z61m overheating under keyboard

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mister_lake · #1 Post by **mister_lake** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:26 pm

my z61m seems to be very hot under the trackpoint. I've read some scattered postings elsewhere for the x60 about people sending them back for this very problem.

Anyone know if my warranty will cover sending this back? I'm not even sure it's the WLAN - I haven't bothered to take it apart. Is it possible to take it apart and still turn on the thinkpad to see what exactly is getting hot? and would that void my warranty?

-m

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PointZero · #2 Post by **PointZero** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:22 am

The WLAN antennas are located on the sides of the LCD, so I don't think that's the problem. If you would like to take your Thinkpad apart, there's the Hardware Maintenance Manual that walks you through taking apart your notebook.

A call to customer service should resolve the problem though.

NS · #3 Post by NS » Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:32 am

PointZero wrote:The WLAN antennas are located on the sides of the LCD <snip>

That cross hatch design on the sides of the LCD. 1 is at the top and the other one is at the right hand side of the LCD cover.

own6volvos · #4 Post by **own6volvos** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:44 am

How many sticks of ram do you have? Both ram slots are under the touchpad, and under heavy use, might become quite hot.

mister_lake · #5 Post by **mister_lake** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:01 pm

antenna? I dont' think that would get hot. From what I remember reading, the wifi and bluetooth cards are just under the trackpoint. is opening my system gonna void my warranty?

mister_lake · #6 Post by **mister_lake** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:05 pm

so I took off the palm rest and keyboard, started her up. then felt around for what was getting hot.

Two things:

1) The WIFI card - WM3945ABG

2) some little daughter board just next to it.

The wifi card had a big label over top of it. I took it off because it seems like that would trap heat in. I'd rather have what little airflow there is blow over the chips.

I also removed the little daughtboard(2) which had a really hot little chip on top. From looking at the hardware maint. manual it appears this is the "modem daughterboard". I don't use the modem so much these days..so i'll just run without that piece of heat. it seems to make a minor difference. but honestly I think the real culprit is the Intel WLAN card...dag...should've got it with atheros.

z61m overheating under keyboard

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