Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:29:32 -0800 From: John Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Better Cooling By Drilling Holes? ( Was: Alas, L100 Wasn't Reliable At 266MHz)
John, my goal is a Lib that runs reliably without the keyboard lifted up or other unusual measures, in pretty much all ambient temperature and workload conditions.
This makes me wonder, though - suppose one drilled many holes in the metal shield that separates the motherboard from the keyboard? Perhaps this would improve cooling, while the only negative would be a pleasant warmth at the fingertips? Or would the heat damage the keyboard?
Along the same lines, suppose one drilled holes in the underside of the Lib's lower case. Some of the holes would be directly underneath the hard drive, which seems like not a bad thing for cooling. Otherwise would be directly under the PCMCIA cards, which might or might not be useful for cooling. Some others would be between the drive and PCMCIA, and could allow air to flow directly up to the motherboard.
Has anyone tried this?
On Mar 20, 2005, at 4:10 AM, John Musielewicz wrote:
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 04:08:47 -0800 (PST) From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Alas, L100 Wasn't Reliable At 266MHz
You are correct in that you need to use thermal grease. You also need to lift the keyboard up to let air flow a little better. Did you make sure to replace the copper conducter when you took it out?
