2011 Macbook Pro 2.20 i7 Heat Issue

Unless Apple can give my a solution to this, I'll probably return it.

Apparently these i7 CPU's need far more ventilation. Why Apple joined the heatsinks of the CPU and GPU, I'll never know.

While editing the video, it hit 90 degrees Celsius, on a cooling pad, with a small fan keeping the side from getting too hot.

Seeing as other i7 laptops aren't having the same problems, and loads of air blasts out of the back, I find it hard to understand how there's not enough flow.

Aside from the heat, the laptop is amazing, it's sad that it has to be like this.

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[shaynesabala]

One problem is that the fans come on slow and by the time they are at full rpm the heat is already there. (Watch your own video) This can be fixed by an app called( SMCfancontrol). You can set you fans at max rpm before you start your heavy load. Works for me. Also the gpu and cpu are on the same heat sync. The heat has to pass through one or the other during use. I'm not sure what Apple was thinking when they did that. There is no easy fix for that.

[Freshbott2]

@shaynesabala Yeah I used SMC when I had this Macbook Pro. It would keep it cooler for longer but it wouldn't stop it reaching those temperatures eventually, it would just delay it. But as I've painfully learnt (after downgrading of course), this heat is apparently not a problem at all. They've been getting hotter than this in previous versions. I have a HP from 2007 that hits 112 degrees and doesn't complain. I wish I still had this one now. Dedicated graphics is a must!

[jpcwa74]

You paid $1300+ dollars for a brand new computer that has heat problems that will never be fixed? WOW!!!!!!! You got ripped off man.

[Freshbott2]

@jpcwa74 $1300? Try $2700. It's a'ight though, I refunded it.

[Freshbott2]

@theanimaster That's exactly right the GPU is always the concern. I've since downgraded to the baseline Macbook Pro, which reaches high temperatures more easily than the one in this video, but I don't worry about it because the Core i series CPUs have far higher heat tolerances than GPUs, so with this one it's not really a concern with no dedicated chip. Macbook Pro CPUs have been running hot since the dinosaurs. But I might buy AppleCare later on just in case :0 Hope you enjoy it

[theanimaster]

@Freshbott2 I dunno if heat would have been an issue down the road in the first place, but going by experience I wouldn't disagree with you. I have a 2005 iMac G5 and it constantly reaches temperatures higher than what you've had here. The result? After 3 years the entire motherboard had to be replaced because the GPU fried. Now (3 years more) the GPU is showing signs of dying again.

I'm replacing this iMac with a 2.2Ghz 15" Macbook pro ; )

[Freshbott2]

@jpcwa74 Nah I think that's just my iPod, the game ran amazingly. I really miss the power that this thing had (I returned it), but I'm glad I don't have to deal with the heat anymore, or worry it won't last long before something fails.

[jpcwa74]

Notice how his game stutters, stalls, pauses, etc. ? That's an obvious symptom of computers gpu and/or cpu that is overheating.

[skyrider007]

can u add me on fb? =D x

[tworoelio]

@JanBirsa That's just bullshit... Macbook's always had a heat issue.... This will not be fixed in the futher... It's just how it is...