Do coolingpads really help?

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Sly

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Concerned because my netbook is running so hot, i got myself one of those plastic pads with a fan in the middle that's supposed to cool down your laptop.

My temps stayed the same and i might as well not be using it at all.

Did i get the wrong idea? Are these things supposed to cool your lap rather than the laptop?
 
I just tilt the laptop from the rear so air can flow underneath.
 
The netbook is an acer aspire one. The grills are at the front, so tilting it forward will actually block the vents. It's currently hitting 90+ degrees under load, 80 degrees on idle (Celsius, not Fahrenheit).
 
Yeah that sounds like something wasn't seated right or a fan is broken or something. But yes a notebook cooler will help but you should never need one for a netbook...
 
What's the temperature supposed to be with the AAO? Review sites seem to only measure the heat of the casing rather than the CPU.

This is what's showing up on my AAO.

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I'm not sure what the difference is between the two CPU temps so i don't know which one i'm supposed to be looking at.
 
I dont think it matters unless the reading itself is bogus.
My reasoning is that NOTHING in a netbook (or laptop) should reach that temp, regardless of what or where it is.
 
i bought a cheap cooling pad once, it didnt do crap but take up space. swiss makes a good metal pad that seems to do very well as far as airflow
 
heat is the enemy of any hardware. keeping hardware cool will most certainly extend the life of said hardware.

i keep my notebook on a cooling pad 24/7 and it definetly helps. before the bottom would get pretty damn hot but with the pad is doesn't even get warm.

I think thats why a lot notebooks fail after a certain number of years. The constant heat will cause components to fail.
 
I'm not sold on cooling pads mainly because I find it hard to believe the little fans pump out enough air to make a difference. Even on the highest settings, I felt nothing more than a breeze from the pad's fans.
 
Mr. Wolf said:
I'm not sold on cooling pads mainly because I find it hard to believe the little fans pump out enough air to make a difference. Even on the highest settings, I felt nothing more than a breeze from the pad's fans.
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I think the biggest advantage of the cooling pads is that it keeps air flowing underneath the notebook. Without one air has no room to circulate and so it keeps getting hotter and hotter. a cooling pad will keep cool fresh air pumping through the notebook and keep hot air out.
 
haadij404 said:
I think the biggest advantage of the cooling pads is that it keeps air flowing underneath the notebook. Without one air has no room to circulate and so it keeps getting hotter and hotter. a cooling pad will keep cool fresh air pumping through the notebook and keep hot air out.
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I agree with that. In fact, I've been using this X-Pad that I got on eBay. It was only $18 shipped and does a nice job keeping my MBP steady in my lap.

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You could make a small wooden stand with a silent 80 or 120mm fan blowing air in one side.
Use an old 12V or 7V mains adapter you have lying around to power it or even USB from the PC.

I'm doing similar cooling my amplifier and found an an old hard drive caddy PSU is perfect.
 
I once used Legos to build 2 posts that I propped under the rear corners of a 17' DTR laptop to give it some extra room to "breathe." :p
 
Sly said:
It's currently hitting 90+ degrees under load, 80 degrees on idle (Celsius, not Fahrenheit).
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Holy cow - 90c - I'm surprised the laptop didn't become a puddle on your desk. You are aware that 100c is known as water's boiling temp... :)
 
That's why i'm asking what the normal operating temp is for an Acer Aspire One when using Everest :(

As you can see i'm reading two CPU temps. One of them could be a sensor that's being misread, but could also be that one is inside the CPU and the other is reading from underneath the CPU socket.

So when they say that the normal temp is around 60. Which one are they referring to?
 
I have a Zalman laptop cooler and it makes a world of difference.

Granted, it is on my desk, not in my lap.

Since I have the CPU at 100% with F@H, i have to keep it cool.
 
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