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"Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
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> Quaoar wrote:
>>
>> "Notan" <notan@ddress.com> wrote in message
>> news:413231FD.2AB5A41E@ddress.com...
>> > AndrewJ wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> What the currently known cpu laptop cooling method ?
>> >> >> i'm not talking about these fans you can put under the laptop,
>> >> >> but
>> >> >> about
>> >> >> internal solutions
>> >> >>
>> >> >> thanks
>> >> >
>> >> >Heat pipe cooling is typical (Google). There are no after-market
>> >> >internal cooling solutions for laptops.
>> >> >
>> >> >Q
>> >> >
>> >> No, you can get PCMCIA cards that blow air in the notebook. They
>> >> have
>> >> issues running correctly with XP, though.
>> >> http

/www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/3DCOOL_LaptopCooler/
>> >
>> > There is no physical communication between the slot and the inside
>> > of the laptop.
>> >
>> > Sounds like a scam, to me.
>> >
>> > Notan
>>
>> I have three recent laptops, all with a direct channel into the case
>> from the card slot which is more of a cage than a case. OTOH,
>> blowing
>> air into the case is in many laptops ineffective since with heat
>> pipes,
>> the cooling air is separated from the case air flow and has a
>> separate
>> fan and ductin - there is no use of case air since it is already warm
>> and heat pipes need all the help they can get with ambient air. Air
>> from the card slot might help the video processor cooling (if there
>> is
>> one) which uses case air.
>
> Interesting... I've got three laptops (all Dell, two newer, one older)
> and none of them have any type of communication.
>
> Brand dependent, maybe? Model? CPU?
>
> Notan
It might be new manufacturing technique to assemble the mainboard using
only one assembly station. My newest laptop, a Quanta design, looks
like the card slot is sealed when looking into it from outside. The
mainboard shows that it was designed to drop the fully-equiped mainboard
into the case, including all of the ports, slots, etc. The case has the
ejection tabs and a short conduit/support for the card, but internally,
the card is supported on plastic rails terminating in the connector and
is fully exposed. The rails are part of a plastic cage inserted
directly into the mainboard. Instead of two sealing flaps, one for each
card slot, there is only one flap. I note that there is a significant
air flow into the empty card slot since the flap is opened with only one
card inserted. The air is drawn in with the video chip fan.
Q