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    SXPS 16 Gets SOOO Hot Near the Trackpad!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jmwein, Apr 26, 2009.

  1. jmwein

    jmwein Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm on my 2nd SXPS 16 (first one had dust under the glass) and on both systems the trackpad gets very hot even when I'm barely using the computer! Is there anything I can do to get the heat down? Is there a application that allows me to increase fan speed? It really get uncomfortably hot even when it's just sitting on my desk with no programs running (and I have the 256GB SSD which I thought would reduce heat!). I also know this isn't an issue with the computer b/c the original one I had, had the same issue. Any tips?
     
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    The SXPS 16 is known to run quite hot. Under the touchpad would be the wireless card, as seen in this picture. Not much you can do about it except maybe get a cooling pad or a passive cooling stand.
     
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