MacBook pro overheating?

[Walzber813]

Several of my friends have purchased the MacBook pro for college this fall, and gaming such as wow. Two of my friends laptops were sent in because of overheating, and 3 weeks later now that there back, it doesn't seem like its fixed. Has anyone heard any issues about the Mac overheating, or could that have been an issue that has been resolved now by Apple?

 

[AmigaMan]

Yes, the MacBookPro's do get hot. If the MacBookPro is overheating to the point of shutting down then this is a problem that needs to get fixed. If Apple can't fix it and the MBP still shuts down due to overheating your friends should get their money back. However if your friends are just complaining that it gets too hot but the machine still works, then there's not much Apple is going to do because it still works (albeit hotly).
Personally my MBP gets hot when I'm plugged in and playing Oblivion in Windows. However, playing Oblivion is best done on a desk where the heat isn't a concern. While I'm unplugged, surfing the net or coding with the MBP in my lap, it doesn't get hot at all.
Also, the latest firmware patch that just came out has helped as far as heat goes.

 

[BladeVenom]

The problem is shoddy workmanship. They are using way too much thermal paste. I've seen pics posted at another site of the Apple repair manual, and they were using a whole tube of thermal paste per themal pad. It was unbelievable. It looked like something done by someone who had never put together a computer before. Apple's response was to send legal threats for them to take down the pictures. You could fix it yourself, but that would probably void the warranty. If you send it in for them to fix you'll have the same problem since they are following the repair manual.

In case you haven't ever built a computer before, you only want enough thermal paste to make sure there aren't going to be any small gaps. Thermal paste is actually a poor conductor of heat, but air is far worse.

 

[BehindEnemyLines]

I've heard that someone did the following to get the overheating fixed without voiding the warranty.

If you suspect your CPU is overheating, bring it to an APPLE AUTHORIZED dealer/repair and tell them that CPU overheating might be caused by improper thermal conduction of the heatsink and CPU (maybe run a program that can heat up the CPU and show it to them with a temperature monitoring program). But make sure to tell the repairman to follow the "proper" instruction on applying thermal paste (maybe buy a tube of AS5 and print out Arctic Silver's manual then give them to the repairman). With luck, the warranty should cover the labor and/or supply cost.