Heat Question
So I bought a 2012 Mac Book Pro. It came with a 500 GB hard drive and 8 GB of ram. I then swapped it for a 1 TB SSD and put in 16GB of ram. After I did that I noticed it got noticeably hot. Any ideas on why that would be?
Answers
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Greetings,
That would may be hard to determine without seeing the PC directly. You did not have any heat issues with the PC before installing these parts? What are the temperatures you are seeing and what parts are reporting those temperatures?
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How could I see the temperatures? I didn't have these heat issues prior to the upgrade. If I have it on my lap, the metal backing gets REALLY hot and the fan kicks in loud.
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Typically through third party software on a Mac. Here is some information on that: https://www.macworld.com/article/351897/how-to-check-mac-temperature-cool.html
For more direct assistance with this, I would suggest to visit a Micro Center store and have someone take a look at the computer to verify something hasn't become accidentally disconnected or a fan, etc. has stopped working altogether.
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