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Originally Posted by arrgrr
Hi!
I have a problem with Reaper putting the fans on my macbook pro i7 into hyperdrive when (and only when) using an external monitor. This happens when nothing is playing, at any buffer settings and when the CPU is basically idle. It is worse with some plugins than others but no obvious pattern to this. The same plugins in other DAWs donīt cause this explosion of fan noise (and no other programs for that matter). So it looks like it is the GPU causing the heat (the macbook switches form internal to discrete graphics when plugging in an external monitor) but I canīt see why Reaper should be causing this. Is this a known issue with macbooks? Is there some way around this? Itīs really too bad, it is practically a deal breaker for me.
Thanks in advance!
AG
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The dGPU is used for the external display yes.
You say Reaper is "causing" this. Have you qualified that? As in run a similar CPU using workflow (or simulating it with 'yes > /dev/null') and NOT having heating issues? My first suspicion would be that the Reaper project is ADDING to the heat causing workload.
There are free apps like Temperature Monitor or Hardware Monitor that will let you read all the temp sensors. You can see if it's the dGPU heating up. If it's the dGPU and this happens with any app pushing the system a little (not just Reaper), you could try the more high falootin heat sync paste (Arctic Silver 5).
Which model Macbook Pro?