Fixing My Filthy Overheating MacBook Pro
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2020
- Its time I addressed my MacBook which is reaching temperatures over 90 degrees!
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keep the compressed air can completely upright at all times to prevent liquid being released
alternatively get a battery operated air blower available at stores like PC Case Gear
Yes, NicGlol got it right, it was pain to see how he used that compressed air...
NicGlol I’m so glad someone else saw that i made a comment on it and got a loud of hate saying I don’t know what I’m talking about 😂
Also, "giving it another go with some compressed air just to finish things off" tends to finish fan bearings off. Always block the fans from moving freely when using compressed air / a vacuum!!!
He could use the hair drier on cool mode too
ee i dont use the can my dad has a red tank
It would be interesting if you also posted some details about the temps you were getting before and after the cleanup!
I was waiting for him to show the temps at the end, am quite a bit disappointed I must say.
@@harryprice89 you want me to research for a simple clean up? no thanks
Agree, feel like he's just trying to make a video with a problem that doesn't exist
By looking at those tiny cheap radiators i'm expecting temps to be the same
@@Next-nb9pr a clogged airflow can make a difference
Solid guide, I like it. I used similar procedures when cleaning my 8 year old PC, which was prone to overheating. An additional step I did when replacing the paste was spreading the paste evenly over the chip with a credit card (use the one with highest account balance for better results).
Hahaha
It grinds my gears when there is old residue of termal paste on the CPU before applying new paste. I use a cotton swab and isopropyl alcohol to clean the internals of my laptop.
Which termal paste?
@@macyourday0 5:40, and the brand I use of termal paste Is Manhattan
And eucalyptus oil
@@lox07 + a sprinkle of fairy dust
I used artic silver 5 paste good stuff
I’m trying to sleep.
BeachBall uk gang
@@monkeyofdoombadgerofcreati9236 yup
Good
Uts night for u
But morining for me
I don't sleep lol
BeachBall same
That’s probably the hottest computer I’ve ever seen
egs1505 it’s the most ugly ngl
And filthiest too
dont woooosh me but my laptop runs at a comfortable 217 degrees Farenheit. yes, i've tried to fix it. no, I dont have access to compressed air, and no, I dont have any extra thermal paste.
SPCKalamazoo4056 you should invite us for a bbq soon
Sure it was rawring loud
My laptop recently died on me as it’s been on it’s way out for a while but watching these videos made me realise how important cleaning is and even though I’m not tech savvy, I know enough to access the fans to give them a clean and it seriously gave my laptop a new lease of life and I managed to get another year out of it. I have no idea what half of the stuff he talks about is but it’s still so interesting
I found your channel yesterday hugh and I love your videos! your videos are so satisfying to watch and love seeing the results of the repairs you do 😊
Thanks for the run through. My fans have been coming on for doing simple tasks lately. Now it’s working like new again.
Just to let you know you was using the compressed air wrong
Yeah I thought he was going to kill his computer
Literally was screaming in my head when i saw it shooting the liquid from the can... Also a questionable amount of thermal paste.
Moisture = rust you dumb as
@@levynkhs8820 not quite. Water equals rust. Compressed air has no oxygen to oxidize and form rust. Nice try, dumbass.
@@levynkhs8820 who are you calling a dumbass, you can't even spell it
The compressed air is ALWAYS used in vertical, thats the reason of the ice in te fans!!!!!
5:15 u lil piece of sh8
Tip for the compressed air. Don't tilt the can if you hold it up right no moisture should come out. Great vids :)
whenever I need to know something about tech or I am just looking for some entertainment I watch Hugh, best vids!!
Yeah so I dropped my phone in a jet turbine
Hugh: yeah i can uh fix it with compressed air and uh a toothbrush
And a spudja
Just buy a new phone
It is so satisfying watching you do repairs!
Thanks for another informative video and the useful tips about safely reapply the heat sink clamps. I recently cleaned out the inside of a MacBook Air, which while being much simpler, involves many of the same issues.
where's eucalyptus oil?
oh wait wrong channel
Nighttime Driver hahahahaha legitimately funny 😂😂😂😂
Nathan is better looking, sorry Huge :P
go to psivewri
NicGlol sadly agree
LMAO
And then there’s me who dailies an almost-destroyed 2011 MacBook Air
Same, except I have a 2010, it sounds like a jet engine during my online classes.
Same except i have a macbook pro
Same. Except for I have a perfect condition XPS 15 from 2018.
Same I have an 2018 air it sounds like a jet
Same
Great advice - despite having soldered RAM and a proprietary SSD, this Macbook actually seems relatively straightforward to access the fans & heatsink.
I agree that regular cleaning & thermal paste is a good idea; I recently done this to both my 5 year old HP Pavilion 15 and my 2 year old HP OMEN 15: after a clean and some new thermal paste, both laptops perform much better, in terms of performance (no more throttling) and temperatures.
Sadly, some laptops are much more painful to complete this on; for example, the Acer Aspire 57xx series and HP Pavilion G6 series require motherboard removal (and most parts removed) in order to clean the fan & install new thermal paste, whilst doing this on a HP DV5 (or any HP DV series) is even worse and requires the entire laptop to be taken apart, including display removal.
Therefore, some manufacturers almost purposely make their laptops run hot, have issues with overheating, and possibly causing premature component damage and failures.
I would be a little nervous for removing some of the other components beside air compression but from what you cleaned I can tell it was needed. Thank you for this video.🙏
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Render19 no you :)
@@mr.avocado3750 it was a bot and i was trying to trigger it
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@@render1919 cambo fixing is team fake
Ha, I have the exact same machine (same specs and everything). Bought it new 6 years ago, been a very solid laptop. Dope video as always
Nice work. You have definitely progressed over the years keep up the amazing work :3
Good clear video. Thanks for posting. The difference before and after was amazing. Nice to know the fan cover actually comes apart just with a few screws. Are they pentalobe or normal? Also, what kind of temps are you getting now?
In the future always hold the fan blade in place prior to hitting it with compressed air. Whats happening with this theory is that you're essentially over spinning the fan and causing potential damage. Ive ruined a fan or two doing this. Although the damage isn't done right away, the bearings over time can fail prematurely.
cool, informative video and super-sharp images!
I have this same MacBook and it’s been getting toasty as well. Thanks for this vid, it’ll be my go to when I do the cleaning, though I def do the thermal paste differently.
Great walk through. Followed it step by step, worked perfect. Ifixit anti static project tray for the screws was a good purchase ($5) Worked bottom to top on disassembly and reverse order for the re-assemble.
This is what quarantine has me watching
It's so dusty, it's like digging out a fossil from the ground.
At least no cockroaches inside.
I find these "cleaning filthy stuff " videos so satisfying.
Direct and precise; good work man!
Just did this and it worked.
My MacBook is about 15-20 degrees lower than the previous temperatures. Plus it doesnt feel that hot on touch, previously I couldn't even place my finger on the metal area above the keyboard. Thanks for this tutorial!
7:33
looks like Apple themselves shot that, 😂
Hugh, you’re the best - thanks SO much for sharing such helpful Apple Tech info 😃 I will be doing this today to cool my 2012 Macbook Pro 👍
Thanks for the excellent content as usual. Best wishes from Scotland.
I would recommend cleaning both sides of the mobo & the chassis underneath, especially on the 2010-2012 models.
There is a bit of room where dust can settle on the underside (but doesn't really affect thermals ime, it's just good to do if you're already taking it apart).
can you make a video bro, i want to clean my fan on macbook pro mid 2010 but I'm scared to do it
my mac is not cleaned since it bought
Watching on a mid-2012 MBP! Can't give this guy up.
I have a late 2013. I'm reluctant to go with some of the newer stuff because of the design decisions they make (soldered-on memory, for example)
JP Smith soldered ssd makes the new stuff a no go unless I see longevity improve.
Hello Hugh, nice work.
And very informative explanations. Thank you!
I love that you highlight Apple not wanting us to maintain our own machines. Very important issue!
Laughs in 94.5°C when watching RUclips or when in online classes
Anthony José turn off camera when you video call. Thats the cpu drainer.
Tomahek you realize that it’s a thermal issue and not a battery problem.
Also some online class requires you to turn on the webcam for the duration of the class.
Zacronzer Zetto yes the cpu having to work less would make it cooler. It is a thermal issue and a viable solution.
@@zacronzer who is talking about battery? There are some codec problems which causes cpu to work much harder than its necessary which causes temperature to skyrocket.
@@youdontexist. ah my bad, I thought you were pointing that the CPU massively drain the battery power.
common sense should tell you something's not right when the compressed air can is spitting liquid...
That's normal..
PickleSauce he’s either using it too cold or using it upside down
Do you really need speak like that?
omgitzmo it’s just if you use it too long. Nothing isn’t “not right” with the can, it’s just a user error. I meant that was normal for the can to do that if used improperly, not how it is supposed to be normally used.
@@blinblinthing why are you offended? Even the youtuber calls for common sense when applying thermal paste. I'm just pointing out the irony
Literally the perfect amount of Thermal Paste!!
this was very satisfying to watch lol especially towards the end.
My laptop used to overheat so i cleaned it, never overheated again...
Until it gets dirty again
Anthony José where’s mr. clean when you need him
Because you broke it? Lmao
Ah the ol' never overheated again cuz it's dead. I like it.
Well it still works so it aint broken and wasn't overheating since than so when i took it apart and removed about 2 handful of dust it ran smooth again...
Awesome video Hugh! Very detailed overview. We do this on every Mac we get.
It's insane how dirty Macs get. We have had some come in that look like a cat lived on the machine! Using a high powered air blower (electric not compressed air) can help if you don't want to completely take a Mac apart (though not nearly as thorough).
Thermal paste definitely helps keep the Mac running optimally.
Tip to any viewers: Any static can blow a component. Make sure you are using anti-static methods. It's very easy to blow a chip when touching the board! We have lost computers due to a very small static shock!
Let us know if you have any questions we process 1000s of Macs a year. Peace and love Hugh love the content keep up the great work!
Do you have any tips on how i should get my macbook cleaned because i took it to apple to fix my computer and they didnt do shit for it and its like screaming like a jet engine
this is so satisfying to watch, macbook's are so beautifully designed even internally. also makes me feel anxious about how dusty inside my mac must be 😭i think she needs a clean
Awesome video thanks. Repasted my mid 2014 and super happy. TO be honest somehow expected less screws, but this is my inexperience talking. Was stinging with space to put all the screws in a way I would not mix them up putting things back together. But it worked out fine.
0:34 in order to melt the motherboard.
When applying thermal paste directly to a die (and not to an IHS), remember to spread it manually so you are sure it covers all the silicon.. Otherwise you risk having bits of circuitry that is poorly cooled. That can lead to some cores overheating while others are prefectly fine.
I just add a little extra to the spots ik doesnt get spread out evenly
I’m very glad you did this. I work on laptops A LOT and they are always gross inside lol.
Why would someone dislike a video from this guy ? I simply love them.
Thermal paste - important to remember that as far as possible you want the heat sink to directly contact the chip(s) in question for the best possible conduction and the paste is only there to fill any tiny air gaps that might remain between the two.
Beautiful, congrats for the great video. My approach tho would be a bit less delicate. Compressed air comes from a 7 bar network (dry air), the brush is a 1” paint brush with electric tape around the metallic part, and when the dirt is heavy instead of alcohol I use warm water with degreaser. The board goes in and gets scrubbed with a toothbrush. After that, half an hour near an heat treating furnace at around 1400 deg makes it dry as the Sahara desert. After 25 years in a metallurgic industry I never damaged a single board, be it from a notebook of from any industrial equipment.
Awesome video! Looks awesome inside now that its cleaned, mind if i ask what camera you use? Those cinematics shots look very clean.🔥🔥🔥
The fans look like regular DC brushless fans like on any other laptop.
Fun Fact: You can almost always just pull the entire blade assembly out to clean them, it makes it much easier to rid the dust and make it squeaky clean and you can also re-lube the fans to make sure they run at their max potential!
I always do that when the fans are not sealed and allow access to the inner assembly like the one in this video.
I love seeing things get repaired and cleaned up. Great job. Thank you. 👍🏻. P.S. The technical term for those wads of dust is “dust bunnies”.
The title should be
Fixing My OCD
Not really, those fans are LOUD. Have you heard them?
Great work. I did the same "restore" about a month ago on my Early 2013 13inch. Gotta eck out a few more years on it before I go all in on a new Pro!
Excellent instructions. I have followed your steps and now my fan no longer runs endlessly. Thanks.
You should have measured the temps prior to the cleaning to compare how many degrees of temperature were reduced.
Hugh: really overheating laptop
My Asus Laptop: Let me to introduce myself
What do you expect from asus? They all have wireless heatpipe...
@@jm036 ?
@@em0_tion Wireless heatpipe.
@@jm036 Oh, you repeated the very same words, so I understand you perfectly now. 😁 I've serviced thousands of different brand laptops and I've never seen or heard of a "wireless heatpipe". Are you referring to cooling designs like the latest cheap cool machines like the ASUS VivoBook X400 series for example?
@@em0_tion ASUS X509 and X512. Awful cooling design. It's been nicknamed wireless heatpipe.
Hats off to you for having almost no ads!!
thank you for the thoughtful description and comments!
Need more before / after (also for the CPU degrees)
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Your Macbook background looks awesome!
Helpful Video but two things that are worth revising / adding annotations for.
1. Spinning the fans with compressed air may result in them spinning too fast. This can destroy the bearings so it's suggested to hold the fan down while you blast it with air - to make sure it doesn't spin at all.
2. Keep your can upright at all times. The spray causes an 'icy' effect which is not ideal at whatsoever. This can introduce moisture and do more harm than good.
Can you do a video on the connection timeout issues macs face, I'm having this problem on my mid 2009 macbook pro and have tried every tutorial with no success
Go to the Louis Rossmann yt channel. Try your luck there
Erotikstudio Winkler GmbH i’m not the most tech savvy but i believe it’s a hardware issue as when i took back off the apparent wifi cable was sort of being help in place by tape but i can still connect to the internet via ethernet
Oh, I guess that's what they mean by "Cutting Edge Technology"
I did this about 6 months ago on my mid 2012 non-Retina 15" Macbook Pro and it made a sizable difference for me. Mine wasnt as dirty as Hugh's but it had some dust in it and the thermal paste was really crusty. After a good cleaning and new layer of Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut, i went from running around 175F at idle with no applications running to around 153F.
Some top tips from me as I went to great lengths to solve this same issue (some of which I probably didn't need to do). I chased my tail for a few months and replaced the battery as I thought that was getting hot and draining too quickly, I also replaced the thermal paste and even the heatsink as I had read that they contain fluid and can leak. None of these helped reduced the temperature to below 90 degrees C.
You are right in cleaning the Mac with air, IPA and definitely replacing the thermal paste. I had read about the benefits of using liquid metal but I opted for Arctic MX4 as it was easy to use and seemed a lot less risky.
I had downloaded and installed the Intel Power Gadget and saw I was getting temps of 100 degrees C, even after cleaning and replacing components; so the only other thing I could try was to do a full restore of my computer. I saved my work/files and totally flattened my computer back to brand new.
I decided not to do a restoration from the cloud or a file, but keep my computer new. I have since installed only MS Office and the Intel Power Gadget. My Mac is now running steady at 42 degrees C and as I install more software I will monitor what happens via the Gadget. I believe I must have had an app/software running that I was unaware of and this was crucifying the CPU making it work hard, get hot and drain my battery quick.
Hopefully some of you will find my comment useful and as the video shows, give your computer a good clean and change the paste, but if you find it is still running hot (via the Intel Power Gadget) then restore it and hopefully you'll be surprised by how good the results are. Good luck.
I'm interested in what you have wrote could you explain more?
@@POWERMAXUM The video and my words pretty much explain everything, but in brief 1) save your work/files etc on a portable hard drive or similar. 2) Download Intel Power Gadget and see what temperatures you're getting. 3) Follow the video instruction to change the thermal paste. 4) If the Intel Power Gadget shows no significant temperature drop to around 50 degrees C with only the OS running then follow a RUclips video to restore your Mac to factory settings. After a restore install everything from new to ensure you're not putting any energy sapping software on there from a back-up. If you install the Power Gadget at first you can see any temp rises after each software install.
While there may be old crap running in the background, you can always check the login items and activity monitor to see what's running. A rebuild will stop most of that, but finding out the actual cpu hogs is generally simpler. I've just migrated to an i9 5K iMac (almost 20 years of migration) and with over 80 tabs in Safari, many youtoobs, there are only 5 cores ticking over one or two blicks on the cpu monitor - even with mail.app open which often runs over 100% on the laptop.
Why does the title describe my macbook pro mid 2012? 🤨🥴
My mind When I see how hot the MacBook is: c o o k e g g s
Good work Hugh Jeffreys, that notebook is going again, thanks for showing and kind regards.
I’ve got that exact Mac and have had it since 2013. I performed this procedure last year too and it’s still running smooth! The only problem I’ve had was the power would die at random battery percentages after waking it up from closing the lid. I contacted Apple and they told me to do the SMC reset and it’s back to normal. It’s honestly the best computer I’ve ever had.
Have you upgraded to Big Sur?
Who else cringed at the improper use of compressed air 💀
yes
you fix the mac then
5:15 take this u lil piece of sh8. Absolutely know nothing and hop Outta nowhere after seeing a previous comment
By watching this video my allergies kicked in.
The moisture you got with the compressed air was mostly because you didn't hold the can level. The liquid comes out other times usually because it's been shaken, not stored upright, or used for prolonged periods.
I had to do the same with mine last year. Mine is a 7,1 late 2010 model, bought in may 2011 It's running great since.
You told us it was overheating at 90 degrees. You took apart and cleaned.....great video.
SOOO did it help? What is the temp after cleaning??? Huge part of the video otherwise it makes no sense!
Funny youtube should recommend this to me an hour after I did literally the same procedure on my 2018 mbp
But do you already have extreme heat issues due to dust?
@@luukbrugge I was getting bad thermals, I first opened it to clean out the dust but it also ended up being hard to access unless I removed the mlb, so I just replaced the dried out paste while I was at it
@@tofu.delivery. I think it's just weird that you've got a lot of dust in a 2 year old MBP. I've got a 2017 MBP base model and it doesn't heat at all when doing basic tasks.
@@luukbrugge different regions have different levels of dust, when I went to the apple store while I was still under warranty they found an alarming amount of dust inside, and temperatures actually dropped by 10° after it was cleaned out
@@tofu.delivery. Oh damn I didn't knew that. Nice to hear.
Happy 387k subs hugh jeffreys
Great tut - did this cleaning myself for the first time and my mid 2015 MB runs smoothly again (it has been cleaned years ago as it died once bc of dust). Average temp of 90C downt to 52
wait so when my computer is reaching temperatures of 191 Fahrenheit It's bad
When youre so early that you dont know what to say
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Thanks for not being a part of the "FiRsT" gang
@@That_weird_guy_Dragooon lol i was 9th
@@real_IIIthere are people who are 15th or even 19th claiming to be first...
@@That_weird_guy_Dragooon look theres one fact here, you cant be first. Never will be
You should should have seen my late 2011 MacBook Pro, the vent that connects to the heat pipe had a thicc carpet of dust on it. Helped the thermals a lot.
BTW: that pan at 7:32 is amazing
Thanks for sharing. So how has it been running and have you been able to notice a considerable improvement?
Hugh Jeffrey's Macbook: (Overheats)
Macbook Air 2020: *Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!*
Still, it’s best to apply enough thermal paste to cover the entire die as the whole thing produces heat so making sure all 4 cores plus the integrated GPU is cool is important. Since Apple puts immense mounting pressure on their heatsinks, spreading the paste manually won’t cause any air bubbles since any would be squeezed out once the heatsink is pressed into place. Same goes for the GPU. Also you should never cheap out on thermal paste as getting the expensive stuff is well worth it even for just a few degrees because it will give better performance
Fascinating clean up!!
One of the best demos
"i wouldnt say i've used it in any dusty environments" - well i mean the huge dust deposits in your laptop suggest otherwise
@Dave he said he had it two years ago. you trying to say the places he's lived/ used the laptops are 100% dust free? nah.
It‘s so filthy it tells you yes daddy when you plug some usb ports in it
Haha that’s a good one
the quality of video is amazing.
Nice video, as always! However, it would have been great if you did some basic tasks to check the temperature prior to the cleaning and then compare it afterwards with clean internals. Cheers.
Just use a vacuum cleaner for the fans! They're not that sensible and don't have any open electronics to damage...
You czn damage thrm by doing so.
Would have been nice to see the before and after temperature
Hey Hugh. Love your videos. I have been fixing up a 6,1 2009 MacBook. I want to change the thermal paste but the display cable is freaking me out. Do you have any videos that show how this cable is removed without breaking anything?
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