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July 16th, 2003, 10:02 AM
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Laptop Cooling
I am looking for something to cool my ever so toasty 2.0ghz dell laptop. It is an Inspiron 8200 with a 2.0ghz p4-m and radeon 9000 64mb graphics card so it gets pretty damn hot.
I have been looking and have found cooling pads like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3708 But my question is this, is there something better? And if not, do these work very well? Also, since they are usb or PS2 powered, will it hurt anything to be using it 8hrs a day? Now keep in mind that there are no lockups or anything, I just get nervous when my $2k+ laptop gets so hot.
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July 16th, 2003, 04:25 PM
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I use the Targus Traveler CoolPad.
 It is passive and works great.
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July 16th, 2003, 08:45 PM
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How much, and got a link? I'm looking for something with fans if possible though, I'm kind of leary of passive coolers
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July 17th, 2003, 07:31 AM
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July 17th, 2003, 08:44 AM
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http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CP-B01-BLK
even if it doesn't work great, it's only 15.95 so there's no great loss.
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July 17th, 2003, 08:47 AM
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So how much power do those 'fiddly little fans' pull ? Methinks powering moving parts via usb is gonna suck my batteries dry ....
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July 17th, 2003, 08:49 AM
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July 17th, 2003, 08:49 AM
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Another thought.... passive cooling means you could put your laptop on your lap even when wearing shorts...but fans - ouch!
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July 17th, 2003, 08:59 AM
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He-he ... this is worse !
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July 17th, 2003, 11:31 AM
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