I have an LG Ultrafine 5k connected via thunderbolt. In order to use my machine for anything even mildly intensive while the monitor is plugged in, I've resorted to a 5-fan laptop cooling stand and a medium-sized personal cooling fan sitting next to it.
I do live in a warm climate, but this is ridiculous.
The only thing I can think of other than it being shitty thermal design is that the cable is dodgy, easily losing signal if moved the wrong way. Is this something that could affect it? I'm planning to order a new cable but I've seen so many reports of thunderbolt ports getting to hot and triggering the dreaded kernel_task I'm not optimistic.
I have an LG Ultrafine 5k connected via thunderbolt. In order to use my machine for anything even mildly intensive while the monitor is plugged in, I've resorted to a 5-fan laptop cooling stand and a medium-sized personal cooling fan sitting next to it.
I do live in a warm climate, but this is ridiculous.
The only thing I can think of other than it being shitty thermal design is that the cable is dodgy, easily losing signal if moved the wrong way. Is this something that could affect it? I'm planning to order a new cable but I've seen so many reports of thunderbolt ports getting to hot and triggering the dreaded kernel_task I'm not optimistic.