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So I've had the reverse issue. With hardware encoding on and external monitors plugged into my intel macbook, everything would overheat and I would get kernel t
by agbell 5y ago
So I've had the reverse issue. With hardware encoding on and external monitors plugged into my intel macbook, everything would overheat and I would get kernel throttling of everything.
The external monitors cause the GPU to draw more power, but I'm not sure why that combined with hardware encoding in OBS caused issues. When I switched to software encoding the cpu was a bit higher but everything was fine.
Apparently this is related to VRM overheating and people have workarounds posted on reddit, but it seem like switching to software encoding made it go away for me.
https://www.reddit.com/r/macbookpro/comments/gs6bal/2019_mbp_16_vrm_cooling_mod/ https://www.reddit.com/r/macbookpro/comments/gs6bal/2019_mbp...
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207359 https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207359
- j45 5y agoI’ve had the same issue, it’s critical to get fans to cool your MacBook pro since they are not capable of cooling themselves under load, especially i7 or i9. I have cabinet fans under mine and it works great, just don’t ask me to use a MacBook Pro as a laptop.
- geerlingguy 5y agoAnd if not fans, I actually just elevated my MacBook Pro on a cooling laptop stand (with no ventilation) and that was enough to keep it cool for hours-long streaming.
- j45 5y agoVery true that helps as well. A small $2 USB fan can be enough to keep air moving but not cool
- samhaddow 5y agoAlso refer these 4800+ posts at macrumors... https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/16-is-hot-noisy-with-an-external-monitor.2211747/page-195 https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/16-is-hot-noisy-with-an...
- fluential 5y agoThe solution is here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27242611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27242611