any pics for your cheapo one?? i am looking for really cheap ones..due to low budget

No brand,just some cheapo coolerpad.
Sorry,no photos of it.

Sorry,no photos of it.
Well,if you lappie is light around 2.4kg,then it's ok to get the cheapo coolerpad.
Mine is 3kg therefore it died after 3 months due to it's heavy weight forcing on it.

The most cheapo i saw in lowyat is just Rm25. Plastic with 2 fans.

ma bro's one didn... ma bro's lappie 2.9kg but da cooler pad lasted 3 years even now also working. Bud fan speed slow already. So ma bro wrapped aluminium sheet on it to dispence more heat. He bought it for 40 in 2003

Those plastic ones are definitely useless. Doesn't help with heat dissipation.

but i heard the plastic & aluminium yielded the same result as they dun have direct contact with heatsink, fan's orientation with exhaust's location is important.

Have you personally tried it?

I,myself had tried it and compared with a few,it works like charm.Just that it cannot take the weight of my laptop and the fan gave way.

Even hooking it up with a adapter instead of the USB works like charm,fan is strong though.

Any Coolermaster Notepal users here? Just wanna ask something.. There are 2 usb ports on the cooler. Do i need to connect both ports to the laptop? Coz the cooler doesnt seem to cool down my amd..

frm what i gathered, in general...notebook cooler pads (incl. coolermaster) actually are not so efficient in cooling processor, only hdd is cooled.

dude... simply plug it into one of the usb port....then the fan can lari liao... the other wan can use for other usb product....

I finally bought myself a laptop cooler. It looks like this acrylic cooler from this website.

http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2006-04DSale2740708.htm

got it from lowyat at RM45. Fan is faster than cooler pad. 3kRPM i think. I'm using wide screen lappie. not sure why price so big different but i think it is the same thing kwa..

The cooling effect i think got la a bit..around 1 to 5 celcius lesser for CPU temp. Maybe this is due to the reason that the fans does not directly hits my lappie fans.So, have i to adjust it somewhere. And i lift the whole cooler front part up more cos this way, the fan can suck up more air(tested with n without lifting up..fan blows more air when lifted up a little bit..about 5cm or so.)

Anyway, the LED is nice. looks good when i off my lights..haha.

i compared this with coolermaster and the zodiac by evercool. All also cannot fight this fan.Got one cooler can maybe can be compared to this. it's this one.
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=256562&st=0

the fan,although i think not as fast as the one i bought but it's aluminum which doesn't even touch your lappie bottom(should be as near as possibile to help heat dissipation) and also got 3 fans.So in the edn, i op for the acrylic one cos fast fan, look nice and fits my lappie(got speaker jacks in front along with USB port)

This post has been edited by cadmus: Nov 29 2006, 10:13 PM

hmm u using dell?? i am using dell 9400.. dont know the size or fan place is suit or not?? cause i am thinking to buy 1 for my 9400

so how's it???recommended for other forumers??if i open my laptop for torrent for the whole night....will my laptop still be cool??

erm...actually , notebook cooler juz manage to cool down around 1-3c for hdd and cpu...so it is actually not muz effect ...

for torrent , i use notebook cooler , 39c for hdd and 35c for cpu...

other is same ..

Yeah, i agee with steventan85 when he said only a few celcius drop. I guess i need to send my laptop for servicing..clean the fans.When my laptop is ideal state, it is about 50celcius. when play games that really high end,goes from 70 to 80 celcius. watch videos about 60celcius.

I'm using ACER 15.4 inch widescreen.The cooler fan is located in the center of the whole acrylic board.For my ACER laptop, the laptop fan is at the top right corner..so the cooler fan tak sentuh lngsung..that's why i said the effect might be lesser for me.The holes for RAM also tak sentuh the cooler fan.

Anyway, the cooler that i bought is smaller in size..i think it's for 14inch..but then when i put my laptop, it fits nicely..I would sugest bring laptop along to test n c whether fits yours or not if you gonna buy from lowyat.that's what i did.

IT depends on people whether like the dsign or not for laptop cooler. but then i can say that the fan for this acrylic is faster than coolermaster or the Zodiac by evercool.However, it only have 2 small fan which runs at 3krpm.

This post has been edited by cadmus: Nov 30 2006, 12:26 PM

i was jsut wondering. i went lookign for a coole pad. the guy told me the fan blows air upwards. meaning it blows air back up to the laptop. but doesn't the internal fan in the laptop blows the air outwards?
so got traffic jam??

or am i just jammed in the head?

It's true, some cooling pads are like that.

All you need to do is reverse the fans. Unscrew the fans in turn it upside down.

Cooler pads like CM's Notepal can be changed easily.

it may be harder or even impossible to reverse fans in plastic cooling pads.

Nowadays chepo plastic cooler selling damn cheap.
Only RM18 at pcfair.

Saw a plastic cheapo at RM15 only.... claim to be cheapest in PC Fair III 2006

Since the notebook never touch the frame, does it matter if it's aluminium or plastic ?
Have anyone tried to make their own customised notebook cooler ?

Check this out guys, water cooling for laptops.

http://www.instructables.com/id/EDZO09MXA3EV2Z4CFS/?ALLSTEPS

Let me warn you, Don't put your hopes too high....