Mac book pro 13 inch mid 2009 temperature
my mac book pro temp with just browsing and msn and audium runs in 84 C temperature
i m wondering is this normal or i should worry
also i want to know what the normal temperature of the mac book pro running with normal activity and when running a lot of application what is the maximum temperature i should start to worry when using mac with normal applications or a lot of application and activities !!
See my user tip:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=716829&tstart=10
You can't really rely on sensor software to determine if something is amiss whether it be by temperature or fan speed. What you can do is run the hardware test that came with the Mac, if you suspect a hardware issue, or take it in for service. There is no place where Apple actually discloses the normal internal temperature or fan speeds that I've seen in its regular user documentation. The software which gives you such measurements can only give you a user established guideline based on user experience, and not one of any Apple established limits. Too often people try to control based on software that gives fan or temperature readings, and actually damage their Macs more inadvertantly because they don't understand the entire nature of how the computer has a self-regulating temperature engine.
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