SOLVED: Why my Mac keep crashing over 100 °C Instead of boosting up fans? - MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display Early 2015

Why my Mac keep crashing over 100 °C Instead of boosting up fans?

So, my MacBook reaches up-to 100-101 °C while going through Google maps or playing online facebook games.

Fan speed remains between 2000-3200 and as soon as the temp goes above 101 °C the Mac freezes and get’s turned off after few seconds.

Here is an Image when it froze while I was running windows 7 in virtual machine.

https://ibb.co/2snMfXh

TG pro temperature readings while exploring google maps on Safari. Mac froze again like in the image before, after few seconds of taking this screenshot.

Here’s few more.

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Install this app TG Pro post a snapshot of the main window so we can see the thermal sensors and fans Adding images to an existing question

Nov 28, 2018 by Dan

Added TG Pro snapshots to it.

Nov 28, 2018 by Shahbaz Khan

Posted: Nov 28, 2018

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Looks like you’ll need to replace the heatsink as you are really cooking!

What can happen is the heatsink tubes are filled with a liquid and that can leak out so your heatsink is not being effective in cooling your system. You also will need to clean fully all of the old thermal paste and apply a fresh coat of a good quality paste. Here’s the needed IFIXIT guide MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display Early 2015 Heat Sink Replacement and the needed pieces:

MacBook Pro 13" Retina (Late 2013-Early 2015) Heat Sink
Arctic Silver ArctiClean
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Here’s the needed technique to apply it: How to Apply Thermal Paste

To be sure I would recommend you try booting up on a clean external drive (with just the OS and the installed apps that come with it) to make sure you haven’t gotten something else happening here like a virus, trojan or malware.