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From: Matt Jones on 29 Jul 2010 18:02
Hi all,

i am wondering what the average macbook pro 7 I7 temp is meant to be as
mine rarely drops below 60C. is something wrong with my mac or is i
just norm.

also it seems to lock up occasionly for a minute or so.

From: SM on 29 Jul 2010 18:36
Matt Jones <allin1photo(a)me.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> i am wondering what the average macbook pro 7 I7 temp is meant to be as
> mine rarely drops below 60C. is something wrong with my mac or is i
> just norm.
>
> also it seems to lock up occasionly for a minute or so.

This 15" i7 MBP 2.66 cpu is currenty at 36C - no lock-ups.

Stuart
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From: Rowland McDonnell on 30 Jul 2010 04:47
Matt Jones <allin1photo(a)me.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> i am wondering what the average macbook pro 7 I7 temp is meant to be as
> mine rarely drops below 60C. is something wrong with my mac or is i
> just norm.
>
> also it seems to lock up occasionly for a minute or so.

When I've met that /sort/ of problem, it's had one of three causes:

1) Software processes chewing up loadsa CPU unexpectedly - see Activity
Monitor, identify and clobber (look esp. for Carbon apps: some have a
tendency to chew up 100% of one CPU if they can get it, if left in
*that* position)

2) Fault in the CPU module causing it to overheat and in extremis shut
down - requires replacement of hardware to fix.

3) Clogged cooling vents or similar - careful hoovering is the fix.

Rowland.

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From: Matt Jones on 30 Jul 2010 18:09
how would i know if it was a hardware fault or not ?

Thanks

From: Steve Hodgson on 31 Jul 2010 04:45
On 2010-07-29 23:02:34 +0100, Matt Jones said:

> i am wondering what the average macbook pro 7 I7 temp is meant to be as
> mine rarely drops below 60C. is something wrong with my mac or is i
> just norm.
>
> also it seems to lock up occasionly for a minute or so.

Just to add to the advice you have already been given.

Monitor the CPU usage and see if something is hogging it. You can run
Activity Monitor to do this or something like Menu Meters or iStat
Menus if you want something less intrusive.

Are the fans running when you are having problems?

If you really want to see if this a hardware problem or software it may
be worth temporarily creating a new user account to see if the same
problems with slowness are seen there too.

Hope this helps.
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