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    Any cooling/heatsink mods out there?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by widezu69, Jun 17, 2011.

  1. svl7

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    Better get dry ice for benching, much more fun!! :D
     
    svl7, Jul 21, 2011
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  2. fittyman

    fittyman Notebook Consultant

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    Nothing like keeping the temps in the negative :p
     
    fittyman, Jul 21, 2011
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  3. Laxxi

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    I actually think the fan would give a greater airflow over the fins to be
    honest. Dry-ice is definately the way to go! Plus you can have loads
    of fun with it in other applications too.

    :D
     
    Laxxi, Jul 21, 2011
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  4. Alienware_M15X

    Alienware_M15X Notebook Enthusiast

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    Seems this is discountinued :D

    M17X R2, M11X have heatsink mod. The result is good :D
    Waiting for you guys :)
     
    Alienware_M15X, Feb 13, 2012
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  5. STiHiaL

    STiHiaL Notebook Consultant

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    Cooper pads, ~ 2 hours of work.
    Now average temps are 75-76 C.

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    STiHiaL, Feb 14, 2012
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  6. KumquatWrath

    KumquatWrath Notebook Evangelist

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    There's this for the 6970m by widezu, however it's pretty card-specific I believe haha
     
    KumquatWrath, Feb 14, 2012
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  7. Indiran

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    Using vacuum to cool it would not be recommended as the air at high speed might create static charge...
     
    Indiran, Feb 15, 2012
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  8. Dantheman221

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    I so wanna do this to my system too :D

    Anyway, I saw this guy here with a pretty successful liquid laptop. Hope I helped in some way. Powering everything through usb makes it much easier, dont it? xD

    Also note: The Tide Water's main purpose is to cool video cards :)

    PS: There's a new tide water plus out and it has dual waterblocks! Except, they both got discontinued and replaced with the thermaltake big water
     
    Dantheman221, Mar 21, 2012
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    otosan, Mar 22, 2012
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    Dantheman221, Mar 22, 2012
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    I have emailed them. Lets see what they say!

    Unfortunately it is a no go for us. Here is the response to my email.

    " The liquid cooling option for the Mx18 notebook is very unique and in particularly customized and build to the Mx18 model thus it is not interchangeable between Mx15 and Mx18. It will require chassis modifications and liquid loop modifications among others to fit together with a reduction of battery cells so we can unfortunately not support you in the your request.

    Thanks for the interest in our company    ."

    Unfortunate but at least I tried lol I personally wouldn't care about the modifications necessary or taking the battery out even...
     
    King of Interns, Mar 22, 2012
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    ekmek, Mar 28, 2012
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    otosan, Mar 29, 2012
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    ekmek, Mar 31, 2012
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