Hey guys,
I recently bought a used M4 Max and started to use it. Supposedly, it fell from somewhere. From where, from what height, I don't know. The house seems to have buckled slightly and a dent has been made in it -see pictures.
Today I noticed that the area at the back, where the CPU is located, warming unusually. (According to this M4 Pro video: [link|https://youtu.be/nTY6GJqiZHc?t=464|https://youtu.be/nTY6GJqiZHc?t=464|new_window=true]). So I think it is not because of the batteries though, the damage is on that part of the case. And the battery is still on 100%
Even if I used it a bit more intensively than the days before, I didn't expect that.
So, my question: What software can be used for diagnosing, measuring CPU, and - if possible - battery temperature?
I've already used boot-time diagnostic mode which went fine. However, this phenomenon only occurs after prolonged usage.
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=== Update (05/02/25) ===
@danj
Thanks for the hint. Honestly, coconut confused me a bit as its values are oddly different from system values. In fact, in coconut battery health is strange:⏎[br]
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Or this mac has a zero point module. :D
As I'm switching from PC to Mac and I'm not familiar with the Apple M silicon chip, I can't really judge when the processor is too hot. Anyway, this TG Pro is very impressive, but I still don't know if the values are too high or not. Turning on after a while of sleeping, all the cores are around 35-40°C and rise quickly to 65-70 °C. But I'm not running any extra load. Safari is running with 8-10 tabs, Protonmail client, and a DeepL translator running in the background, as well as Grammarly, OneDrive client, and TG Pro. The fans are around 2300 rpm at this time, and the system doesn't even rise this speed by default. With TG pro, of course, I can easily set it to turn up to the maximum above 70°C, for example.
Actually, as I'm a new Mac user, I don't know if this is ok? Because, for instance, I tried to drive it a bit with Geekbench6 -probably not the best mode- and even then it only went up to 70-75°C for both Efficiency and Performance cores.
Meanwhile, the battery stayed at 35°C all the time, which is at least reassuring.
I recently bought a used M4 Max and started to use it. Supposedly, it fell from somewhere. From where, from what height, I don't know. The house seems to have buckled slightly and a dent has been made in it -see pictures.
Today I noticed that the area at the back, where the CPU is located, warming unusually. (According to this M4 Pro video: [link|https://youtu.be/nTY6GJqiZHc?t=464|https://youtu.be/nTY6GJqiZHc?t=464|new_window=true]). So I think it is not because of the batteries though, the damage is on that part of the case. And the battery is still on 100%
Even if I used it a bit more intensively than the days before, I didn't expect that.
So, my question: What software can be used for diagnosing, measuring CPU, and - if possible - battery temperature?
I've already used boot-time diagnostic mode which went fine. However, this phenomenon only occurs after prolonged usage.
[image|3640286]
[image|3640287]
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=== Update (05/02/25) ===
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@danj
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Thanks for the hint. Honestly, coconut confused me a bit as its values are oddly different from system values. In fact, in coconut battery health is strange:⏎[br]
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[image|3641369]
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Or this mac has a zero point module. :D
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As I'm switching from PC to Mac and I'm not familiar with the Apple M silicon chip, I can't really judge when the processor is too hot. Anyway, this TG Pro is very impressive, but I still don't know if the values are too high or not. Turning on after a while of sleeping, all the cores are around 35-40°C and rise quickly to 65-70 °C. But I'm not running any extra load. Safari is running with 8-10 tabs, Protonmail client, and a DeepL translator running in the background, as well as Grammarly, OneDrive client, and TG Pro. The fans are around 2300 rpm at this time, and the system doesn't even rise this speed by default. With TG pro, of course, I can easily set it to turn up to the maximum above 70°C, for example.
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Actually, as I'm a new Mac user, I don't know if this is ok? Because, for instance, I tried to drive it a bit with Geekbench6 -probably not the best mode- and even then it only went up to 70-75°C for both Efficiency and Performance cores.
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Meanwhile, the battery stayed at 35°C all the time, which is at least reassuring.
I recently bought a used M4 Max and started to use it. Supposedly, it fell from somewhere. From where, from what height, I don't know. The house seems to have buckled slightly and a dent has been made in it -see pictures.
Today I noticed that the area at the back, where the CPU is located, warming unusually. (According to this M4 Pro video: [link|https://youtu.be/nTY6GJqiZHc?t=464|https://youtu.be/nTY6GJqiZHc?t=464|new_window=true]). So I think it is not because of the batteries though, the damage is on that part of the case. And the battery is still on 100%
Even if I used it a bit more intensively than the days before, I didn't expect that.
So, my question: What software can be used for diagnosing, measuring CPU, and - if possible - battery temperature?
I've already used boot-time diagnostic mode which went fine. However, this phenomenon only occurs after prolonged usage.
Hey guys,[br]
I recently bought a used M4 Max and started to use it. Supposedly, it fell from somewhere. From where, from what height, I don't know. The house seems to have buckled slightly and a dent has been made in it -see pictures.
Today I noticed that the area at the back, where the CPU is located, warming unusually. (According to this M4 Pro video: [link|https://youtu.be/nTY6GJqiZHc?t=464|https://youtu.be/nTY6GJqiZHc?t=464|new_window=true]). So I think it is not because of the batteries though, the damage is on that part of the case. And the battery is still on 100%
Even if I used it a bit more intensively than the days before, I didn't expect that.
So, my question: What software can be used for diagnosing, measuring CPU, and - if possible - battery temperature?
I've already used boot-time diagnostic mode which went fine. However, this phenomenon only occurs after prolonged usage.
[image|3640286]
[image|3640287]