idle temp 60 ~~~
is your surrounding not cooling and dont have air flow

I see. The temp usually is around 55 Celcius when idle; but easily goes up to 60 Celcius when running some basic applications such as MS Word and Firefox.

Anyway, I find that the airflow at the back vent becomes much weaker then before even when the fan is spinning at full speed.

notice at pc fair, they sell cooler for as low as rm27, local made, 3 fan.

is the blue led transparent nb coolerpad is good enuf?

might get 1 since the price is cheap and looking good.

what model is your laptop ...
idle temp 55 worrr.....

the airflow become weaker ..
then must be dust starting to choke the vent

made of what ?
plastic ? or aluiminium ?

use vacuum at all ventilation areas to suck out all the dust that could possibly clog the airway

The model is Asus A3N.

Actually I already took the fan out and cleaned it. But for the heat sink, I have no idea on how to do cleaning... ;-P

Hi Sotong168, may I know where can I get a 'vacuum' from and how much for each?

wow, u opened up the casing and clean it? that is clean enuf i suppose, what i meant is to use normal vacuum cleaner to vacuum the ventilation grill/exhaust, since u already cleaned the internal blower, i suppose nothing to clean again. if u have experience and dare to take the risk, try to clean thoroughly & re-apply thermal paste on the heatsink, if ur unit is still under warranty, better get the manufacturer to diagnose lar

@Andrewhajime: not sure, too many people cant get a chance to test it

i think , with a touch ....
you can differentiate between a metal and plastic

how much will cost me for notepal 15" ver??

99 retail i tink, stil can be bargain...depends on ur skillz

i always recomend those coolers with full alu built...i've been goin aroun n testing those lappies coolers...all of em doesnt produce much airflow unless u mod the voltage urself which will shorten ur lappy standby time if ur using battery.

so, normally lappy coolers dont really depend on da fan, it depend on da pad material, if its alu / copper(quite rare for copper), the heat from ur lappy will spread thru the pad faster and extend to a wider surface, then the heat will be released into da air more efficiently

if ur room is equipped with air conditioner...da alu pad will feel ICY~

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced alu cooler for a dv6205tx (with the headphone/mic ports up in front)?

u can get a coolermaster notepal, they come in 2 sizes, 1 for small lappy 1 for bigger lappy.
da smaller 1 cost like under 99, da bigger 1 forgoten
if its too costly for ya, jus gota get other brands i guess...

edit: ooo didn read bout da headphone thing....erm, its kinda hard 2 find full alu flat cooler, normally they comes with plastic bottom, or maybe the coolermaster zodiac (roughly the name is like that) which a lil ugly in design imo

This post has been edited by vahn87: Apr 16 2007, 11:24 AM

Check the Garage Sale,if Im not mistaken,i've seen someone selling Vantec ones.

vantec lapcool4, but its plastic

I thought I saw one which has 4 fans made of aluminium,not sure though.

Thanks I was thinking of looking into the Cooler Master Coolpad or Notepal P1. Anyone have any thoughts on either?

ooh.. shit.. haha got notepal.. but also got problem with the head phone jack.. built in front.. have to "push" my lappy up abit in order to use it.. haih...

sum plastic already cost 50-60... if add 20-30 more can get aluminum more better...