im facing this issue for a week, my laptop is getting overheated very quickly(while just playing a video or music)
after getting heat up, the bottom of my screen starts to flicker(top portion of screen gets duplicated to the bottom of the screen)
Any idea what might be the cause
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.6
It’s getting heat up with in few minutes of minor usage
ive placed a pad beneath my laptop to make space for vents but it’s not working
ive done resetting nvram and smc controller
ive run built in diagnostics tool to check whether there’s a problem with hardware but nothing gets identified
Also My OS is up to date
I never had this problem before, this issue is unbearable now i can’t perform any task
Welcome!
"Just playing a video..." is not a light-duty task. It works both the CPU and GPU hard as it decodes data on the fly.
These are major causes of overheating:
1) Any interference with the intake and exhaust air functions will overheat the computer. Most 15-inch Macbook Pros have this arrangement of the air paths:
If either of those areas are restricted, overheating can occur. Never use the computer on your lap or on a soft surface like a pillow or blanket. Use a rigid lap board to avoid blocking the vents. There is a reason Apple does not call these computers "laptops."
2) Another suspect that runs up temps are anti-virus and so-called "cleaning" apps. They MUST go.
3) If you are using an external monitor with the Macbook Pro in "clamshell" mode and have put the computer aside like a book on a bookshelf, the hinge must be UP to avoid overheating.
4) More info here:
Keep your Mac laptop within acceptable operating temperatures - Apple Support
If you have installed software that wastes computer resources on a regular basis, such as third-party Virus Scanners, speeder-uppers, Cleaner-uppers/Removers, Optimizers, third-party file Sync-ers such as DropBox, BackBlaze, OneDrive, or GoogleDrive, or a VPN that you installed yourself, it will do busywork at previously-impossible speeds — heating up at a ferocious rate.
This older junky software used to run as fast as it could, then would then have to suspend itself to wait for the disk drive to catch up before continuing to waste resources. With a faster drive, that drive-speed restriction is reduced. In many cases it still does not show up as using a lot of CPU, because it is doing a lot of intensive I/O, and not a lot of computing. That will still make your computer slow and heat up.
Display and overheating issue with MacBook Pro 2016
