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    DV6T-QE 6100 - HOT Left Palm Rest

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mjl2116, Jun 11, 2011.

  1. mjl2116

    mjl2116 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey Guys,

    Is anyone else's left palm rest getting really hot during gaming? It's slightly warm during normal web browsing but when I play games..it gets uncomfortably warm..enough to cause my left hand to sweat. Maybe I'm just being picky...but someone said that the hard drive is under there, perhaps I have a defective hard drive. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
     
    mjl2116, Jun 11, 2011
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  2. sakumo

    sakumo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Actually the chipset and part of the hard drive is under the left palm rest. Since the chipset controls the turbo-boost and hyper-threading(I could be wrong, but it's been a while since I had a CPU with HT ), it is naturally going to be warm/hot. Anyway, I drilled a couple of holes and did a repaste to help cool it. I no longer gets hot, now it's just lukewarm after hours of gaming. Of course your results may vary though.
     
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    teotuf Notebook Evangelist

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    no, the 6770m is right under ur left palmrest. you can either reapply some thermal paste like i did, or just use intel graphics.
     
    teotuf, Jun 11, 2011
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    js1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hmmm ... Try using GPU-Z to check your video card temps. My temps are usually in the high 70s while I game. If yours are much higher, then there may be something wrong.
     
    js1, Jun 12, 2011
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    dave1812 Notebook Deity

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    when I gamed on my first DV6, I turned on the Antec cooler pad I keep the laptop on. that kept the chassis reasonably cool.
     
    dave1812, Jun 12, 2011
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