XPS 15 keyboard issue...

My keyboard gets warm after 30 minutes of light use, no heavy loading.. just browsing on the internet.. my laptop temps idle on 50's which is normal for the xps 15.. I do have an SSD on this laptop so I don't think the hard disk would generate any heat and its far away .. I notice the heat comes from the middle of the keyboard..do you guys notice the same?

 

definitely the HDD, it's hot all the time. Check your processor temps, the processor is somewhere in the middle too.

 

Uhh OP said he has an SSD...which pretty much do not generate heat.

Have you tried cleaning out the fans/heatsinks in your laptop?

 

its a brand new laptop.. and they already changed the heatsink and fan since the fan used to make weird noises.. the temps are at 50's which is normal.. the keyboard gets warm for some reason.. do u guys notice any heat at all in that area? under regular load?

 

I thought he had a hdd where the disc drive is supposed to be.

 

50's are low and very normal. When you say the keyboard is warm, it's hard to imagine with temps that low. "Warm" is subjective too. We talking uncomfortably warm? Body Temperature warm? What?

 

I don't know how to explain it but you know when you charge something how it gets warm? thats what I notice .. when I put my hands in the middle of the keyboard then I feel it warm

EDIT: do u guys feel any warm spots on u r keyboard? the middle of the keyboard..

 

The hdd is located under the left Palm rest. I have a SSd and a hdd on mine and there's no noticeable warmth anywhere around the keyboard. As a matter of fact everything on the xps is very subjectively cool with the only noticeable heat source coming from the vent for ridding CPU and gpu heat.

 

Mine is getting warm without any loading, I think I will ask for a replacement but I don't want them to send me an refurbished replacement :s