XPS M1530 (A.K.A. The Incinerator)

Does anyone know what lies right beneath the mousepad on this particular system? This area is, by far, the hottest area on my notebook, even when idling. It's so hot in fact, that you wouldn't want to keep your fingers on it for more than a couple seconds.

 

My M1530's touchpad gets warm, but not hot at all. It might be time to give Dell a call.

 

I think thats the wireless card. I have no clue why it gets hot though...

 

Same thing happens for my m1330. The area under the touchpad is really hot and there are no fans to relieve this.

 

The HDD is right next to it... I don't know if the heat finds its way over there.. it might.

 

It shouldn't get as hot as you've described. Mine is just warm.

 

Thanks for the replies. I just opened up the replacement that I got (first one has a hump in the keyboard, unfortunately so does the second), and it gets just as hot under there. My last notebook was a 17" that ran much cooler, so I guess i'm just not used to the temps of a more compact system. I may have to try a cooling pad.

 

a cooling pad is a must for laptops used for gaming...or else the thing is gonna die faster

 

The touchpad on my m1330 never gets beyond "warm" and certainly never "hot".

 

So hot you could only put your fingers on it for a couple of seconds?

I think you're probably exaggerating. There's a big difference between 'hot' and 'warm'.

But if you're not, get in touch with Dell, that kind of extreme overheating is something they would take very seriously.

 

Good if people tell what they consider as hot and warm

 

According to I8kFANGUI, my Penryn runs up to 60-70C under load for a while. It idles at around 40-50C on AC. I think that would be too hot.. isn't the CPU specification around 60C max?

 

A couple of seconds is a slight exaggeration, yes...but i'm aware of the difference between warm and hot, and this is definitely very hot. To clairfy, i'm talking about the area below the touchpad, on the underside of the notebook, the touchpad itself only gets warm. The area under the processor and hard drives does get hot under load, but nothing like the aformentioned spot. As stated before, the replacement that I have (for another reason) seems to get just as hot in the same place, so I guess I have to assume it's "normal". I may try to exchange again, just to be sure, but the idea of a third exchange process makes me cringe!

 

Well, again, we won't argue with your/my definition of hot/warm because without actual temp readings it's just opinion. But if you think something is 'very hot' to the touch, then you should definitely contact Dell about it, it doesn't sound right.

Personally I have a M1530 and the laptop definitely becomes warm during heavy useage, but never to the point that i'd describe it as 'very hot'.

Best of luck diagnosing the problem, hopefully you get some satisfaction with your queries.

 

yeah it should never get warm enough to hurt; there's definitely a problem if that's true.

 

Honestly I'd say it's normal. Touching the base of my m1330 under the touchpad results in a borderline "hot" temperature as well.