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    Are the intake holes on the bottom of the Aspire 5536-5142 missing on purpose?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by hadoooken, Jan 7, 2010.

  1. hadoooken

    hadoooken Newbie

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    I picked up an Aspire 5536 with the AMD QL-65 for my mother and when I took it out of the box today the first thing I noticed is that the vent holes underneath the heat sink aren't actually open. The molded grill is there but the bottoms of each opening is solid plastic. Searching around google I found no complaints about this being an issue so I don't know if it is on purpose, but it just seems weird.
     
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    hadoooken Newbie

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    These holes, are they meant to be sealed off?
     

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    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Maybe it's their new measure of preventing dust clogging the system - drawing air in through the vents and around the plastic piece to the fan.
    I honestly don't know, though. Hope you find an answer!
     
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