Showing posts with label windows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label windows. Show all posts

Friday, April 2, 2010

Even the full fan speed is not enough

Good thing I did not attend that LAN event I mentioned earlier.
I've tried to play Just Cause 2 demo but my MacBook Pro sets itself to suspend after I've played about 20 minutes. HWMonitor told me that CPU was 111°C and NVIDIA 9600M GT 103°C just before screen went black.

Only way to prevent this happening is to raise the computer few centimeters from the table and add external fan to blow cool air towards the enclosure. Sounds really pro solution for a Pro laptop?

CPU throttling sure is annoying but computer constantly shutting down due to overheating is more frustrating than lowered CPU frequency.

I've called Apple to inform this new symptom. Let's see if this is a feature too?

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Lan event ahead

There is a small lan event upcoming and I would like to be able to play whole weekend without worrying that my computer melts, crashes or lowers it CPU frequency during intensive gaming.

Here are few programs I was planning to give a try.

Mac/SMC Fan Control for Windows
Input Remapper 1.0.04

If you have any experience either one of these programs or if you know if I'm going to face any problems setting fans to spin at full speed all time, you could give me a hint by commenting this post or sending me a mail at macbookprostory at sci.fi
Thank you.