any overheating issues?

acosmichippo · 03-10-2008, 03:57 AM

over the past few weeks i have noticed that my MBP gets rather hot when performing tasks like burning/ripping DVDs... almost uncomfortable to touch.

seems like due to the lack of any (visible) heat sink, this might become problematic. I'll probably invest in a cooling pad for when i know i'm going to be doing CPU-intensive things.

anyway, has anyone else experienced this?

Ramesh · 03-10-2008, 05:00 PM

Yea, it does get quite hot. Not to the point of not touching it, but to the point to where my legs get really warm...

depthnerd · 03-10-2008, 06:47 PM

Mine never does. Alot of the problems people are getting have NEVER affected me.

Ramesh · 03-10-2008, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by depthnerd

Mine never does. Alot of the problems people are getting have NEVER affected me.

The heating "issue" I've had with every laptop I've ever owned, except for the Air. I'm talking after a lot of use or while charging... Again, I think it's normal for the bottom to get warm/"hot".

acosmichippo · 03-10-2008, 11:20 PM

i'm talking about the TOP getting hot... mainly the area around the speakers.

Ramesh · 03-11-2008, 01:03 AM

huh. That's not normal. Exchange out.

Ramesh · 03-13-2008, 11:39 PM

Did you bring it back yet?

acosmichippo · 03-13-2008, 11:44 PM

no... such a pain.

maybe this weekend.

dturner · 03-15-2008, 01:00 PM

I just downloaded handbreak and am ripping a dvd as we speak. Can't say the the area around the speakers are hot. Might be slightly warm, but not hot.

acosmichippo · 03-15-2008, 02:29 PM

have you tried burning a DVD? that's when it was the worst for me. actually, at the time I was doing it in windows...