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"Laptop Cooling"

OK, I'm really getting angry now. I buy a £1200 laptop and it's the noisiest thing in the world, ever. When running at full fan power it's just plain stupid, I'll get a sound clip of it 'taking off' next time.

Anyway, what good (AND QUIET!!) ways are there of cooling this thing further? It's so 'ing noisy it's doing my head in, I can't play music quietly as I can't hear it over the fan sometimes!

I sooooo want to get a desktop.

I'm gonna end up smashing this thing. I'm trying to work and it keeps going mad, it's just so noisy. I'm NEVER buying a laptop ever again!

Now, how would I go by accessing the fan in the first place, there doesn't seem to be any sort of panel on the back that I can take off to get to it? Is there a special way of doing this?

Maybe if I clean it out it might help.

The system has been idling for the past 30 mins, but the processor is at 57 degrees and the HD is at 49 deg.

phi11ip wrote:
> Garin wrote:
> Several options for external cooling, you might try something like
> this:
> [URL]http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_2839.html[/URL]
>
> Hmmmm, if I were to disable the fan completely and to just use that,
> do you think it would work effectively?

Not a chance, you need the airflow the fan provides.

Judging from your complaining about its activity, it seems to me that the first stop should be to try replacing the laptop fan. Unfortunately its a non-trivial thing (depending on the laptop) so you might well be better finding out from the manufacturer how much a servicing will cost.

It might be worth downloading something like winbond hardware doctor and seeing what kind of temps you're running at too. An additional factor could be the heat sensors are damaged/blocked. I think your fan is kicking in far too much and for far too long from what you're saying. So ultimately buying additional cooling is just delaying the inevitable anyway.

Ah, it might be going madder than usual today because it was playing music in the background. It's plugged into my radio which isn't on AUX. If it goes mad again I'll scream.

lcarus wrote:
> Sounds (OMFG ha de ha) like one bought from SR.

It's one of the ones that SR sell! I didn't get it from here though.

I'm going to cry. It's too loud.

Even I know better than that.

Sounds (OMFG ha de ha) like one bought from SR.

What laptop do you have? (so I can avoid it).

Garin wrote:
> Several options for external cooling, you might try something like
> this:
> [URL]http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_2839.html[/URL]

Hmmmm, if I were to disable the fan completely and to just use that, do you think it would work effectively?

Hmmmmm.

It's going mad at the moment, I'm going to lose my temper with it soon and trash it. I've come close already.

I hate it, I can't hear the radio over it!!

Have you tried showing it to the manufacturers and explaining that if they don't fix it you'll sue as they haven't sought the rights to build an airport runway?

Plus it might be faulty...