Computer reaching 97° Celsius / 207° Fahrenheit!

[Deku Outlaw]

Alright I have a MacBook Pro Retina and I have partitioned the hard drive to install Windows 7. Dolphin ran almost perfect on Mountain Lion besides some lighting errors. So I installed Dolphin on Windows 7 because it has less errors than Mountain Lion. Well the lighting is fixed, but my computer is getting way too hot. It reached a max of 97° Celsius / 207° Fahrenheit before I shut it down. When I run Dolphin on Mountain Lion I reach a max of 62° Celsius / 145° Fahrenheit. Any idea what would cause this and how I can fix it?

[DefenderX]

Download the Software "Lubbo's Fan Control" and set the two fans to the highest rpm value (6000rpm)

This will help a lot. I only get about 75-85 degree Celsius!

[pauldacheez]

There's also the more popular SpeedFan, and on the OS X side there's smcFanControl. http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php http://www.eidac.de/?p=134

For reference, my MacBook Air's CPU gets to ~200º F when running(/compiling) Dolphin under Mountain Lion. Hasn't ever shut itself off or anything, which is more of a perk from the way Turbo Boost balances clockspeed/temperature than anything.

Apple's laptops tend to get pretty damn hot, what with their aluminium shells and their fans connected to the CPU by a three-inch-long flat heatsink... I hear they've improved the thermal design in the Retina 'Books quite a bit, though, with those intake vents on the bottom and the quieter asymmetrical fans.

[DefenderX]

Yep, that's true. The new cooling system of the Macbook Pro Retina works quieter and more efficient.

I have no overheating problems with Dolphin. I also tried Prime95 -> all temps are fine, I never get more than 85-90 degree celsius.

[admin89]

Quote:I never get more than 85-90 degree celsius.

Lol . i thought you would never reach 70 degree celsius on full load because you said like this before :

Quote:The new cooling system of the Macbook Pro Retina works quieter and more efficient.

Now i get it thanks .

Quote:Any idea what would cause this and how I can fix it?

because Macbook Retina is not a gaming laptop . You should buy Arctic MX-4 and reapply thermal compound
Most multi-media laptop run hot with Dolphin ...

[DefenderX]

85-90 degree celsius with Prime95

When I play with Dolphin, I get about 70-80 degree celsius. And I never had throttling so far.

[admin89]

It's a joke
Even a gaming laptop like Asus G75vw still having 70-80 degree celsius with Prime95
In my case , i have this result with Prime95 (11min test)



My laptop temp will rise up to 69 degree celsius - 2.93GHz when dolphin is running ...

[DefenderX]

I could post some screenshots, when I come home from school.

btw: Your laptop is modded No surprise, that you get good temps ^^

[admin89]

On topic

Quote:When I run Dolphin on Mountain Lion I reach a max of 62° Celsius / 145° Fahrenheit

Ether CPU is underclocked or Dolphin doesn't use Nvidia GPU but Intel 4000

[DefenderX]

There is an app called "gfxcardstatus". With this app, you can easily force OS X to use the integrated or dedicated GPU. So if the HD Graphics 4000 is active, switch to the GeForce GT 650M and you'll see, that the temps go up