The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Palmrest gets hot!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by zoogle, May 2, 2008.

  1. zoogle

    zoogle Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    12
    Messages:
    201
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    After typing on the keyboard of my R61 for long durations of time (read: +3 hrs), my palms start getting really hot from the contact. I somewhat understand that the HD is generating heat under my right palm but there's only empty express slots under my left palm.. What gives? Is there a way to stick something between the internal casing and the external plastic that could dissipate that heat a little better?
     
    zoogle, May 2, 2008
    #1
  2. jooooeee

    jooooeee Stealth in disguise

    Reputations:
    737
    Messages:
    1,311
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    The RAM is on the left side generating heat.
     
    jooooeee, May 2, 2008
    #2
  3. satellite

    satellite Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    132
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    its the overall heat in my opinion and that place is just thinner so it shows the heat.
     
    satellite, May 3, 2008
    #3
  4. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    156
    Messages:
    643
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I keep my R61i running for many hours at a time on the internet with WI-FI on and I never felt any heat coming from the palm rest.
    The memory slots are under the touch pad in the middle of the palm rest aren't they?
     
    steve p, May 3, 2008
    #4