Dell Studio overheating problems: Touchpad too hot to touch.

[sachinsharma188]

Yeah sorry for not posting here guys...I've already returned the laptop to Dell so I cant run any more tests!
Dell agreed to offer me a full refund...I'll probably be going for a SONY VAIO or HP now...I'm not too happy with Dell

@ jackluo923

I'm not calling 47 degrees hot...I am calling the touchpad hot and when the Dell engineer came it was so hot that he couldnt even use it...he had to ask for the mouse...and he immediately agreed to change the laptop

[ninja2000]

I noticed last night my 1555 touchpad was getting very hot.
For me it only happens on 2d as the fan kicks in rarely.

The laptop was on for around three hours and constantly downloading my steam catalogue (so constant use of my 7200 320gb HD)

All temps seem low through HWMonitor and the base of the laptop was cool but the touch pad is actually uncomfortable to use.

going to investigate a bit more but having looked at the systems cooling unit I am not surprised (tiny fan, poor heat sinks with thermal pads, no heat spreaders for the gfx card heat sink, gfx heatsink conducting rod is just stuck to the rear of the fan)

I wish I could regulate the fan myself, I would rather it ran continously on low in 2d to alleviate this heat

[maxi0406]

Hello All.

My temps were very similar to sachinsharma´s - highest CPU temp of 54ºC - nothing spectacular (I have the T4200, toshiba 250GB 5400 HDD)
I also left the laptop on for about 2 hours (installed a few programmes, internet stuff etc) and the touchpad got hot, uncomfortably so! Base of laptop was hot in the corresponding zone of the touchpad.

I decided to contact Dell - hell I´ve only had the laptop a few days.

They directed me to reinstall the Bios (A06), which I´ve done. Could it be a fan problem?
They also mentioned that I should take the base lid off on the underside and physically feel where the heat is coming from. I took it off and it the area the corresponding zone was indeed hot!

Awaiting response from Dell (I live in Spain BTW).

I´ve always had a good experience with Dell (here and in the U.K), let´s hope they can sort this out.

Peace all

[ninja2000]

maxi, I havent had chance to check inside case for heat yet as I was too busy installing bits yesterday but could you feel what was generating the most heat?
I will also check mine when I get home from work

ie RAM/Hard Drive/WIFI/Other?

Also have you noticed if upgrading the BIOS improved anything?

[zeekr]

So far in using the laptop for about a week I haven't noticed the touchpad getting hot. The underside of the laptop does get warm though. Is it just T6400 CPU causing all the heat - I have P8600? Or could it be that there are already slight hardware variations in the 1555 being shipped?

[ninja2000]

I have a P8600 in mine. What HD and wifi have you got zeekr?

Also I only noticed it last night when I spent 3 hours Downloading and patching, when I play a game and the fan kicks in the touchpad cools down

[Manofest]

I'm wishing the fan would kick in a little sooner. It seems to either be either on low when surfing the web or LOUD when playing recent games.

[manekineko]

So far in using the laptop for about a week I haven't noticed the touchpad getting hot. The underside of the laptop does get warm though. Is it just T6400 CPU causing all the heat - I have P8600? Or could it be that there are already slight hardware variations in the 1555 being shipped?

What type of video card and wireless card do you have?

[zeekr]

I have the ATI 4570 256MB, Intel 5300 WiFi and Toshiba 160GB 7200 RPM drive.

I have noticed that the moment the CPU exceeds 48C (measured using RealTemp) the fan kicks up to its second level speed - here is where it's slightly audible but still not loud. Playing games or running Prime95 causes the fan to go to an even higher speed.

[slipkid]

I'm having this same problem with my new Inspiron 1545.

The touchpad is annoyingly hot and uncomfortable.

I've been putting a cloth on top of it in order to rest my hands on it while typing. The heat seems centered in the area of the touchpad and radiates out from there across the rest of the keyboard handrest area.

I created my own thread asking about his here:
HOT Pc ??

It was suggested that the wireless card (Wireless WLAN 1397 Half MiniCard (4312bg)) may be the problem so I tried disabling that in the BIOS but that has no effect.

Any hints appreciated if there are ideas on how to fix this.