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Bootcamp Vista cooling

by catywampus Nov 6, 2008 3:08AM PST

When running games on my bootcamp vista (MBP) the thing gets super hot. I know the trick of booting into Leopard and starting up smc fan control then restarting, but i would much rather use a more native solution if one exists....

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RE:Bootcamp Vists cooling

by mickeymouseGEEK Nov 14, 2008 8:56AM PST

Try closing applications in the background. If that does not work, try download Virtual Box and install Vista. Then try ajusting the memory to 512 MB. I do not use Boot Camp, but see if you can ajust the memory. That usually helps.

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Gaming not applications

by catywampus Nov 14, 2008 11:22AM PST

I have several virtualized OS's loaded, unfortunately at this time only a native vista works for 3d gaming. The restarting trick works well, but its annoying at times.

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