X50V and Heat

09-26-05, 01:53 AM

For those that use the wall charger to charge your unit, does the back (battery area) of your unit get hot? Thanks
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joedoe101 · 09-26-05, 02:10 AM

Yes on my x30h if it is insulated (under bed comforter)

albling · 09-26-05, 06:34 AM

yup.. mine got hot.. it's also hot when it's been continuosly being used, i.e. surfing or streaming a file via wifi..

Xelkos · 09-26-05, 08:39 AM

Mine stays at room temperature, does not get hot at all.
Running the Axim for a long period of time, the battery does get warm.

Sure is a skinny battery! Size of a CF card.

athlonduke · 09-26-05, 09:17 AM

mine gets pretty damn hot if i'm using it hard (wifi/full processor). charging WILL make it get hot as that's just how batteries work ;)

pdahound · 09-26-05, 10:16 AM

Mine gets fairly warm also, with heavy use.

09-26-05, 10:34 AM

Mine doesn't get hot, per se, but it does get warmer.

09-26-05, 11:29 AM

yeah..mines gets fairly hot when i'm using it with the charger...

srf506 · 09-26-05, 03:28 PM

yep, it gets warm when charging or in extended use.

barabasy · 09-28-05, 07:07 AM

Mine gets hot too under heavy use (streaming audio while doing skype). I don't know if the heat can damage the unit over long period of time.

Jukov · 09-28-05, 07:23 AM

It Does get hot while charging but after the led light is green (ie fully charged) the temperature drops - no worries.

JB-IOM · 09-28-05, 10:23 AM

Just to be associated with the remarks of the previous speakers, mine also gets hot whilst charging if it's lying flat. I usually rest it on it's top end whilst charging (securely, I might add!! Not just balanced on a cupboard or anything) which seemed to keep it slightly cooler.

Sounds perfectly natural from all these answers, so I'm even less worried that before.

JB

kronchev · 09-28-05, 10:27 AM

the back of mine gets very warm, but, well, its an electrical device with a processor...its going to be inefficient and radiate heat.

09-28-05, 11:48 AM

Wifi, CPU at 624 use it for a while = very hot

Cpu on auto, wifi, listening to music in pocket, then in the car on the way home = VeRRY hot and usually results in a crash and memory error LOL

What have I learned? If it gets too hot, you will get a memory error... just fix it and continue. If you have a secondary battery, swap it in and use it as a CPU heatsink ;)

09-28-05, 12:25 PM

thx for the replies...i was just wandering if it was just me experience the heat issue...with charger..fairly hot...but without charger...using on wifi and voip and browsing net...just barely warm...right on..