Does your m1330 have a heat problem? [POLL 2, Wireless Card]

Hey everyone,

In the interest of not flooding the board with superfluous polls about the m1330's heat issues, I intend for this to be the second and last one that I create. However, I am now becoming equally curious about the role of the wireless card in generating uncomfortable levels of heat.

As such, please take just a few moments and cast a vote to indicate your situation with respect to the m1330's wireless card status. Some users have reported that switching their wireless card off significantly reduces heat in the palmrest area and on the bottom of their laptop. This poll will hopefully pinpoint which wireless cards contribute to the issue, if any.

And as before, thank you for your participation and assistance!

ALSO, if you have not done so already, please take a moment to vote/respond to my first poll as well, which deals primarily with the graphics card and hard drive influence on heat in the m1330. Thanks!

Steve

 

Isn't that exactly what you're doing??

 

Would you prefer that I instead request these threads be removed? If they are of no help to you, and the presence of the two of them bothers you so, I can certainly do this at your request. I may be out of touch with the culture on this particular message board, but I was under the impression that people are interested in getting to the bottom of the m1330's heat problems. It is my opinion that two polls specifically targeted at aspects which are known to influence the problem could help to shed some additional, quantifiable light on the issue. If you do not see it this way, please do suggest what I could do differently and I would be glad to accommodate.

I deeply apologize for any distress my two poll threads have imposed upon anyone in the community. I certainly don't mean to disrupt in any way, only to contribute.

-Steve

 

I believe you can edit most of your posts, but am unsure since NBR did change a variety of things.

But, I'll report that I have been using my M1330 (w/ X3100) on the carpet, and I do not feel any heat problems at all. The bottom stays borderline cool-warm, leaning towards warm, and that's a very good thing since it's not uncomfortable at all. The top once again is borderline cool-warm This is with the fan at low.

 

I dont understand why all these heated components are such a big issue. Its a powerful notebook, its bound to get very warm. If its that much of an issue, buy a cooler.
What do you stand to gain from the poll? It'll tell you whether a wireless card gets hot or not.....then what?

Dont get me wrong, Im not having a go. I just want to understand where this will lead and what the results will truely show, since we all know how the system gets very warm already....

 

ShinyFalcon,

I always appreciate your input. Thanks again for pitching in.

Also, you can indeed edit your posts, but you cannot change your poll options.

I realize that many of the people on this board have already made their purchase and are current owners of an m1330, however configured. Those people will not likely benefit from this poll. I am among those people--my purchase has been finalized already. However, my intention in this matter is not selfish; rather, it's to hopefully help prospective buyers in the future. Wouldn't you have appreciated it prior to purchasing your laptop if you could have received greater insight into the implications of each selection you made during the process? This is what I hope to accomplish for others through these polls.

My thought is that these two polls could eventually (over the course of a week or so perhaps) produce a recommended configuration of certain aspects of the laptop that could help potential buyers to make the best informed decisions (based on quantifiable evidence). This way, they can hopefully escape the problems that many people have reported here--we can, in other words, help them to steer around the oil slicks that so many others have already experienced.

-Steve

 

not another poll.....

Just ask if wireless affects the heating issue if there is one.

 

I'm terribly sorry for producing these polls after reading the replies from several of you on the board. I guess this is what I get for thinking of others. I must confess that I have spent a number of years moderating other forums on the internet, such as the IGN Boards, where the culture is much different. These places must have been the source of my misconception about how people here see fit to deal with problems. It seems preferred to simply follow the generally accepted knowledge rather than actually try to derive hard numbers through quick, unobtrusive polls.

Seriously, I am sorry. If a moderator comes across this message, please feel free to lock and/or delete it. I don't believe I will be creating any more topics here.

-Steve

 

I think it would be very difficult to figure out if one wireless card gets hotter than another. As far as I know, none of them have temperature sensors.