Fan Cooling Pad

Vikingod · Feb 25, 2005, 07:29 PM

Well, to solve over heating problems with my I5150 notebook, I am looking into a cooling pad for it. This is the first one I liked. You guys have any suggestions as to what to look for and what to buy. I don't really want to spend a lot of money on it, just something that does its job and doesn't take away my USB ports. Personal experience would be helpful. Thanks.

Necrosis · Feb 25, 2005, 08:56 PM

I have the cheaper blue version of this one, and it works great especially on my old Dell work laptop. It also keeps my Palomino Compaq cool too, which is no small feat.

Vikingod · Feb 25, 2005, 09:41 PM

thanks for the reply, I saw that one, but I liked the added USB ports. Anyone else have suggestions.

Randy P · Feb 26, 2005, 08:29 PM

Hey, this looks like mine, but mine's called LapCool, not lapcool 2.... It's a 2.0 hub as well. It works great. However, I also have a crazy ass fan mounted to the wall pointing down on the top of the laptop as well...the latter is probably overkill. But, what you are looking at works great.

SpydeR · Mar 6, 2005, 08:10 AM

I have one of these, not that particular model, but I've noticed that my laptop runs about 10* celcius cooler with the cooling pad on than with it off. It's a good investment, trust me.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Mar 6, 2005, 12:51 PM

you realise there are cheaper options?
http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/dd/11...Cooler%2520Pad

http://www.hardcorecooling.us/index....ROD&ProdID=767

http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/dd/10...EC-NP-101%2520

http://www.censuspc.com/Merchant2/me...Code=CF300-NEB

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...ok+Accessories

Just do a serch on www.pricewatch.com

Necrosis · Mar 6, 2005, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

you realise there are cheaper options?
http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/dd/11...Cooler%2520Pad

http://www.hardcorecooling.us/index....ROD&ProdID=767

http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/dd/10...EC-NP-101%2520

http://www.censuspc.com/Merchant2/me...Code=CF300-NEB

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...ok+Accessories

Just do a serch on www.pricewatch.com

The only one I see out of this list I would use is Evercool one.

eatingrich · Mar 10, 2005, 12:04 PM

how weird, i literally came to this place to ask a similar question

so basically i seem to have a similar problem, my laptop overheats, but it slows down my pc then shuts it off, presumably because the CPU overheats and turns itself off.

i had this problem a while ago, contacted tech support for this place i got it from and they said it was the cpu had broken because i had filled the hard drive completely and i shouldn't do that (i know, shit company, thank god they went out of business). so anyway they changed the cpu but the same thing happened again but now they're out of business anyway so i'm stuck with this laptop. it works fine to a point, but overheats, i have about 14gig on a 20gig HDD free but it still does it. i think using the net alot overheats

anyway, i had my suspicions they were putting cheap crappy fans onto laptops or something, couldn't reduce heat enough (all the heat comes from the side the fan is on, and the left hand side, which is fan free, generally remains fairly cool) and therefore the cpu crashed when the hard drive gave it too much to do.

so i went on ebay to look stuff up and saw cooler pads, which i'd never heard of before. and they look like they could be the answer, if i keep the laptop cool it shouldn't overheat and i won't have problems...is that right? or do you think basically its completely fucked and even if it keeps cool it'll crash (though i'm 100% sure the cooler it is the longer it stays on, sometimes i have to point a fan at it to stop it from crashing while i'm doing stuff)

any ideas greatly appreciated! sorry if this should be a thread itself, i'll cut and paste etc if so, i justt hought it was relevant re cooler pads, which i'd never heard of before!

SiS 630/730
AMD 1.4GHZ
256MB Ram shared with Graphics 64MB
20Gig HDD

thanks!

Feb 25, 2005, 07:29 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Fan Cooling Pad Well, to solve over heating problems with my I5150 notebook, I am looking into a cooling pad for it. This is the first one I liked. You guys have any suggestions as to what to look for and what to buy. I don't really want to spend a lot of money on it, just something that does its job and doesn't take away my USB ports. Personal experience would be helpful. Thanks.

Mar 6, 2005, 12:51 PM	#6
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	you realise there are cheaper options? http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/dd/11...Cooler%2520Pad http://www.hardcorecooling.us/index....ROD&ProdID=767 http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/dd/10...EC-NP-101%2520 http://www.censuspc.com/Merchant2/me...Code=CF300-NEB http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...ok+Accessories Just do a serch on www.pricewatch.com __________________

Feb 25, 2005, 08:56 PM	#2
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	I have the cheaper blue version of this one, and it works great especially on my old Dell work laptop. It also keeps my Palomino Compaq cool too, which is no small feat.

Feb 25, 2005, 09:41 PM	Thread Starter #3
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	thanks for the reply, I saw that one, but I liked the added USB ports. Anyone else have suggestions.

Feb 26, 2005, 08:29 PM	#4
Randy P HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 489 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Hey, this looks like mine, but mine's called LapCool, not lapcool 2.... It's a 2.0 hub as well. It works great. However, I also have a crazy ass fan mounted to the wall pointing down on the top of the laptop as well...the latter is probably overkill. But, what you are looking at works great.

Mar 6, 2005, 08:10 AM	#5
SpydeR DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	I have one of these, not that particular model, but I've noticed that my laptop runs about 10* celcius cooler with the cooling pad on than with it off. It's a good investment, trust me.

Mar 10, 2005, 12:04 PM	#8
eatingrich HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 159 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	how weird, i literally came to this place to ask a similar question so basically i seem to have a similar problem, my laptop overheats, but it slows down my pc then shuts it off, presumably because the CPU overheats and turns itself off. i had this problem a while ago, contacted tech support for this place i got it from and they said it was the cpu had broken because i had filled the hard drive completely and i shouldn't do that (i know, shit company, thank god they went out of business). so anyway they changed the cpu but the same thing happened again but now they're out of business anyway so i'm stuck with this laptop. it works fine to a point, but overheats, i have about 14gig on a 20gig HDD free but it still does it. i think using the net alot overheats anyway, i had my suspicions they were putting cheap crappy fans onto laptops or something, couldn't reduce heat enough (all the heat comes from the side the fan is on, and the left hand side, which is fan free, generally remains fairly cool) and therefore the cpu crashed when the hard drive gave it too much to do. so i went on ebay to look stuff up and saw cooler pads, which i'd never heard of before. and they look like they could be the answer, if i keep the laptop cool it shouldn't overheat and i won't have problems...is that right? or do you think basically its completely fucked and even if it keeps cool it'll crash (though i'm 100% sure the cooler it is the longer it stays on, sometimes i have to point a fan at it to stop it from crashing while i'm doing stuff) any ideas greatly appreciated! sorry if this should be a thread itself, i'll cut and paste etc if so, i justt hought it was relevant re cooler pads, which i'd never heard of before! SiS 630/730 AMD 1.4GHZ 256MB Ram shared with Graphics 64MB 20Gig HDD thanks!