Laptop Cooling Pad

**liv** · April 8th, 2009 07:16 PM

i recently bought a laptop... i noticed that the bottom portion really gets hot... is it necessary to have a cooling pad? TIA

**1D4LV** · April 8th, 2009 08:36 PM

^ i think so... it helps in heat dissepation.
i am using one myself.

**Negus** · April 8th, 2009 08:47 PM

I just bought an aluminun-type notebook holder. Works ok and cheaper too.

**ghosthunter** · April 8th, 2009 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by liv

i recently bought a laptop... i noticed that the bottom portion really gets hot... is it necessary to have a cooling pad? TIA

not necessarily a cooling pad. You can use anything that can lift the back or whole laptop off the table to give it an extra space under it for better ventilation. Even an old pelota ball cut in half is handy to prop up the rear of a laptop.

**ruelsdcz** · April 9th, 2009 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by 1D4LV

^ i think so... it helps in heat dissepation.
i am using one myself.

+1...i am using the transparent one.

sir kung Intel Celeron lappy mo normal po na malakas mag-init.

OT....sir 1D4LV did u check the direction of airflow? sa akin pabuga before but binaliktad ko kci dapat hihigupin nya ung heat pababa/palabas ng lappy.

**leinahtan** · April 9th, 2009 07:12 AM

I use one. The cheapest from CD-R King with two fans. It does do its job

**jozef_10** · April 9th, 2009 09:11 AM

a cooling pad adds stress to the psu of the laptop unless you use those usb-power outlet converter

**1D4LV** · April 9th, 2009 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by ruelsdcz

+1...i am using the transparent one.

sir kung Intel Celeron lappy mo normal po na malakas mag-init.

OT....sir 1D4LV did u check the direction of airflow? sa akin pabuga before but binaliktad ko kci dapat hihigupin nya ung heat pababa/palabas ng lappy.

yup, binaliktad ko din palabas.

**Psylocke** · April 14th, 2009 02:48 AM

sometimes they do more harm coz they interfere with the normal airflow of the internal cooling fans

**Camgen6** · April 14th, 2009 10:32 AM

Targus cool pad for my Dell Laptop, works great, 2 fans sucks air away and to the back, USB and you can't tell if it is on or off, very silent, low profile and matches the color of my Inspiron 1420. It will add about half an inch to the thickness of the your laptop.

On the other hand, I bought the Belkin cool pad for my wife's HP dv2715nr. Not only it blows air towards the laptop, it is very noisy couldn't stand it!!! single fan, USB and doesn't have on/off switch. Not low profile, it is curve and if you don't pull the rear stand it will rock back and fort. It will add about 2+ inches to the height of your laptop. Wife doesn't use it.