Ghetto Cooling your Laptop

Brian Ambrozy 16 Aug, 2005 at 12:46am ET Article published in Tech

Sometimes you just gotta do whatever it takes to get the job done. And when all you have to work with is an old case fan and some cardboard…. these are the things that happen. Short-Media.com presents a crude-yet-effective mod for quieting and cooling your laptop.

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Comments

16 Aug 2005 ~ 12:58am primesuspect Congrats, Leonardo, on your first published short-media guide!
16 Aug 2005 ~ 1:00am profdlp Nice article.

You've put the lap back in laptop, or at least it's now safe to put the laptop back in your lap.
16 Aug 2005 ~ 1:30am Leonardo You know, on my business trip last week to Seattle, there I was in the airliner, thinking to myself, "Now I can run this bad boy without burns to the delicates". Then it dawned on me - no 120 volts A.C. currency anywhere near my coach class seat...

Just kidding. I suppose the next project is to modify the hard drive bay. It gets so hot that the plastic door to the drive compartment gets hot to the touch. Sometimes I have to remove the door so the hard drive doesn't seize under intense usage. Hmm, wonder if the sysadmins would mind if I riddled with ventilation holes?
16 Aug 2005 ~ 1:33am Shorty Very nice
16 Aug 2005 ~ 2:07am Jengo thats awsome! you have inspired some cooling ideas in me!
16 Aug 2005 ~ 6:23pm Linc

Jengo wrote:

thats awsome! you have inspired some cooling ideas in me!

Write about them when they're done!