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    is heating a big problem for the studio xps 13?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bogeyman, Oct 20, 2009.

  1. bogeyman

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    and is there actually anyway to solve this or is dell planning to release anything?
     
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    With dedicated graphics turned off its absolutely fine to use on your lap. Recent BIOS updates seem to have helped a lot. Its been a non-issue for me so far (I bought mine in August) :)
     
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    As long as it runs within specs, then you are ok. If you start to get unexplained errors, then I would worry.
     
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    but how long can you actually keep it on your lap before it becomes to hot? and does the palm rest get too hot it's uncomfortable?
     
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    8 hours on power saver, 15-20 minutes on high performance

    My palm rest is always cool, not sure how others get hot, but I guess for some people it does.
     
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    Personally I wouldn't plan on using the laptop directly on your lap for long as it can heat up quite fast. For me at least, the laptop's heat isn't a problem when placed indirectly on my lap (e.g. on a book, tray, etc.).

    The main time it rapidly heats up is when the 9200M GS is enabled. The tray only becomes what I would describe as hot if I am doing something stressing both the CPU (on high performance mode) and GPU (with both GPUs enabled) for an extended period of time (at which point internal temperatures rise quite a bit as well).
     
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