly shutdown, froze, restarted as well as the grey kernel panic screen completely random no real pattern. I set about trying to solve the problem swapping ram and hard drive with my identical 2006 macbook (which I had similar problems with last year, fixed that one with a new battery connector cable). The ram and hard drive made no difference so I downloaded istat menus to see if any combination of cpu voltage, current and temperature were causing the random shutdowns. It seemed when the temperature reached certain values the computer would shutdown or freeze(around 30 to 50 degrees). I'd read on other forums about faulty cpu temperature diodes so I reapplied heatsink compound to the cpu heatsink and checked all the wiring for shorts but nothing seemed to solve the problem. I was ready to retire the computer and use it for spares for my other macbook when needed but I pulled the keyboard off one more time and tried something completely radical. This fix requires some forward planning and software installation but it has completely solved my Random shutdowns completely.
for instructions see my next post *Fix for random shutdowns white macbook*

Ok this is not for the non technical person but it is quite a simple process with the right instructions.
This first step is very important install the software coolbook($10) and fan control (Free)( not smc fan control). Set up coolbook to operate the cpu at the lowest speed and voltage for both power adapter and battery(1002MHz and .95Volts). Remove the keyboard to access the computer logic board (instructions can be found at iFixit). Remove the four screws and two connectors holding the heatsink to the logicboard and gently lift the heatsink out (very important that you leave the fan screwed in and connected). Close the computer back up if you wish to test just gently connect the keyboard and loosly sit the keyboard back in. Restart and reset the pram immediately. Let the computer boot up and then open system preferences and configure Fan Control to your liking. So far no random shutdowns for over a week (was getting many a day previously.

I have a late 2008 white macbook. I have a mini dvi to hdmi adapter, and a hdmi cord. My cannot get my MB to detect an external monitor. Nothing happens when plugged in. Also, my display settings does not have an option for mirroring or arrangment tab

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