Apple has addressed the MacBook heat issue in a tech note on their website, “MacBook may run warm because rear vent is blocked.”
Some MacBook computers may appear to be running too warm, with the fan running consistently and heat emanating from the top and/or the bottom of the computer.
If this happens with your MacBook, check the rear vent of the MacBook to make sure it’s not blocked.
Some MacBooks may have left the factory with a thin piece of clear plastic covering the rear vent. This is used in the factory to prevent dust from getting into your computer. If your MacBook has the plastic still over the vent, simply remove and discard it.
If your MacBook does not have the thin piece of clear plastic over the vent but is running warm, see article 30612, “Apple Notebooks: Operating Temperature.”
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Plastic packing strip blocking airflow on hot MacBooks? – May 25, 2006
D’Oooooohhhh!!!
how do I remove it? It’s inside the computer!
Cut it dear .. cut it ! h h
Two weeks ago this was brought up at MacRumours by a user (May 25th/06)
http://gertstahl.blogspot.com/2006/05/macbooks-vent-blocked.html
Old news, but happy that Apple ‘fessed up
MacDailyNews’ “Related article” is your friend. Don’t shy away from clicking it if you have further questions as doing so will almost answer your queries or show your post to be redundant before you waste everyone’s time posting dumb questions or obvious drivel.
This is a Quality Control issue of the assembly plant that made the computers. Apparently, some MacBooks don’t have the piece of plastic over the vent. This leads me to believe that Apple’s instructions are to remove them before leaving the assembly plant, because in some cases this was removed properly. The assembly plant should be held responsible, specifically the Quality Assurance Manager.
Lets lynch that Quality Assurance Manager Bastard!
oh . . . . wait . .
Sorry, that was a little overboard
It was REAVERS!!!
Them Reavers done it!!!!!
I’m calling BS on this one. I’ve sampled several MacBooks WITH NO PLASTIC STRIP covering the vents, and these babies are ridiculously hot. Far, far from G3 clamshell iBooks that get slightly warm, or G4 iBooks that really don’t get warm at all.
Core Duo Rev. B, anyone?
MDN Magic Word: function. Speaks for itself.
Shiny.
Oh my god! They killed the quality assurance manager!!!
You BASTARDS!
Amazing that Apple actually admits that these things are burning hot!
The real answer – cooler operation – will come with the next generation of Apple laptops. That’ll be the ultimate admission that the current scorchers are bad, bad, bad. And don’t tell me it’s the ‘industry standard’ or other such bulls***! It’s not.
That’s the reason and the only reason I’m waiting to buy the most expensive MacBook Pro they sell.
Won’t Steve and the boys ever learn not to start taking our money until their product is ready for market?
Pete Peterson,
The issue is with Intel not Apple, moron.
Silver,
I could have sworn that the sign on the store said “Apple” as did the name on the machine.
And, wasn’t it Steve Jobs himself who introduced the idiot in the funny suit that he was putting inside the machines bearing the Apple logo?
Just didn’t tell us the laptops would double as a space heaters.
Now, who is the moron here?
Silver-
Look in the mirror and not through the glass buddy. You are so wrong.
Apple is responsible for housing the processor in such away that the processor can function in the manner it was designed.
This is the reason Apple never put the G5 in the powerbook – too hot. Had they put the G5 in the powerbook and had a bunch of bitching would you then say that was the chip makers problem or Apples?
Apple is responsible for designing the accomadation for the processor, not the processor.
[Can we have this guys posting privileges revoked?]
MDN word: light – We’re waiting for your light to come on!
A second thing I’ve noticed is that the Macbook–and this doesn’t have to do with running hot, but rather with Macbook sleep–is when closed, the Macbook comes out of sleep mode and responds to the IR remote control.
I have a Macbook and a mini, and use the mini as an entertainment machine. It didn’t occur to me to pair the two remotes with their respective machines because the Macbook is always closed whenever it happens to be in the same room as the mini.
Anyway, when I opened up my Macbook after using the remote with the mini I found that FrontRow was active and had gone down some menu levels in response to what I was doing with the mini.
“Old news, but happy that Apple ‘fessed up”
Why does everyone take this attitude that Apple is constantly trying to hide something?
Did you ever stop to think they suspected that the plastic strip was the cause but wanted to look further into it to make sure it wasn’t some other issue before jumping to conlusions?
Everythings gotta be a freakin consipiracy.
The only conspiracy here is your real identity Mr. “macromancer” or should I call you Apple employee #6542-9!!!!
I agree with Jayne. It was the Reavers!
(God I miss that show)
DJ
Thats not the format for Apple employee numbers
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Hah! Those macbooks are not hot…
I used my G4 TiBook last winter to heat my 4-bedroom house… and I was still forced to leave a window open upstairs. Don’t get me wrong – it’s a great laptop – as long as you aren’t foolish enough to set it on your lap.
they are notebooks, not laptops…
For the record: my PBG4 gets hot if I leave it on a soft surface such as let say my bed. Obviously not a good idea. It will also get hot if it’s on your lap for a long period of time. If the laptop is on a hard surfice, then it’s much better.
We also have an iBook G4 at home and it only gets hot if left on the bed.
This has to do with the casing.
I assume the same is true for the MacBooks and MacB pros.
If you want your body to last a long time you should have your MacBook on a desk with a chair at the proper height.
It’s a NOTEBOOK, not laptop.
My MacBook is running hot, and it doesn’t have a plastic strip on the rear vent.