MacBook Pro and Air get hot and noisy. Macbook gets hot and noisy

Macbook users often encounter a problem when the laptop gets very hot during operation and begins to make noise. This creates inconvenience when using the Mac and often leads to new problems. The Macsave service center will help you restore your laptop to full functionality.

Causes of malfunction

Macbooks get hot and noisy for a variety of reasons. These problems arise with constant use of energy-consuming applications, natural wear and tear of components, and battery failure. The most common cause is improper functioning of the cooling system. During operation, the cooler often becomes clogged with dust and does not rotate at full speed.

DIY repair

If your Macbook doesn't heat up much and the case only gets warm in some places, you can install a special stand to solve the problem. This will create an air gap under the laptop to ensure high-quality cooling. Installation of an active cooling system or repair of internal components is required in the following situations:

• under high load, the laptop crashes or reboots;
• the MacBook body becomes hot over the entire area;
• During operation, the device creates an uncomfortable noise level.

Cleaning the cooling system is quite problematic. This procedure requires practical experience and is complicated by such points as:

• 1. Remote location of coolers under the battery.
• 2. The need to use special tools.
• 3. Thin wires and cables, easily damaged by careless handling.

Professional solution to the problem

In the event that your Macbook overheats during operation and you are unable to fix the problem yourself, it is advisable to seek help from specialists. Macsave service center employees clean coolers and, if necessary, install new components. Before repairs are carried out, diagnostics are carried out to determine a complete list of problems that must be eliminated. The service center repairs all models of laptops from Apple, including Macbook Air, Pro, Retina.

Possible malfunctions and cost of solution:

MBP 13 is heating up ~ Denis ~ 01/13/2016

Hello! The Mac (model 1278 late 2011 i7) gets hot, even with minimal CPU load.
It heats up quickly, istats shows 90 degrees cpu temperature, while the cooler apparently does not work. Both istats and, for example, smcfancontrol show cooler exhaust: 0 rpm.
I haven't done the AHT test yet.
Please tell me what the problem might be.
The former owner claims that he recently had his laptop cleaned at a service center.

Macsave Center Answer: Good afternoon, we need to diagnose, maybe the problem is in the cooling system tubes, also the reason could be in the video chip / north bridge

The closer to August, the less cool it is - this is a fact. The poor aluminum Air has every chance of becoming a Fire, and the MacBook Pro can be converted into a coffee maker. Especially if you like to put your favorite laptop on your lap, on a blanket, overload it with power-hungry programs - you don’t respect it at all, in general. Let's also remember those who have long forgotten what a laptop is, connected a mouse and keyboard to their pet and left it collecting dust on the table. How to cool your MacBook so it doesn't overheat in this 2012 heat wave?

If you collect all the factors that contribute to your MacBook overheating in one place at one time, you can defrost chicken using your laptop. To resolve the issue, we turned to specialists, experts with whom we had already discussed the possibility of equipping the MacBook Pro and . Helped me figure out the problem Denis Shcheglov(deepapple.com) and Ivan Mereshchenko(macfix.ru). Below you will find a list of how you can cool your laptop and how best not to cool it.

Denis Shcheglov clarifies that many of the questions that we “scraped” from the bottom of the Internet “are addressed to users, but not to professional engineers. Everyone decides for themselves how to cool beech; there are no specific recommendations. The main thing is to use common sense and the User's Guide.

So, what is “allowed” and what is not allowed?

1. Install the laptop on a soft surface: knees, blanket, chair. This prevents the outflow of heat and proper air circulation, contributing to overheating.

2. Litter workspace around the laptop, thereby promoting poor air circulation and the accumulation of armies of dust particles.

3. Hold a laptop next to the air conditioner. Although this method seems very reasonable, there is a high risk of condensation. This is comparable to pouring tea, beer, mojito or anything else that keeps you from overheating.

4. Use cofro-cases like "spek» (spek-case), since heat will be dissipated to the bottom of the case.

5. Use ice, nitrogen and other frozen materials. Alexander Mereshchenko explains this by saying that when assembling motherboards, engineers use lead-free solder. It is fragile and does not tolerate high temperature changes. Damage the motherboard and you will no longer need to cool the laptop.

6. Use vacuum cleaner directly to remove dust, as fragile components may be damaged. Sweep away the dust with a brush and then collect it with a vacuum cleaner.

"Lzya" (obvious things that can save your MacBook):

1. Use metal table(stainless steel, aluminum).

2. Keep a MacBook closer to the fan(and help yourself).

3. Use cooling pad with a gap of 1-2 cm for air circulation. This method is not particularly effective, since the bottom of the laptop is aluminum and there is no outlet for the cooler.

4. Avoid exposure to sunlight on the laptop case.

5. Regularly wipe the dust.

6. If you don’t have a special cooling pad, you can place a pig under the back of your MacBook book, for example, to increase air flow.

7. Periodically turn offMacBook to reduce the temperature. Diablo 3 can wait.

Remember, for a laptop, heat is evil. Hopefully these tips will help you save your MacBook from overheating.

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With passive cooling - they emit heat during operation, and there is no escape from it. This is quite normal as long as the temperature is within acceptable limits. But, if you hear the noise of the cooler running at full speed, and your hands begin to burn on the heated case, it’s time to do something.

Laptops are primarily susceptible to overheating (due to their portability), but it is also not alien to monoblocks and desktop computers. So our advice will be useful to all poppy growers without exception.

Why does my Mac overheat?

Before we start dealing with overheating, we need to understand its essence. The reasons for increased heating can be different, but in the case of Apple computers, it is usually due to too dense placement of internal components due to the compactness and lightness of the devices. Despite energy efficiency improving every year, when a large number of components are located in a small package, heat generation inevitably increases. If you do not pay attention to the increased temperature, then over time it will affect the battery life, and can also lead to failure of other components, such as the video chip.

How to avoid overheating

Check resource-intensive applications

Applications that hog your Mac's resources are one of the biggest causes of overheating. Sometimes applications freeze or crash, using the processor to its maximum and, as a result, causing increased heat generation. You can find frozen and resource-intensive applications through “System Monitoring”: all processes that consume more than 70% of the processor power are classified as “gluttonous”. If this is not the main tool you are working with at the moment, for example Final Cut Pro, which is rendering the project, then it is better to end the process. And resources will be freed up, and the Mac will not heat up as much.

Control the temperature

Temperature monitoring is very important if this is not the first time you have noticed the roar of coolers and burned your knees with a “hot” aluminum case. You can be guided by these signs (cooler speed and case heating), but it is better to use a special monitoring tool.

One of the best profile utilities is iStat Menus 5. It provides the most detailed monitoring of all system parameters, including temperature from all installed sensors. Additionally, it can be used to regulate cooler speeds, as well as find out which applications are loading the processor.

Place your Mac on a hard surface

It would seem like a banal piece of advice, but many people still ignore it. Working in bed or with soft cushions on the sofa will almost certainly result in increased heat depending on the intensity of your work. This happens because the vents are blocked and the natural air circulation around the Mac's body, which is also a large additional heatsink that dissipates heat, is disrupted.

Therefore, if it is not possible to work at a desk, try to place the computer on a hard surface. In bed, you can use a special stand, a table, or just a large book placed on the pillow.

Avoid heat sources and poor ventilation

The previous tip concerned MacBook owners, and this one is addressed to iMac and Mac Pro owners. Some users do not attach importance to the correct location of their desktop computers, but in vain. For example, your iMac should not be pushed too close to a wall, as this will disrupt natural ventilation. Mac Pro should not be hidden under a table or in cramped niches of shelves. There is no need to place computers near radiators, fireplaces or any other heat source. Additionally, we do not recommend using your Mac in areas with temperatures above 35°C.

Don't forget about prevention

No matter how clean your room or office is, there is still dust that accumulates in your Mac's cooling system. Therefore, it is very important to regularly clean dust - especially if you often work on the go - and replace thermal paste. If you don’t do this, dust will eventually clog the cracks of the thermal interface heatsink (or even the ventilation holes), and your Mac will turn into a noisy stove, which will not turn out well for either you or it.

You can clean dust on the ventilation openings with a soft brush or vacuum cleaner, first reducing its speed to a minimum. About once a year, your Mac could benefit from cleaning by disassembling or at least removing the cover.

Bonus

“Advice is good,” you say, “but everything is clear with them.” What should I do if my Mac gets hot while doing work? How to reduce heating and its consequences in case of regular loads?

Do not neglect regular heating even to 80–90 °C. This is not a critical temperature, but if it persists for several weeks or more, there is a possibility of negative consequences. I will give an example from my own experience. On my old MacBook Pro, I worked with text and photos, rarely loading it to capacity. In 3.5 years, I “specifically” loaded it only twice: during the passage of Diablo III and when I was editing the accumulated family video in FCP (both times in the evenings for several weeks). It would seem that this is not such a big load, but two years later it came back to haunt us with the failure of the video chip. On the new MacBook Air, I no longer do this, but do it differently.

Apple computers work with an emphasis on comfort of use, so the cooling system begins to work actively when reaching relatively high temperatures. Usually you can’t hear the coolers at all until 70–75 °C, and only then do they start to spin up. You can change this system behavior using the excellent free app Macs Fan Control.

We just need to select the desired fan (if you have more than one) and change its control method by clicking the “Sensor-based” button. Next, select the “Sensor-based” option and select the hottest component (for me it’s CPU Core, since the graphics are built-in). All that remains is to set the maximum temperature and the temperature at which the cooler speed begins to increase. For me it is 65 and 45 °C, respectively. The utility can be added to autorun when the system starts and forget about overheating problems altogether.

By following the tips above, you will surely reduce the temperature of your Mac, which in turn will allow you to not worry about overheating. As a rule, simple common sense and periodic monitoring are sufficient for this. If the described recommendations did not help you and your Mac continues to roar and heat up like a stove, do not delay it and contact a service center.

Have you noticed that your MacBook Pro and Air have been getting very hot lately? This signals that necessary measures need to be taken. It is necessary to immediately suspend operation, as this will certainly lead to serious consequences.

First of all, the video card itself, the south bridge, the north bridge, or some other microcircuit can fail. Moreover, the device will heat up more and more over time. If this happens to your MacBook, don't wait another minute. You don't have much time left. You should stop further use and clean it.

Cause of MacBook Overheating

1. First of all, this indicates that the cooling system is dirty. Users often work in dusty areas or while lying on the couch. Over time, dust accumulates in the device and the MacBook overheats.

2. We cannot exclude the possibility that the thermal paste has lost its function. This means that it has simply dried out. In this case, it will need to be replaced.

3. In 5% of cases, other causes may occur. In order to determine the reason why the MacBook is heating up, we will first of all carry out a full diagnosis and, most importantly, free of charge.

How to fix MacBook overheating

In most cases, when the MacBook Pro and Air overheat, this indicates that it is necessary to clean the cooling system and change the thermal paste. Once these steps are completed, you can rest assured that your laptop will serve you for as long as possible.

In our gsmmoscow service center, your laptop will be cleaned quickly and efficiently. Moreover, you have the opportunity to choose the type of service that you need. We offer several service options.

1. Vip- cleaning the laptop. It includes a full range of services: cleaning the cooling system, cooler, and all internal elements with compressed air. The device will also be lubricated and thermal paste replaced.

2. Standard-cleaning. This includes cleaning the cooling system, cooler, compressed air cleaning of the entire Mac, as well as replacing thermal paste.

3. Economy-cleaning. It involves cleaning the cooling system, cooler, and attacking the entire device with compressed air.

This is a very necessary procedure and not as simple as it might seem at first glance. It is necessary to clean the Apple MacBook from dust and dirt regularly for preventive purposes and not to the point where it is already noticeable that the MacBook is heating up. It is necessary to entrust such a difficult task to specialists, since you can cause a lot of damage to the equipment yourself. In some cases, you may need to completely disassemble the laptop in order to get to the necessary components. Only experienced craftsmen can do everything correctly and quickly.

How long will it take to clean a MacBook:

In most cases, this takes about 50 minutes. The duration of the operation will depend on the complexity of disassembling the MacBook laptop. In any case, we at the housing service will try to do everything quickly and efficiently.

An example from life.

The girl liked to work while lying on her bed and often left her MacBook there. After some time, she noticed that the laptop began to heat up, and over time it completely turned off while working. She decided not to wait for the problem to resolve itself and immediately went to our service center. Specialists examined the equipment and reported that it needed to be cleaned. We immediately got to work. An hour later, the equipment was working perfectly again, and the girl was able to pick up her laptop and continue working.

I would like to note that the MacBook is an excellent device in terms of conditions. It often combines many wonderful properties. For example, the Air line always has the smallest dimensions, which are combined with inappropriately powerful technical parameters. However, almost every model has flaws that become more pronounced over time. Often on the Internet you can find questions: “The MacBook Pro is overheating or frozen, what should I do?” or “The MacBook is very loud and slow, can I fix this myself?” and the answers, most often, can be seen in the gadget itself.

MacBook Pro and design issues

“Why does such a well-designed device have thermal problems?” - you ask. But we’ll start talking about this a little later. There are users who do not consider overheating dangerous, and if the computer freezes or is simply very slow, they rely on the operating system and dark forces. Even if the computer turns off on its own, this is not perceived as a danger. Overheating can damage the battery or even memory microchips, which help solve any problems quickly and efficiently.

The main problem is the all-metal body, which is made of aluminum. Ventilation occurs only through holes designed for this purpose or a gap in the case where the screen bends. Another reason was the decision to make the work process absolutely silent. Thus, the fans operate at a speed of 2000 RPM until the insides of the MacBook heat up to the maximum temperature. After that they begin to gain momentum.

The third reason why a Mac heats up is the simplest - the use of resource-intensive heavy processes coupled with the operation of powerful video cards and video chips. This problem especially concerns “gamblers”. It may also affect designers and people in the music industry, who may also be involved in difficult tasks. Then the Mac heats up so much that you can heat a bowl of soup on it. Only if you need to work in office programs, freezes and other problems are not scary.

There are two other reasons, the first of which only applies to the 2012 MacBook Pro. There is an invisible defect in the motherboard that causes video chips to burn out. The manufacturing company without further ado replaces the entire motherboard under warranty, but has not officially acknowledged the problem. When you say “burns out,” you don’t even need to specify how the gadget heats up.

The second applies to users of Mac OS 10.7.X (Lion). The OS is not optimized in the best way, so the problem is constant. Due to excessive CPU usage, the system loads slowly and sometimes shuts down. Not to mention the fact that the device constantly gets very hot. We tried to release patches that solved the problems, but they only slightly changed the situation for the better. The next OS version (Mac OS 10.8.X (Lion)) solved the problem.

Solving the listed problems Mac Pro

In order to avoid temperature instability, you need to ensure good air circulation under the bottom cover. You can use specialized “pimply” mats for laptops. There is a cooling mat with a fan that does the job well, but it costs a lot. But the freeze will be unknown to you.

If the warranty is still valid, take the computer to a service center for cleaning; if it is no longer valid, clean it yourself or involve a knowledgeable person. Dust makes the system noisy and hot, so it needs to be cleaned annually. There are quite a lot of reviews on the Internet dedicated to assembling/disassembling gadgets, so the process will not be difficult. If after cleaning the computer flies and does not slow down, then you should pay attention to the dustiness of the place you are in. There is no need to explain why this is so important.

If the above did not help, what should I do next? To control the operation of the fans, you can also install the free smcFanControl program, which allows the fan to always work properly and prevent overheating. The top menu of the screen will indicate temperature and speed indicators. If the temperature has risen, you can increase the speed at any time. Now your computer freezes and turns off will hardly bother you. The system also boots quickly and works perfectly.

If, even after all the solutions, the computer slows down and turns off, and frozen is a normal condition, you should contact a professional and find out the problem with his help.

Loud fan problem

Due to dust, the computer not only heats up, but also makes noise. This is familiar to both PC users and laptop lovers. If your Mac buzzes constantly and then turns off, this is a serious matter. If it gets hot, this can be fixed using system applications. In this case, you need to open the case and clean it manually or contact a workshop.

Bottom line

Freezing is the first bell. When the computer gets hot, this is a direct request to clean the computer. If it turns off, then everything is very bad and you can’t hesitate. If you don't take care of your gadgets, they will hardly last long. Remember that the computer is only turned off when the computer is no longer able to function. It's stuck and it's stuck, so don't forget about the beneficial properties of thermal paste.