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    Alienware Liquid cooled laptop by Asetek

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Fatal1ty39, Mar 20, 2012.

  1. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    hmmm.. I wonder if its less than 3 oz of liquid
     
    ejohnson, Mar 26, 2012
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  2. sticky

    sticky Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, I want this already. Asetek, you have a bunch of sales just right here.
     
    sticky, Mar 27, 2012
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  3. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    I am extremely doubtful that there is any risk of leakage......saying that as someone who HAS watercooled a few systems and is pretty familiar with it all
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Mar 27, 2012
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  4. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    Not sure why they need to wait for dell to implement anything though.They didn't wait on dell when they sold all their other after market stuff. I would buy this though, but not in it's current state. And no one is making that battery in half sizes at the moment since that's what they are using. or in this case, just the battery cover.


    So to asetek....you guys need to move that pump to the 2nd gpu fan housing. if you do this, you can then start selling today. :)
     
    Johnksss, Mar 28, 2012
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  5. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    I'd rather sacrifice the optical drive vs losing the extra fan.
     
    Aikimox, Mar 28, 2012
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  6. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    2 things wrong with that.
    1: it's water
    2: you can put a smaller fan if need be or allow the pump to incorporate a fan.

    losing another drive would be out the question for the masses... :)
     
    Johnksss, Mar 28, 2012
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  7. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    It's personal, hehe. I hate optical drives :) But you're right, the majority wouldn't part with it so easily.
     
    Aikimox, Mar 28, 2012
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  8. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    you may hate optical but then you can slap another ssd or hard drive in there and get far more usage than slapping a pump in there. :D
     
    Johnksss, Mar 28, 2012
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  9. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    Tried that and it wasn't stable. Something to do with the controller. Seen a few other members with similar issues, dismissed the idea. 2 drives (1TB) is more than enough for me.
     
    Aikimox, Mar 28, 2012
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  10. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    i know how we all like to down play an option because of something else, but there is no way im going to be using a broken notebook that i paid 3600 bucks for. there is no down playing that.

    but hey, that's just me.
     
    Johnksss, Mar 28, 2012
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  11. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    Down playing is only valid if you have any use for the option. I forgot when was the last time I needed a DVDROM. It's gonna disappear just like floppy disks did, just takes a bit longer (blu-ray players are still considered the top tech, lol).

    On a side note, I don't even think they need to sacrifice anything, just rearrange the components a bit when they R&D the R3 :p
     
    Aikimox, Mar 28, 2012
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  12. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    i hope it will never disapear ... i don't have a hobe blueray reader my blue-ray drive is in my laptop and i plug it to my tv when i need
     
    granyte, Mar 28, 2012
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  13. hg111_abc

    hg111_abc Newbie

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    will this really be used on M18X r2?
     
    hg111_abc, Mar 28, 2012
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  14. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    We are trying to get it used on the m18xr1. (for those of us that have that. :D)
     
    Johnksss, Mar 28, 2012
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  15. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    I don't think so. If Dell was a smaller company it could happen. IMHO, if they ever implement something like that, it's gonna be no sooner than the M18xR3.
     
    Aikimox, Mar 28, 2012
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  16. Johnksss

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    The only part that is dells call is the battery and warranty, since a new battery would have to be fashioned. the palm rest can be purchased and modded. this works if they choose a different location of the pump. also...warranty will not be included from dell! (that's the main stopping point from most even considering this) and asetek will not accept responsibly...

    so...more than likely...it will stay just that...a prototype. and since dell wont even consider it unless they them selves can install and run it through rigorous testing for a few months...this will more than likely not make it the first go round...
    but i would be willing to give it a shot if they move the pump.
     
    Johnksss, Mar 29, 2012
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  17. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    perhaps we can give it a little help by pushing this through the dell sugestion site
     
    granyte, Mar 29, 2012
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  18. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    one would hope..., but testing needs to travel it's quality control path first....
     
    Johnksss, Mar 29, 2012
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  19. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Someone already posted a thread on IdeaStorm, if I can find the link, I'll post it here.
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 29, 2012
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  20. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    Made me lol....good one John....haha
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Mar 30, 2012
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  21. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Here is the idea for Liquid cooling by Asetek inside M18x.
    Everybody vote. Let Dell see the interest :)

    We should have made a new thread for it to collect votes btw
    Idea Storm
     
    Cloudfire, Mar 31, 2012
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  22. spidert622

    spidert622 Notebook Consultant

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    I am going to be grabbing a sager np9270, and I would be extremely pleased if sager would take advantage of this new cooling idea. If they don't I'll go for the M18x with dual 680m's when they come out, and the liquid cooling of course :)
     
    spidert622, Apr 2, 2012
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  23. sticky

    sticky Notebook Consultant

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    Any update on this? Doesn't look like it will be an official upgrade from Dell so if they took the time to do the prototype why not just sell it to M18X owners?

    I'll buy it.
     
    sticky, May 13, 2012
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  24. Ironleaf

    Ironleaf Notebook Guru

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    Ironleaf, Jul 17, 2012
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  25. jtravapd

    jtravapd Notebook Consultant

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    I was able to overclock to the speeds he speaks of in the videos without liquid cooling, but the idea is pretty cool. I would guess any parts that the coolant runs through would have to be separated from any other components so if there is a breakage, the only thing that would be ruined would be your desk or lap for that matter. The more i think about it, they could use flexible coolant tubing and run that through a secure solid outer tubing so if there is a leak or break the coolant would just leak into the outer tube and be contained instead of filling up your laptop. lol. The problem is they don't give any real information. Everything , even in the video is all common sense knowledge. I wanna know how they plan to seal it, to prevent leaks, cost, ect..

    loop.jpg loop_bottom.jpg liquid_cooled_laptop.jpg



    Liquid Cooled Laptops - Asetek, Inc. here is the link...



     
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    jtravapd, Aug 27, 2014
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  26. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Post prior to yours looks to be more than two years ago. This topic got a lot of attention after the video was released, if I recall, but then was left dead in the water.
     
    TurbodTalon, Aug 27, 2014
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  27. TBoneSan

    TBoneSan Laptop Fiend

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    Someone here mentioned the rights were purchased and shelved by Dell.
     
    TBoneSan, Aug 28, 2014
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  28. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Great at sharing heat across heatsinks and not much else. I suppose if you want to turn your GPUs to the lowest and go for a CPU bench record this is the setup for you.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 28, 2014
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