Re: notebook coolers
- From: "Val" <vmanes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:58:05 -0600
Speaking from experience, the active coolers can make a big difference. An
older HP laptop of mine, when in use for many hours straight, would get
flaky after about 5 hours - got really hot. I put a couple pieces of wood
beneath it, giving it a good half inch of free space underneath, this
minimally helped. Started using an Antec cooler (two-fan model) and the HP
would run and run and run....
The draw from USB port should not be of any consequence if running the
laptop from AC, unless you need to also use another USB power drawing
device.
"BillW50" <BillW50@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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- Bobb - typed on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:41:05 -0400:
I've got an Antec - works great - gets power from USB port and has
another port so you don't lose the USB connection.
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=75004
Have you ever monitored the CPU and hard drive temperatures with and
without the Antec cooler? Ever try to boast up on the rear of the laptop
to increase natural airflow? It works great on my Gateway MX6124.
Although I don't think it will work with my old Toshiba 2595XDVD laptops
with the vents on the sides vs. the bottom. Also those '99 era Toshiba
laptops run pretty hot. Although all of my 90's Toshiba laptops run very
hot anyway. One from '94 designed without a fan (T1950CS) has been known
to cook itself to death in about 5 years. :-(
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bonerman9669@xxxxxxxxx typed on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:19:49 -0700
(PDT):
I wanted to know some recommendations for notebook coolers for my
17" gateway notebook...I read that the Spire Pacific Breeze was one
of the best...I mainly keep my laptop on my desk..thanks in advance.
Are you sure you need one? As I use the free Notebook Hardware
Control (Personal Edition) to monitor the CPU and hard drive
tempatures. And putting my laptop just on a smooth surface will
cause the CPU to be about 150°F and my hard drive to be 120°F. But
merely sticking something underneath the back of the laptop so to
allow the airflow to increase greatly, the CPU drops down to 130°F
and the hard drive down to 108°F. I have a Gateway MX6124 with a
Celeron 1.5GHZ CPU with 1GB of RAM.
And I see nothing wrong with these temperatures at all. Cooling it
down further isn't going to extend the life of the laptop IMHO. Nor
does it get hot enough to burn my lap or anything. And the laptop
fan runs so low you can only hear it when the room is dead silent.
And I don't know about the Spire Pacific Breeze, but most of those
use power from the USB port. And being an engineer, that sounds like
a pretty dumb idea to me. As you cause more heat to power the fans
to cool the laptop down. As I think they should have their own
supplies. Or if the draw isn't too bad, use the laptop AC adapter.
It isn't hard to make a circuit inside of the fan unit to
automatically reverse the polarity and adjust for supplies between
say 12v to 25v. And then run both the laptop and the cooler in
parallel off of the AC adapter. Just my 2¢. :-) --
Bill
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