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Studio 15 case gets too hot
Just bought a Studio 15. The casing where I rest my hands gets very hot. Do you have a solution, or a suggestion of a better model to buy?
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Just bought a Studio 15. The casing where I rest my hands gets very hot. Do you have a solution, or a suggestion of a better model to buy?
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kirkd
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March 10th, 2009 19:00
Get an infrared thermometer and measure the temperatures at various spots. Temps in the 90-100°F are not abnormal. If too high, call Dell for a replacement if you have had it less than 3 weeks (from time of shipping). If you have had it longer, call for a repair. Go to the dell diagnostics (F12 at the Dell boot screen) and do the fan test. If the fan is bad, it will be replaced. If it's OK, you may have a problem woth a poorly installed CPU/GPU heat pipe - possibly incorrectly applied thermal transfer compound or pads.
capitanevs
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July 16th, 2009 05:00
I have bought a Vostro 1520 and I noticed the same thing.
It gets very hot on the left of the touchpad (I do not know what lays beneath: CPU is beneath
the keyboard, and HD is on the right of the pad).
What did you finally do?
Have you had it repaired/changed (so that you got your problem solved),
or it is a matter of bad engineering?