Comments on: My MacBook smells like a hot iron

By: rudy

rudy — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:39:09 +0000

mine smells like an iron too, and as I write this (I only have the following programs running; firefox, mail, ichat, text edit) my cpu is 145F.

By: UNEASYsilence » Portable Batteries for you laptop

UNEASYsilence » Portable Batteries for you laptop — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:50:41 +0000

[...] At times, I joke that to own a modern laptop portable, you need to pack a small generator. But as these portable space heaters laptops, become more power hungry with their larger screens, and faster processors, it is impossible to plug them into the 12 volt sockets provided in cars and airplanes. [...]

By: JLein

JLein — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:55:07 +0000

I love MACs but I recently brought a Macbook 1.82 Ghz and its slower than my Powerbook G4 633 MHz. It has the following problems:
1. the iron smell – its horrible and making me sick.
2. it gets hot after an hour – I haven’t measured the temperature – not acceptable since my other Macs and PCs don’t get this hot.
3. Like I said before, its really slow. It’s 1.83 Ghz – it shouldn’t be slow especially when its a new machine and I haven’t done much with it.
4. I hear grinding/mooing sound sometimes but this is definitely not the CD burner.

I’m taking it into the Mac store and requesting a new one. It’s only been 5 days since I brought the machine.

By: dan white

dan white — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:26:29 +0000

my macbook pro right hand fan just died, and it was runing hot anyway,
and now it is running at 90 celcius, which might cook the processor…. better get it fixed….
the right hand fan started making a squeaking noise that got worse and worse over the day, then it just stopped suddenly, and no air is being blown out of the right hand side of the grille at the back….. hasnt crashed yet…

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:24:45 +0000

Hmm…I got mine about 2 weeks ago. It worked amazing, no problems except for it being slightly slow with some programs even though I maxed it out at 2gigs of Ram (I have the Black MacBook by the way ;) After updating the software and to 10.4.7, works AMAZING! The fan only kicked in when I was importing hundreds of photos to iPhoto as well as when I’m doing serious computing stuffs with loads of programs running. Maybe I’m lucky, but the MacBook just gets warm, no where new as scorching as my aging, but still well-loved, Dell Inspiron Pentium 4-M based laptop. I dropped it the very day I got it, and it stopped working! Jz a slight bump! But a quick trip to the local dealer proved what I thought happened, the hdd connector came off, and after plugging off and on again, works like a charm…but I feel the MacBook is hotter than before…or maybe I’m jz being paranoid that I’ve ‘hurt’ my new baby…LOL. Anyways, all fears aside, I think the MacBook is a solid machine and I’m just loving it so much…EXCEPT that iron smell! Maybe i’m very sensitive to smells, but jz typing this now, I can catch a whiff of it! Another use for the MacBook (this is no exxageration), you want the crisp bed sheets look? Use your macbook on your bed, and move it up and down! Realli, it DOES work!

By: David T.

David T. — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:36:26 +0000

My macbook normals out at around 135 degrees, but it has been up to over 180 before. I think part of the problem is Apple’s natural tendency to release a new product and have the first of that new product be buggy and have some defects. My MacBook seems to have a common problem that’s well-known to MacBook users, where the cooling fan doesn’t kick in until it becomes way too hot. Oh well.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:23:27 +0000

yeah yeah, that’s A FACT, thanx APPLE, for that expensive HEATER…
AN EGG !!! waaaaoh !! i wont need that machine at home
where is the sony pc model ???

By: Cody DH

Cody DH — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:17:12 +0000

Well, I just recently got a MacBook 2.0GHz, 1GB of RAM. I was worried about heat issues, but have discovered none. In fact, I had never heard the fan come on (And I hate noise) until I tried maxing out the CPU and letting it sit here. While using the computer on my lap, I’ve felt it get warm but not hot, and it’s EASILY cooler than my Dell D800 2.0GHz Pentium M. Also, the fan is still VERY quiet at the temperature I’m posting. This is all the hotter it got. I’m quite satisfied, even if 178 degrees is quite hot, it’s still handling it quite well. (Note that this converts to around 82 degrees Celcius)

http://homepage.mac.com/codydh/stuff/temp.png

By: .: UNEASYsilence :. » Cooking an egg on a MacBook

.: UNEASYsilence :. » Cooking an egg on a MacBook — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:11:45 +0000

[...] Hey, I believe it’s possible. My MacBook gets up to 159 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s definitely hot enough to slowly make a sunny side up egg to go. [...]

By: William

William — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 20:26:07 +0000

Mine has the whine also. It’s much louder when on AC power, and seems to disappear when on battery power. However, I can’t hear the whine at all in my usual environments. I can only hear it at night when not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse.

I think once the new MLB story develops further, I’ll try calling AppleCare for a repair, say, in early August.