Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:44:40 +1100 (EST) From: Ashley Saint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PCMCIA Cooling fan
Hi everyone, Just thought I'd let you know about a PCMCIA cooling fan I bought (I believe these have been discussed here before) for my ff1100 as it has always run very hot. I was pretty sceptical but it was only $5 US plus postage. It took a few weeks to arrive, but it did get here. Anyway, I've only tried it once on my libretto so far but it worked great (also used a few times in an early powerbook G4 that was overheating and worked pretty well there too, but better in the libby probably due to the smaller size). I'm running Minislack 1.1 (now superseded by Zenwalk) and I fired up the GIMP (photoshop clone), Firefox and other apps guaranteed to create some heat in the CPU as they start but it stayed cooler than normal. So I'm happy and if anyone is having overheating problems or just finds (like me) that the bottom of their libby gets waaay too hot this might be something simple to try. It's powered from the USB port so that might be a problem for earlier models (but it's only 5V so maybe some batteries or an ac adaptor?) Of course it's no good if you're using a PCMCIA card either. I haven't had any trouble getting mine in/out of the PCMCIA slots, but that could just be my fan. Here's where I got mine anyway: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/New-PCMCIA-Notebook-Cooler-Fan-USB-Power-cooling-Laptop_W0QQitemZ150086177714QQihZ005QQcategoryZ31534QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem I'm in no way affiliated with that seller, just found something that worked for me and thought I'd share. Cheers, Ash Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
