MacBook Pro :: Consensus For Best MBP Elevator / Riser For Cooling Purposes?
Aug 9, 2010
After a bit of Google research I've found countless notebook elevators for cooling purposes. So many to choose from. Just curious if any MacRumors users could share their first hand experience?
I have a 13" MBP and am looking for a slight elevator to let air get under the notebook. I do not want a stand with actual fans / coolers that plug into your notebook and use battery. I'm just looking for a simple, glorified phonebook to stick under the MBP
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Jul 31, 2009
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I need a new charger for my c2d macbook. I'm wondering what peoples experiences with non-oem chargers are? A new one from apple is $80, whereas I can pick one up for $18 shipped on ebay.
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Wondering whether I should purchase a Macbook Air or Pro for college. I'm a Freshman and a inteded Political Science major with a minor in Secondary Education. I'm having a hard time picking
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Is it the one on the bottom or the top one?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 13 inch 2.4Ghz Core i5 4 GB RM
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I use the laptop in a variety of settings. It gets really hot on my lap and was wondering if anyone has used a cooling pad they like for this problem.
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May 4, 2012
When I got my Mac 1,1 Pro used, it only came with one riser card. Now I recently bought another riser card from ebay, but it is a different color (the original was light blue and the new one is indigo). Everything does work, but I was just wondering did apple use two different riser cards, because they are the same model and both were built in 2006 by Apple. Also this won't cause any optimization issue, Right? This maybe a small thing but hey, can't be too cautious.
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Mac Pro
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Jul 16, 2009
I am having a hard time deciding on which laptop I should buy. I narrowed my search down to:
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I watch movies in abundance. My film and music libraries are about 500GB. I also enjoy taking and editing movies and pictures. Weight is not an issue. I would be very thankful if you can help me choose which of these LTs is the most enjoyable. I'm going to Grad School in France next September. My laptop should be my main source of entertainment.
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Oct 26, 2008
My Macbook Pro under Windows XP runs hot (CPU @ 60-70, GPU @ 80-90) after just 10 minutes of gaming. The fans ramp up by themselves, yes, and after I quit the game, temps are back down within 10 minutes.
My question is, would a cooling pad be a worthwhile investment to cool it down? (I will be gaming for around 2 - 3 hours daily)
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Aug 19, 2009
Installed a few software up dates in Parallels/Windows XP and saw the processor hit 176 degrees. Can anyone recommend a decent fan/cooling mat that will fit the AIR? I have one for my MacBook Pro that's unfortunately a little too large.
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May 13, 2012
I use my white (unibody) mac for extended hours at a stretch and is covered with a hard transparent cover (speck). I checked out the cooling pads from belkin that seem to work great with other laptops but when it comes to a mac which has no vents at the bottom but at the corner where the hinges for the screen is, how effective would it be..?
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MacUnibody(2010) , Ipod (5th gen Nano), Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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Jul 25, 2009
Yesterday, I unhooked everything from my MP to install the following: 2nd superdrive, 2GB RAM stick, Intel SSD, stock Nvidia GT120(slot 3). Now, I have since taken out the additional RAM because testing showed faster memory tests with 3x2GB ram sticks vs 4x2GB. I'm assuming because of tri-channel memory. Anyway, now when I cut the computer on I'm getting a brief red light flash on the riser card. I have looked in system profiler and it shows all DIMM slots as "OK" and is showing 6GB of RAM. I have inserted the OSX DVD and ran a short and long hardware test and nothing shows up wrong or problematic.
The computer as you can tell in my other thread about SSD benchmarks is running at great speed! The only true weird thing is when I tried to boot from the OSX DVD to restore from a time machine backup on the Intel SSD, the MP hangs up on the grey screen with the apple logo(spinning wheel is there but freezes eventually) and on my second monitor is shows a box that says "You need to restart your computer". So this is a kernal panic, no? The nearest Apple store is over 2 hours away and the same goes for an authorized shop.
Also, I installed the stock HDD and the factory RAM and the light still remains. The only way I could use my SSD was to use carbon cloner and put the SSD in bay 4 and go that route. Everything worked fine and the SSD is now the boot drive. But, its kinda irritating because if this thing fails I can't boot from the OSX DVD to restore. The only thing I haven't done is remove the Nvidia GT120 but I had to re-install that crappy thing because I am running 3 monitors now. I have my main monitor(dock) hooked to the GTX285 and monitors 2 and 3 running of the GT120.
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Jun 18, 2010
I had 8 - 1GB RAM sticks spread out between the two riser cards in my Mac Pro.About six months ago I turned on my Mac Pro the and the power light began blinking white. I narrowed it down to slots 3 and 4 were bad on my lower riser card. That knocked me down to 6GB of RAM. About one week ago I turned my Mac Pro on again and the white light started blinking again!!! Slots 3 and 4 on the upper riser card went bad this time. Now I am down to 4GB of RAM.
My Mac Pro is a 2008 [early] btw unless you saw it in my sig already.I am just curious if this is common for a 2yr old Mac Pro for the riser cards to go bad like this.When I get a spare $200 I plan on replacing both riser cards as I have not found them anywhere online cheaper than about $100.
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Jun 12, 2012
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Oct 26, 2010
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Apr 11, 2012
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Mar 24, 2008
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Feb 2, 2009
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Nov 1, 2010
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Wondering if people have had any good/bad experiences with cooling pads. I plan to use this for some moderate gaming and I feel like it would be a worthy investment to get one of these, both for noise and for longevity.
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Jul 21, 2010
How do I know if my MacBook Pro is overheating due to bad applied cooling paste?
I have no idea how hot it should be when running whatever programs.
Right now it's looking like this:
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Currently running:
Adium, one chat.
Java application (Activity Monitor shows: 50% CPU, 34 threads, 636 'Real Mem'
Firefox, 5 tabs open.
It's using the intel graphics card right now.
(And if I open it up to re-apply cooling paste, will it void the warranty/applecare?)
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Jun 12, 2012
Just like the title says I wanted to know what is the max and/or average dB value / noise level for the cooling fans of the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display.I saw that there are asymmetrically spaced impeller blades to reduce noise, but also it says "reducing tonal impact". So there seems to be a noticeable noise level? I work in very quiet locations and have good ears, so I wondered if I better don't get one of these. I'm currently using an iMac 27" and once the hard disks are running at full speed after starting up I cannot hear anything.
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Mar 10, 2008
I just installed 4x1gb OWC ram onto my top riser, adding onto my previous 2x512(dimm 1&2) + 2x1gb setup (which is now on my bottom riser). My previous setup had no problems and OSX detected the ram just fine but now with my previous setup on the bottom riser, OSX only detects the top riser with the new OWC 4x1gb ram. My former setup now displays a red LED light on the bottom riser.
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Jan 18, 2010
Well I have been following the HDD noise threads for awhile now, (since I to have a "hungry iMac") and was wondering what the final word was on the issue?
How did you guys get the issue resolved? Return and replace? HDD replacement at authorized repair location? Give up? Did it even get resolved?
So from what I can read, it seems the Seagate drive is the hungry one? Is the Western Digital any better? Or is the consensus that the 2TB one is better?
I personally don't think there is anything wrong (as in malfunctioning) with my machine...its just the rumbling noise is kinda irritating. I know my case is clear cut in my mind too...cause even before I read this forum, the first few times I heard mine I actually thought it was MY stomach growling. Then I came and read the threads and saw what was going on.
So, can it be fixed? For me to go through the hassle, I need to know that something other than simple exchange can be done to remedy...cause I personally think that will not do anything. I would be willing to bet and exchange (all things being equal) would do the same thing.
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Sep 1, 2010
Firstly I need a bag for it. I was reading through some posts here today with lots of suggestions on brands of bags. The ones that caught my eye were crumpler bags. Does anyone have any experience of these, are they of a decent quality and if so could you recommend one that would be suitable for the MBP 15"?
Secondly each weekend I will be taking this laptop to my boyfriend's house. We'd really like to play some games together but I need some way of setting it up in his hallway. Does anyone own anything like a fold-away laptop table/desk and know where I could find one? It would need to be smallish, just big enough for me to stand the laptop on and have a mouse plugged in. I'm not really sure such a thing exists and my google searches haven't turned up anything suitable but perhaps I'm searching on the wrong terms. The important bit is being able to fold it away after and stick it in a cupboard somewhere.
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Mar 23, 2009
Am looking for a riser that would bring my Cinema Display up to roughly the same height as an Imac I`m seriously considering buying. Does anyone make this kind of accessory?
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May 2, 2012
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Sep 6, 2014
while trying to make a presentation or simply playing a video from my MacBookAir over thunderbolt/HDMI table to large screen I am experiencing problems with audio only being played from the MBA and not the soundsystem built in to that screen (unless using a VLS application and manually selecting the audio output target). Â
how to steer audio output device using 2in1 cable such as thunderbolt?
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), TimeCapsule v2 with 3TB HDD ;)
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