Christine, Actually, Ray & I just went through this on this list. There were a lot of opinions. But, after researching in many places, both Ray & I installed a little utility called FanControl. My MBP, which used to run pretty hot, is pretty cool all the time.
In reading posts around the web, I found that the MBP is notorious for heat. The case is designed as a sort of heat-sinc itself. And, it is a pretty common misconception to believe that your fans are only coming on occasionally. Actually, when you hear them, they're moving from normal to hyper mode. They're, pretty much, on most of the time...excluding the first little bit of time after the machine is turned on & still cool. FanControl installs easily & runs in the preferences area. With it, you can control when the fans come on, what speed they run at, etc. It's, pardon the pun, pretty cool...;-) Ray had played with it & came up with some nominal settings. He might want to chime in here. Anyway, check it out, CJ On Jul 16, 2011, at 4:50 PM, Christina wrote: >> So, I finally got my macbook to stay Shut down instead of spontaneously >> restarting a few minutes after I shut it off. So, I just had a theory that >> the folks at the apple store could get it to shut down and stay shut down >> because maybe my macbook had cooled off by then. So, I put a fan blowing on >> my macbook and propped it up and let it "cool off". I shut my macbook down >> and then it stayed shut down until I restarted it. Could this be the reason >> my macbook keeps restarting all on it's own? How do I know if my macbook is >> overheating? I know the obvious of it feeling hot. It does feel hot but it >> has always felt kind of hot or warm. The internal fan rarely comes on. It >> only comes on if I'm really working the system with video or something like >> that, but that's pretty uncommon. > > Thanks for all the help. I did check the "schedule" section and all seemed > fine there and I am definitely navigating to the Shut down button and I am > not using the restart button. > > Have a super weekend and thanks, > Christina >> >> On Jul 15, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Christina wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Every time I shutdown my macbook it won't stay off. No, I am not hitting >>> restart instead of shut down. A couple of months ago I had to take my mac >>> book to the genius bar so I kept shutting down the computer and it kept >>> restarting. I wanted to turn the computer off before I put it into the >>> bag. Well, I told them about it at the apple store and the problem would >>> not reproduce. Last week I had to travel and I encountered the same >>> problem when trying to pack my laptop. I thought I finally got it to stay >>> shut off but it restarted all on it's own in the bag. So, tonight, I tried >>> to google the problem and I cannot find any help. I have very recently >>> repaired permissions so I don't think that would be helpful. Any ideas? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Christina >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
