Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:33:07 -0800 (PST)
From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Better Cooling By Drilling Holes? ( Was: Alas, L100 Wasn't
Reliable At 266MHz)
you could. depending on where the holes are drilled it
would help. but you really need a better heat
sink/pipe or a fan.
--- John Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:29:32 -0800
> From: John Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Better Cooling By Drilling Holes? ( Was:
> Alas, L100 Wasn't Reliable At 266MHz)
>
> John, my goal is a Lib that runs reliably without
> the keyboard lifted
> up or other unusual measures, in pretty much all
> ambient temperature
> and workload conditions.
>
> This makes me wonder, though - suppose one drilled
> many holes in the
> metal shield that separates the motherboard from the
> keyboard? Perhaps
> this would improve cooling, while the only negative
> would be a pleasant
> warmth at the fingertips? Or would the heat damage
> the keyboard?
>
> Along the same lines, suppose one drilled holes in
> the underside of the
> Lib's lower case. Some of the holes would be
> directly underneath the
> hard drive, which seems like not a bad thing for
> cooling. Otherwise
> would be directly under the PCMCIA cards, which
> might or might not be
> useful for cooling. Some others would be between
> the drive and PCMCIA,
> and could allow air to flow directly up to the
> motherboard.
>
> Has anyone tried this?
>
> On Mar 20, 2005, at 4:10 AM, John Musielewicz wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 04:08:47 -0800 (PST)
> > From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Alas, L100 Wasn't Reliable At
> 266MHz
> >
> > You are correct in that you need to use thermal
> > grease. You also need to lift the keyboard up to
> let
> > air flow a little better. Did you make sure to
> replace
> > the copper conducter when you took it out?
>
>
>
>
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