The temp reading I got was using Hmonitor. Was making me see red too, infact the reading was highlighted in blood red telling me there was a problem.
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check out this thread. https://forums.stardock.com/?aid=165683#1427332
Yeah, I was really worried for awhile. I refused to play GCII until I found a solution. Now that I have the fans running more and faster, it realy helps. Its a tiny bit noisier but worth it if it prevents my system from melting. I did talk to a Mac Genius about the overage of thermal grease and he stated that the reason they put so much is that it will prevent quick increases and decreases in temperature, allowing the set peices to cool down and heat up slower. However this prevents the fans
Well, I think I found a solution. After much research, I found a few things you can do. 1) As mentioned above, I did go out and buy a Targus Chill Mat, and that helped alittle. My MBP was still running idle at about 56 degrees Celsius and when running the game, I saw it peak to about 90 degrees however, the game does still crash. 2) I did find out about this downloadable program http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049 that allows you to control your fan speed but yo
I am running into the exact same problem as the other MacBook Pro users. I JUST bought the game and have not been able to even fully try it out. My Debug.err Debug Message: Version v1.5 last updated on: Thu Jan 11 13:39:19 2007 Debug Message: GalCiv2 is activated. Debug Message: Checking DX Version. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 1/18/2008, 10:57:51 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Na