I recently bought a new notebook [my old machine was... well old... needed a well deserved retirement. Goodbye ProcyonMk2 you ol' girl! :-P], about 2 months ago. ASUS K53 series, specs are:
ProcyonMk3:
15.6 inch screen @ 1366x768 WLED screen
Intel 2670QM CPU [4 Core + HT = 8 Threads]
NVIDIA GT 540M GPU [2GB DDR3 VRAM] [Optimus Solution]
ASint 8GB DDR3 RAM
WDC 5400RPM 750GB HDD
USB2.0 x 2, USB3.0 x 1
Atheros b/g/n Wifi, Realtek Audio, BT3, Altec-Lansing Speakers, 6 Cell Battery.
Basically a pretty powerful system. I wouldn't attach an ULTRA tag [my way of rating notebooks: low, midrange, high, ultra] to it but would consider it to be a HIGH end machine [a first for me since i am used to owning low to mid-range systems]...
Anyway, considering a heatwave thats been plaguing the area where I live, a decent cooling solution had to be designed as my old cooling pad was busted with 2 of its fans burnt out.
So basically I had this old but totally unused 12 volt .3 amps [3.6 watts] DC chassis fan lying around which I had extracted from my desktop since the mobo didn't have a chassis fan socket. Using an old router adapter rated at 12volts .7 amps DC [No.1 rule in Electrical Engg: Voltage should be the same, Current should be equal or more], laptop packaging and some nice nifty tools, made my own DIY cooling pad.
It turned out pretty good considering its simplicity.
Pics attached [I'm too lazy to take detailed photos, if you don't understand the design, then leave a comment and I could help you out]:
ProcyonMk3:
15.6 inch screen @ 1366x768 WLED screen
Intel 2670QM CPU [4 Core + HT = 8 Threads]
NVIDIA GT 540M GPU [2GB DDR3 VRAM] [Optimus Solution]
ASint 8GB DDR3 RAM
WDC 5400RPM 750GB HDD
USB2.0 x 2, USB3.0 x 1
Atheros b/g/n Wifi, Realtek Audio, BT3, Altec-Lansing Speakers, 6 Cell Battery.
Basically a pretty powerful system. I wouldn't attach an ULTRA tag [my way of rating notebooks: low, midrange, high, ultra] to it but would consider it to be a HIGH end machine [a first for me since i am used to owning low to mid-range systems]...
Anyway, considering a heatwave thats been plaguing the area where I live, a decent cooling solution had to be designed as my old cooling pad was busted with 2 of its fans burnt out.
So basically I had this old but totally unused 12 volt .3 amps [3.6 watts] DC chassis fan lying around which I had extracted from my desktop since the mobo didn't have a chassis fan socket. Using an old router adapter rated at 12volts .7 amps DC [No.1 rule in Electrical Engg: Voltage should be the same, Current should be equal or more], laptop packaging and some nice nifty tools, made my own DIY cooling pad.
It turned out pretty good considering its simplicity.
Pics attached [I'm too lazy to take detailed photos, if you don't understand the design, then leave a comment and I could help you out]:
Pic 1: Underside.
Pic 2: Upside.
End Result: Cool'n'Quiet system, 1 week's lunch money saved :-)
Update: Since this is a internal desktop chassis fan, it has a high dB level, bloody thing makes noise like a jet engine. Good thing my speakers damp it all out with music... ;-D
Update: Since this is a internal desktop chassis fan, it has a high dB level, bloody thing makes noise like a jet engine. Good thing my speakers damp it all out with music... ;-D
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