Heating Issues MacBook Pro 17" ?

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SpreadTooThin - 02 Sep 2007 16:07 GMT

My Laptop is getting realy hot when playing World of WarCraft.
I checked the firmware version and its seems up to date. (1.18f2)
Is there any chance of damage to the system due to overheating?
The hard drive is also a 7200 RPM which probably runs hot too.

I found a piece of software which claims to help with this issue.
http://81.169.182.62/~eidac/software/page5/page5.html
But the little voice in my head is saying... beware...

Its a brand new laptop. Should I call Apple for support?

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Jim Higgins - 02 Sep 2007 17:36 GMT

> My Laptop is getting realy hot when playing World of WarCraft.
> I checked the firmware version and its seems up to date. (1.18f2)
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> Its a brand new laptop. Should I call Apple for support?

Here is a better link to the latest version. FWIW I am using it now on
a new (07/03/07) MacBook Pro 15" and it helps noticeably.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049/smcfancontrol

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Heating Issues MacBook Pro 17" ?