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New Laptop gets hot

PCTC2

PCTC2

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Yeah. I got my laptop just the other day. Toshiba Satellite with Intel C2D T7200.

I was encoding a movie on it and it hit 78C on both cores and the fan barely came on.
(you can tell when it's on... it's loud) (it's on high-performance mode, plugged in)

do those pads with fans actually work? would that actually increase airflow enough to be worth the price (a measly $30-50, but on my paychecks right now, that's a lot)?

thanks for info/help.
 
thanks. it runs constantly between 50C and 65C and i just wanted to cool it. sucker gets hot. looks like i know what i'm getting next paycheck.
 
You don't necessarily need one with a fan.

This cooler worked just as well without the fan running than it did with the fan running and even "overclocking" the fan didn't help:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=109

I reviewed tihs Thermaltake pad and still use it today:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=105

The only problem with it is after a lot of heat up/cool down cycles it gets lumpy. But you can heat the hole thing up with a hair dryer (not sure how it would like being stuck in the oven) to melt the salt and bring it back to an even consistancy.
 
Anything that increases the space between the bottom of your laptop and w/e you put it on will help your temps alot. I cringe every time my wife starts to use her laptop on the bed. I got her a really cheap passive cooler that folds for traveling and probably extended the life of her laptop by years.

 
I decided to make my own for my Toshiba A200. haha.

I used an old binder, an old 120mm fan and an old 80mm fan, some USB cords, a powered USB hub, and lots of duct tape.

I spliced the power cables on the fans to the USB cords. I cut holes into the binder directly below the CPU blower and the RAM (it has it's own vent).
Using duct tape and whatever I could find, I made a stable platform out of it. It can even charge my cell phone and MP3 Player.

Pics coming soon!

Temps (running Norton):
Without: 60C
With: 53C

EDIT: Post 314!
 
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