Hi: Have you checked your power supply. I had the same issue, and my power supply was bad. On Jul 24, 2011, at 10:36 PM, Shen wrote:
> Unfortunately, I know this is not the issue. It would make things easier. > I know this because up until a couple of weeks ago, I didn't know that my > keyboard brightness was set to maximum. With no light perception, how can I > know? > And my Mac still gave me 10 hours of battery life with SL. And now with Lion, > the bottom feels warmer much more quickly than it did with SL. > So I know this is not the issue. > I am quite sure that there is much more disc activity than before. I just > don't know if it is Spotlight, or something else. > > > On Jul 24, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > >> Hi! Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I've already confirmed more >> than once that my keyboard's backlight is >> completely turned off. I have light perception, and am about 95 percent >> definite that the backlight is not glowing at all. >> Same with the screen. I keep brightness at 0 and also enable the screen >> curtain. >> It's an excellent suggestion, though, and I hope it helps someone. >> Missy >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor >> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 5:49 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> After posting my last message to the list regarding the increase in heat >> generated on my MBP since installing Lion and the definite lessening of >> battery life, I took a closer look at my MBP and discovered what I hope will >> prove to be useful to you. >> >> F Y I: Until yesterday, I was running Lion on an external FireWire drive >> and did not notice the increase in heat since the computer is always sitting >> on my desk when running Lion. Additionally, when I have the FireWire >> connected, I also have the power cable connected. >> >> Anyway, and I have confirmed this twice on my MBP and I called a friend who >> installed Lion this morning and she confirmed the same, said same being: >> The backlight on the MBP keyboard is set to on when Lion is first installed. >> >> >> Now I want to be clear, I keep my keyboard backlight off and so it was when >> I upgraded to Lion. However, when I looked closely at my keyboard, today, I >> discovered that while it was dimmed, it was not set as it had been before >> the upgrade. >> >> After I turn the backlight off/or to its lowest setting, the increase in >> heat went away. >> >> So, I recommend that those of you noticing a change in heat/battery drain >> confirm that your MBP keyboard backlights are set as they were before >> upgrading/installing Lion. >> >> F5 and F6 decrease and increase keyboard backlight, respectively. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
