F13 Sony Vaio .. Hot by trackpad

Hi

From what I have read this is normal.

My VAIO VPCF1390X runs a little hot at the hard drive.. It makes the right side of the track pad rather warm. It is not scorching hot but noticeable,.


My Question is .. is is this the hd? Is there a different hd that will run cooler?

Is there anything I can do?

Thanks

 

make sure none of your vents are blocked, dont set it on a bed for example, air intakes underneath will be blocked.

a ssd drive might run cooler since it doesn't spin.

on some vaio you can set the fan speed higher that will prevent it getting so warm, but youll feel it blowing out more hot air and fan noise will get louder.

 

It is on a computer disk sitting flat.

Where can I set the fan speed? BIOS? Or the VAIO help center?

I guess I can also buy a laptop cooler?

 

Funny. OP didn't even mention which Vaio he has lol

I honestly can't remember if HDDs heat up laptop, been running SSDs for over a year now.

 

Sorry .. I have a VAIO VPCF1390X

 

The vaio F has a serious problem with overheating, sony released a bios fix for it a few weeks ago, did you patch it yet? Do it right away there were reports of the keyboard actually *melting*

 

I just got this laptop about a week ago.

I read about that issue. And I checked the list of laptops that were affected and my model was not on the list.

Its not the whole laptop that is getting hot. Just to the right of the trackpad where the hard drive gets warm.

SO far I like the laptop .. except for this issue.

 

It's odd that the HDD would be getting warm. I've got the F11 and had the Seagate 7200.4 HDD in it. It never once got warm on the right side of the touchpad. It does, however get very warm on the left side where I think the GPU is (or whatever is over there). The VAIO F has fantastic cooling and stays much cooler than some of its competitors.

Here's what you can do. Get precision screwdrivers > Use the lappy until it gets hot in that spot > power down > flip over and remove the HDD cover. Touch the HDD cage and see if it's hot.

I think that if the HDD is getting that hot, then it's defective.

I'm currently running the OEM HDD in an external enclosure over eSATAp. I watch DVD and HD blu ray rips w/o it coming even close to warm.

 

I've never heard of any palm rest/keyboard melting issues but I've got an F12 and it gets moderately warm around the top of the trackpad. Its not uncomfortable. I swapped out the hdd for a Vertex 2 ssd. I don't think it has anything to do with the whatever is in the 2.5" drive bay.