- Made my own heat pad
- Posted by Bill Ray on October 3rd, 2003
So today I went to Fry's and was in search of a "laptop heat pad" due to my
lap getting smoked by my machine. They wanted $20 for one.
I went to a plastics supply house and got a piece of 1/4 lexan and laid my
computer on top, traced around it and with a little time investment with the
Dremel tool I came out with a pretty darn good little home-grown version.
My next step is to get some closed-cell foam rubber and affixing it to the
bottom of the plate.
Another benefit is protection, as the pad is solid and is a good shield
while in the case..
Anyhow, just thought I'd share. 
--
BR
- Posted by mike on October 3rd, 2003
Bill Ray wrote:
So,
now that you've cut off an exit path for the heat, where do you think
it's gonna go? And is that good?
mike
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- Posted by Bill Ray on October 3rd, 2003
Currently there's a 1/2 inch gap between the bottom of the computer and the
board. I can get some of those cool little rubber feet and putthem on the
top to further raise the machine up.
--
BR
"mike" <spamme0@juno.com> wrote in message news:3F7D432F.2040405@juno.com...
- Posted by David L on October 3rd, 2003
"mike" <spamme0@juno.com> wrote in message news:3F7D432F.2040405@juno.com...
isn't that the same principal when sitting on a desk?
- Posted by nuttin on October 3rd, 2003
I use a folding shelf from Kmart; laptop sits on coated wire shelf which has
two supports on each side and has tons of air circulation under it. It's
about six bucks and my lap never gets near the laptop. Goes in my car, in
my suitcase, etc.
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- Posted by mike on October 4th, 2003
David L wrote:
of heat. But it is conducting some heat away. If you insulate it,
it gets worse.
The space between the plate and the bottom can help if there's airflow.
Guess it's a big briefcase.
mike
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Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
laptops and parts Test Equipment
4in/400Wout ham linear amp.
Honda CB-125S
400cc Dirt Bike 2003 miles $550
Police Scanner, Color LCD overhead projector
Tek 2465 $800, ham radio, 30pS pulser
Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head...
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
- Posted by David L on October 5th, 2003
"mike" <spamme0@juno.com> wrote in message news:3F7E9519.6020204@juno.com...
thanks for clearing that up, i guess it also depends on the positioning of
the vents.
- Posted by Musashi on October 7th, 2003
This product drops my Dell 8500 by 6 degress C (10 F), from 51C to
45C(123F to 113F) when I'm doing a lot of gaming. Othewise I leave it
off and it keeps things a little cooler just because it raises the
notebook and allows more passive airflow.
Review
http://www.overclockedcafe.com/noteb...ernotebook.htm
Product info and purchase info.
http://www.cybercoolerinc.com/nk-360.html
http://www.mcgail.com/cybercooler.html
Musashi
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 01:55:58 -0700, "Bill Ray" <bill@billraydrums.com>
wrote:
