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    I'm wondering if I should get a cooling pad for my notebook

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by dmurray, Oct 20, 2011.

  1. dmurray

    dmurray Notebook Enthusiast

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    Basically, I got a laptop today, works fine, plays the games I want. The problem is, there seems to be a vent (albeit it doesn't make noise or push out hot air) underneath, right where my leg is when I use the laptop.

    So I'm wondering, would a cooling pad work and secondly, assuming I'm sitting on a bed, what exactly do I place the laptop on? I've seen small tables for laptops but they're just wood and I'm confused over it. What's the point of a wooden surface + a cooling pad if it's just going to be blocking the vents?

    Or is a wooden surface that much better than my lap? If so, does it matter what kind of table it is? Since I have a small footstep thing... about 3 or 4 inches in height and I could use that. But again, it looks like the vent underneath would be blocked by the wood so I have no idea.

    The other thing is, the laptop, on the bottom has a sort of... plastic bumps to raise it off the ground by about 2cms so I'm guessing that even if it's it just a tiny bit off the surface of the wood where the vents are, it's still good which would mean getting a wooden laptop tray plus a cooling pad would be ideal?

    Cheers for any help.
     
    dmurray, Oct 20, 2011
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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    as long as you have it on a hard flat surface, you should be fine. I say hard surface because something soft could get up and plug up the vent.

    That small footstep thing will do as long as its comfortable for you. I know many people that just use a flat wood board that they rest on their laps. As long as its comfortable for you...
     
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  3. dmurray

    dmurray Notebook Enthusiast

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    Now the only thing I can think of is that the stool isn't very wide; I'd say about half as wide (from front to back of the laptop) as the laptop, so around half the laptop will be just touching air, I guess.

    So should that keep the laptop cool than if it's on my legs since on Just Cause 2 the thing was really hot (as in where the vent is underneath) and I'm guessing that's the processor or GPU since it needed air to get it.
     
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    what kind of laptop do you have?

    ya, if the laptop is raised up and touching air, it will be much cooler
     
    SlickDude80, Oct 21, 2011
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