Another hot macbook
01:16 Friday 14 Dec 07
Charging laptop while working, get distracted, leave laptop open and apps running.
Come back sometime later, see all is still running, close because I’m going out / working on the other machine.
Return a couple of hours later. Machine unresponsive, light off, it is really hot. Not localised underneath because it’s all of the underneath and even the keys are too warm. Hold power button down to restart. Fan kicks in when it starts and smc says the temp is 65.
This happened twice now. So:
- do not charge with apps running
- only charge when shut down or when actually being used
I’m sure someone will say this is nonsense, but that same person can describe exactly why this is doing it.
(And this isn’t anti-mac, it’s just saying what is happening)










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Sounds like it’s not sleeping when you shut it… happens to mine since I upgraded to leopard… I just make sure to manually put it to sleep and all’s well
17:57 Friday 14 Dec 07