Did anyone try with modding the laptop fan before? My laptop is using pc processor which leads to noisy fan. I'm looking a better way for its cooling system so that it can cool down the processor while doesn't make so much noise. Any idea?

get a notebook cooler

habis cerita liao...

if u open & change the internal parts u can void ur warranty....

hurm..u can..juz becarefull..n one more thing...there's not much thing u can do in da laptop cooling..maybe juz remove the thermal paste n subsitute wit artic silver 5...(hey it works for me)

as5 + notebook cooler...

THE END

openning the laptop parts to apply AS5? Just be sure to take lots of pics while disassembling ur laptop...who knows after reassembly u may have an extra screw

best solution....notebook cooler....

owh.. i thought ur lappy fan got problem that make loud noise.. what laptop brand do u use?? until now i already dissamble several laptop.. Asus i think quite easy to open the CPu compartment.. i also applied AS5 to my previous laptop

then i might void ur warranty liao lor???
if future wanna RMA also cannot liao

mine.. warranty already expired.. eventhough, got no warranty when buy..

best solution is notebook cooler..

maybe can try to put it Gfx fan inside if small enuf lar. btw i think those pc manufacturer is charging way high for a fan replacement.. if u found out ways to mod by urself pls lemme know cos i got one compaq here will only run around 15mins before hanging.

lol.. the best way to solve your notebook from overheated.. USE NOTEBOOK COOLER!

may be u can put the pic of ur fan, then other can give idea how to do it..

get the darn notebook cooler lar end of the story use brain lar

Notebook cooler is never the end of the story, my friend. I've been using it for 4 years plus and I think now my laptop USB a bit 'gila-gila' power problem (short-short tei), I think.

Plug in 3 USB stuffs and my PC start to hang. Put in PCMCIA also have "kong" 1 USB2.0 card and a WiFi card

Thinking of plugging to AC but too many wires making the desk messy. Sigh! My side of the story is that prolonged use of the Notebook Cooler might risk undervolting your PC on its USB usage.

This post has been edited by tutiger: May 28 2006, 09:08 PM

Very smart If use notebook cooler CAN solve the problem...I'll chop ar.

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: May 29 2006, 12:00 AM

I 'm gonna explain myself.

Notebook Cooler helps in cooling down the Notebook
but it won't solve your problem especially when it comes to the processor

It's like adding a fan on the outside of your PC and a faulty fan at the processor

This post has been edited by tutiger: May 28 2006, 10:18 PM

Ok...now have a bit more time.

First of all, notebook coolers don't really work.

Yeah there's fans and all but what it really does is cool the plastic and doesn't
really do much for what's inside.

In some situations, especially with the older notebook designs whereby the air intake is on the bottom of the notebook..it helps by raising the notebook up from the desk and hence improving intake but thats about it.

Since it's highly unlikely that you'll be able to find a fan to replace ur stock notebook fan (they're custom made for each model by the way)... the only practical suggestion would be to improve the thermal interface.

The pic below is a typical lappy thermal module for P4 cpu's... see all that mess on the base? Remove that junk with alcohol and replace them with some proper thermal paste. That should help a lil.

Additionally, just do like what we do on desktop... clear the fan from dust and the intake grill as well.

ya man...i just took apart my compaq lappy yesterday ..i wuz havng similar problems but also with my hdd so i just applied as5 to almost everything i think produces heat... then put everything back got like loads of exra screews...haja bt still working...im using it right now to typr this message...bt my other compaq is bad lah..i try to dimatle it ..accidently drop it..bt the lcd still working amazing.....so i took it out and now its in the garage sales...

I think clean up ur lappy heatsink ... send for polish/Mirror shine and put the best termal paste. modded fan quite hard to do because the limited size of space.

is it normal for P4 cpu notebook to hang after 15 minutes or so? i had an m-life hyundai.. which is very anoying... i felt like i've wasted money and bought a junk back home.. how could they actually sale this crap to people....

i'm using a master cooler cooling fan... no effects... havent try the AS5 paste yet... where can i get it anyway? .. is there any other alternative to prevent the notebook from hang everytime...?

i dunno if this help, but i hope it does,, my gf lap top is dang hot, coz the kaki/rubber that make the gap between surface tercabut(if u dun understand try find rubber or any thing that avoid laptop from the surface, for airflow i think).. so i try to replace with something else, but still hot. so i tried to open the laptop proc cover, i bogelkan kipas dia ,, gues what i found? rambut, habuk, benang ... so i clean the fan,, and the fan now produce less noise.

next i bought her coolermaster laptop cooler, , i leave the proc fan open,,, the proc fan bogel plus laptop cooler ,, not much different but now my gf dont complain laptop keyboard panas

Did u check ure RAM. My Ferrari lappy cost me an arm n a leg oso was like that tru no fault of it's own. It was the extra stick of 512mb ram I added. It was faulty, after changing a new stick no more probs. It was heat related too. I tried a CM Coolpad n it did prolong the time b4 hanging or restarting but it still did after about 45mins - 1 hour of games when it got really hot. The ram hatch cover was so hot that I cudn even touch it.