Macbook Pro Recent Heat Increase
I have a 2 year old 13" Macbook Pro from 2009.
My macbook pro has alway ran hot as they all do, especially in the top left corner near the escape key where all of the ports are.
Recently, in the past month or two, my macbook has been running very significantly hotter than it has in the past, causing the fan to spin up and draining the battery life. I only get an hour and a half or two of battery life at this point due to the heat. Checking activity monitor, nothing is eating up my processor and I can not seem to track down what is going on.
I know people often complain about temperatures on their macbooks, but there was a sudden change in the running temperature of mine recently. I haven't changed any habits of using the laptop and I don't remember if this started happening after a system update or anything.
If anyone has any idea of what could be causing this or how I can track it down please let me know.
Thanks,
Shawn
Two things to try:
1. SMC reset, Directions are here - note the steps are different depending on whether or not the battery can be removed by the user:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
2. NVRAM / PRAM reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
These steps are worth trying, although the problem may be deeper.
Please post back with your results.
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