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    Hot touchpad related to wifi use on SZ series

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Lyshen, Jun 7, 2007.

  1. Lyshen

    Lyshen Notebook Evangelist

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    Out of curiousity, for anyone who owns a SZ series laptop does your touchpad get hot?

    My guess is that from having the wi-fi on and with constant data transfers for prolonged periods of time makes the wi-fi card heat up the touchpad.

    I'm guessing this because I have a SZ150 and I've noticed for the last month or so that my touchpad has gotten rather warm bordering hot. When I first got my SZ, I opened it up to replace my HD, I remember that the wi-fi card is underneath the touchpad. So yesterday I turned the wifi off to see if the wifi was causing the touchpad to heat up. Turns out within 15 or so minutes the touchpad was barely warm.

    Does anyone else that has a warm/hot touchpad have it go away if they switch off their wifi?
     
    Lyshen, Jun 7, 2007
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    jb123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    my wifi is always on, never noticed a hot touch pad. right now it's slightly warm, barely noticeable. sz430n
     
    jb123, Jun 7, 2007
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    my wifi is always on, touchpad and palmrest at room temp.
     
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    Hmm wonder if I overused my wifi.

    The wifi (Intel 3945) now gets pretty warm/hot just when on and idling. When I first got my SZ150 the wifi/touchpad area was never hot from regular usage. But in the last 6 months or so I have used the laptop to do a lot of data transfer almost 24/7. Wonder if I got a new wi-fi pci express card, if that would fix it.
     
    Lyshen, Jun 15, 2007
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