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    Does cooling pad pull air away from notebook or

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jack53, Dec 17, 2007.

  1. jack53

    jack53 Dell XPS 9360 i7 Lover!

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    If the vents at the bottom of the laptop are for intake you'd definitely want the cooler to blow in.
     
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    Well... it is working pretty good as with 4-5 browser pages open, the temps are normally in the 48-52 C. Now they stay between 35-40 C. BIG improvement!!!
     
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    i was using the antec laptop cooler (until it broke). It pulled air away from the unit. I would definitely have preferred it blow air INTO the unit.

    As people have said, pulling air away from the unit creates a pseudo-vacuum. The cooler is pulling air away while the laptop is pulling air in.
     
    Tokar, Dec 21, 2007
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    I also like the laptop coolers that blow air into the laptop, because it not only cools the frame of the laptop, but blows the cold air for the intake fans to cool off the internal parts as well. Even though the cpu fan blows air out of the laptop, the cold air will still reach the cpu because of the other intake fans. I've always noticed that the coolers that blow air into the laptop work a lot better.
     
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    Mine blows air which makes sense. The cooling pad forces more air into the laptop and it does make a difference. Air intake is at the bottom and exhaust is coming thru the rear of the laptop. That's why the laptop overheats when the bottom vents are blocked...no air coming in to cool the unit.
     
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    what pads do you guys have that BLOW air into the unit?
     
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    I use the Zalman NC1000 for my dv2500t and the CPU temperature still reaches ~50C from time to time. But I mainly bought the cooler for the HD cuz it was really getting a little bit too warm IMO. Now it lowers a to around 40C when fully loaded.
     
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    I too would be interested to know which ones BLOW air. The Targus I have sucks air and the Antec I tried before that also sucks air. The Targus quoted two messages above this one sucks air according to the specs "Prevent overheating: Two-fan cooling system pulls heat away from the notebook and prevents the CPU from overheating during use". I thought my Targus unit blew air weakly but then found out that it really was sucking. I was just feeling the air "rushing" by at the fan intake and mistook it for blowing. When I felt around the back of the unit at the air vent/exhaust, I felt it was blowing out there. I am not saying people are wrong but just thought I would mention that I initially thought mine was blowing at first until I really investigated and found both the place where the air came in and the place where the air exited out and then compared them while the fan was running.
     
    xvvvz, Dec 21, 2007
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