Impossible to use a laptop these days

[Achilles Tang]

What an oxymoron... a laptop that you can't put on your lap because of the intense heat generated by today's laptop!

Anyone knows of a gadget in the form of a flat base that can be attached below the laptop, with a USB powered fan(s).

It's also stupid to have to reboot your laptop because the heat eventually slows it down significantly.

ps - its my wife's laptop... and she's always griping about it too.

[bwilly]

go SLS check it out.. maybe have.

they got those USB light too..

[NgaoCi]

Yes, go to SLS, they do sell the fan (double headed ones) you can hooked it to your notebook base (the same u do it as a docking bay)

[Achilles Tang]

Hmmm... any good brands/models to recommend? Err.. how much will it cost me? Do they really reduce a lot of heat? And prevent heat from reaching your skin?

[NgaoCi]

Not much, abt 10 to 20 plus, all are from Taiwan or china , din saw any gd brands producing it.

[andysho]

can go to funan centre...too...

got one shop call south east asia or what..

a pretty big shop~~` around 20 to 30 i think

[Achilles Tang]

Do they really reduce a lot of heat? And prevent heat from reaching your skin?

[andysho]

actually they are very small "only 2 or or more blades on them~~~ can keep u a bit cool down~~ but if want serious cool~~ i dun think so~~ and they draw power from your laptop..so in another way also reduce the battery life of your laptop

[andysho]

hello AT

managed to get a review of this usb fan for you

Any fan will make noise...it's air being moved past plastic blades, of course it makes noise (what fan doesn't?). It has a relatively small cone of effect - which, if using a laptop that doesn't have heat problems (i.e. ANY iBook or PowerBook under normal use) that will adequately cool one's face. It really does a great job of this. Any undue drain on the battery could indicate a poorly designed USB power bus on the particular model computer, but is certainly not a universally experienced effect.

[NgaoCi]

Do they really reduce a lot of heat? And prevent heat from reaching your skin?

Depends, some of the more reputable ones r capable of dissipating the heat faster n also does not generate tat much heat.

I have tried using 2 brands of notebk. Both of r the same specs, after running 1hr, the heat rate generated is totally different, one is really hot while the other one is not.

[zephyros]

no pt, u cant possibly put the fan between the laptop and your lab

or r u trying out something else

dun waste the moni lah ... on the air-con or put the laptop on

some marble table ....

Cheers

Zephyros

[Achilles Tang]

Hmmm... looks like there's a market for such a device then!!

I'm gonna submit my patent for a temperature controllable peltier heatsink ceramic laptop cooler with inbuild lap massaging function!

It'll be a sell out... I just need some investment funds... any angels around?

Till then... I'll look around for the $20 device and make do.

[Benz...]

totally agree... my previous hp omnibook and apple powerbook can get so hot that you can actually fry an egg on them.... after searching ard, the only two laptops that i have used so far and have not burnt me lap are the new iBook and the newly revamp ibm ones... those using centrino... i have been using these surfing the net and on this forum witout any problems.... and they are on me lap all the time....

[Vinoth]

Can keep a magazine or some book between laptop and the lap. This will prevent the heat reaching the skin.

[NgaoCi]

Can keep a magazine or some book between laptop and the lap. This will prevent the heat reaching the skin.

Heat wun escape and will build up eventually,causing the OS to hang.

[SpiderOne]

MY GOD LOOK AT NGAOCI SIGNATURE. I NEVER WATCHED A 2 SECOND ANIMATION FOR 5 MINUTES BEFORE. MY GOD ONE OF THE BEST GIFS I EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

cheers to u

[ben]

[KingFish]

My laptop is on my lap most of the time.

I place an old magazine between me and the laptop, and a jewel case between the laptop and the magazine to allow air movement.

That's all ... no complicated device, no burns, no OS hangs

[hoppinghippos]

AT, actually why don't you simply DIY something yourself? a simple stand to go inbtwn the laptop and the lap which allows for some airspace inbwteen, plus some fans to provide airflow in the gap?

[yazid]

IMO,

1. Bad posture causes backache and neckache, if you use laptop on your lap.

2. For male, heat generated from the laptop on your lap may cause impotency.

3. Laptop is extremely useful in cold countries.

[alanseah]

lolz..

try mac power book.. and you will know what is call real hot for a laptop...

my power book is so hot that I can use it to keep myself warm in a server room of 16 degree or below..