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I have a HDPlex 160w direct plug and mine can get very hot to the touch as well. That's just the nature of these units. They convert 120/240v from the wall to 19v at the brick, and once 19v gets to the direct plug it still needs to convert it into 12v (and a little 5v/3.3v) and heat is produced at both of those steps.Going by their product pages, the 160 direct plug states 70C for upper bound of operating temperature, and 160 ac-dc states 75C. I'm pretty confident you're running at safe temperatures.However as an enthusiast I understand how running within operating temperature doesn't feel good enough sometimes, and I'm sure I'd end up wedging a quiet fan into the chassis (if there is room) to direct a little air at the combo.https://www.hdplex.com/hdplex-160w-dc-atx-power-supply-16v-24v-wide-range-voltage-input.htmlhttps://www.hdplex.com/hdplex-internal-160w-ac-dc-adapter-with-active-pfc-and-19vdc-output.html
I have a HDPlex 160w direct plug and mine can get very hot to the touch as well. That's just the nature of these units. They convert 120/240v from the wall to 19v at the brick, and once 19v gets to the direct plug it still needs to convert it into 12v (and a little 5v/3.3v) and heat is produced at both of those steps.
Going by their product pages, the 160 direct plug states 70C for upper bound of operating temperature, and 160 ac-dc states 75C. I'm pretty confident you're running at safe temperatures.
However as an enthusiast I understand how running within operating temperature doesn't feel good enough sometimes, and I'm sure I'd end up wedging a quiet fan into the chassis (if there is room) to direct a little air at the combo.
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