On Wed, April 4, 2007 5:32 pm, Karl Cunningham wrote: > On 4/4/2007 5:27 PM, Lan Barnes wrote: >> Thanks. Excellent info. >> >> I am wondering about exposing the radiator and running an external fan >> on it. > > You could position a vacuum cleaner hose at the air outlet of the > laptop, with the appropriate vacuum attachment of course. Usually > laptops are constructed such that the CPU heatsink is close to the air > outlet. At least you could see how much it affects CPU temp. The more it > does the better the condition of the thermal grease. > > Karl
This is an interesting construction. The spring that holds the heat transfer pad to the CPU has three (my hand to god) copper tubes running from it to a comb-like radiator that the fan forces air through. I figure the tubes are empty and just transfer heat by conduction. But it looks like refrigeration tubes. Because I losened the spring clamp, I figure the pad lifted and the grease contact was broken ... needs refreshing. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
