Overheated MacBook Gets “Time Out” in Fridge

Nicole Martinelli ()

Heatsink

Reports of scorching MacBooks abound, one frustrated flickr user stuffed the calescent computer in the fridge above the vegetable crisper and below the leftovers to cool down after that realizing that rendering a big chunk of video on it became an “aluminum BBQ.”

When you’ve regained your composure, you can come out of the fridge, little MacBook.

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  • http://facebook.com/chris.keating2 ambienteternity

    Mine gets really hot too…

    I wish they didn’t get so bad.

  • solar

    I had the original 1.83 MBP and that thing could fry you an egg but my new 2009 13″ MBP runs cool for 6 hours on battery. What on Earth could be the design difference between mine and the model in the pic?

  • TRRosen

    Rendering video is one of the few things you can do that use ever ounce of power a system has. If you do it often you should use a desktop as it can really beat up (and Heat up) a notebook.

    IF you must a aluminum stand with a fan is a good idea.

    PS way to much “healthy stuff in that frig. needs more beer and stale pizza, this is America damn it.

  • Mahalobagel

    Yeah (TRRosen) I use a Laptop cooler (with 3 fans) all the time. I render video & 3D models on my MBP – I’d be a fool not to.

  • http://www.coolhanduke.com Dan Scanlan

    I place my 17″ MacBookPro on two 6-inch long, 1/2-inch high wood sticks set at each end. This elevates the computer and allows air to circulate under it. The MacBookPro still warms up but not enough to turn on the fan.

  • lizardliquer

    It appears that the mbp is on something. Is that contributing to the heat-up?

  • Pinachina

    I actually had to do the same thing with a Powerbook G4 12″ 1.5Ghz that I used to have. Installing Leopard on that beast got it plenty hot and bothered, so off to the refrigerator it went. After about an hour or so, I checked back on it, and there I had a new operating system to play with!

  • allen w

    I have to do this occasionally with the magsafe power adapter. It gets so hot that it wont charge, so in it goes

  • Speaker To Wolves

    Not recommended. Condensation in frost free fridges may turn the little moisture sensors on the logic board red and void the warranty.

    On the other hand, rendering video in a fridge probably *should* void your warranty.

  • Mike

    mines did too but now I use this thing to cool it down called the heatshift laptop cooler. Works really great

  • FeralFreq

    Speaker To Wolves is telling you right. Cold=good. Moisture fog wafting throughout computer= extremely bad. Signs say No.

    Also replying to allen w: Your magsafe shouldn’t be that hot. Might be a short in it. ***Please*** take it into a store and have a Genius verify it’s safe to use!

  • Nathan

    So at what temperature should I think about putting it in the fridge?