Has anyone else with a MBP noticed the heat issue intensifying while running parallels. I don't have the normal overheating issue on mine that you hear so much about, but while running XP the bottom of this thing gets too hot to touch. Sele
click on the main topic on the linked page http://digg.com/apple/Apple_begins_fixing_MacBook_Pro_issues mine was I just got this done under warranty. Mine was a revb board now it is much cooler and the whining noise is much less obvious (if at all) -ee
Apple are sending me a new one. My MBP has multiple issues, it does get startlingly hot, especially around the hinge area. More of concern on mine is that the LCD is flashing violently on and off at certain LCD angles, seems like a faulty connection. The inverter is VERY loud too. Apple were great, they looked after me tremendously well they are doing a "one off" swap out, in store because my machine is potential hazard. I really am very pleased with Apple for this help. But, to the original question, they do get hot, especially when under high load. Make sure you run the activity monitor under utils. I've noticed that on occasion one of the Parallels processes gets stuck and chews up massive amounts of CPU time. Quitting Parallels does not cause it to go away, one has to manually kill the rogue process and restart Parallel. I've had this happen many times when installing from CD. My machine becomes too hot to touch around the LCD/Hinge area during this.
How does one tell the difference in the board Revs ? I heard they started at "C" and the new ones are "D".
a surely definitive way would be to take it apart and look at the board part #. heres a link on how to take it apart ... http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/85.1.0.html
Thanks, that is exactly what it sounds like mine is doing. Under normal circumstances, my MBP runs cooler than the Dell that it replaces, I guess I got lucky. But after running Parallels it just continues to heat up. I will try the activity monitor.
A couple points: - If you have a serial number that starts before W8612, you *do* potentially have a MacBook with the potential heat issue. - Parallels taxes the CPU more, and, as such, the unit will get warmer.
Probably CPU usage by Parallels even when guest OS in idle state issue also increase heating. This issue is already fixed and the fix will apper in the nearest update.
Dave S is correct about the range, check out those pages and see your serial numbers in about this mac. then click on the light grey 10.4.6 until you see the SN pop up (or look on your box ;-) ) make sure before you take it in you update the firmware, give it a day to see if it helps or not. after I did that the fans came on more often, but let me just say this...... - - - - - IF it gets to hot to touch you have an issue! and it is not parallels alone. I have run 3 virt machines on mine at one time after the swap out, and yes it used most of the proc, but did not get scaldingly hot. - - - - - Keep in mind, i had a 1.5ghz power book and have an ibook also, so I am used to heat issues, it will run warmer(ish) than the power book but if it hurst bare skin on contact, you _do_ have an issue. check the link i posted and read the top link when you click there. http://digg.com/apple/Apple_begins_fixing_MacBook_Pro_issues
heat update Just to give you an update, my serial number is a week 12. So hopefully the heat issue is solved. I reran Parallels this morning and installed a couple of programs and did not notice the heat issue at all. The only thing that I can think is that last night maybe there was something that did not close properly. Or more probably it was the dozens of updates that windows xp downloaded and installed while I wasn't paying attention. Also glad to hear that the paused state is fixed so that it doesn't take up 45% of the cpu. That also probably has something to do with the problems experienced. And I can't wait for the faster boot as well. Thanks for everyone's help.
Here's my experience: My MBP has a serial starting with W8611 and I don't experience severe heat issues. While sometimes I seem to notice a slight flicker in the display refresh when running at the dimmest setting, almost always I don't. I still have a whine sound on cpu idle - but it's only noticable to me in a silent environment. At work I never notice it. As far as heat is concerned, I'm actually very happy with the MBP. For the performance, the machine doesn't turn into a fireball, nor does it have jet engine fans (unlike my HP Pavilion).
