I recently got a 9880 and have been nothing but impressed by Sager's great reputation staying true to my order.
This includes their choice of case and subsequent air flow. On full load the CPU is 60C and the HDD is 45C. Not bad for standard on a laptop. Still, I got this notebook because I'll be working it like a bitch. I'm on full load for up to 14 hours a day rendering in 3DS Max. So, while the temperatures are adequate, I'd still like to bring them down where I can.
Thus the reason for this post. I have little experience with cooling solutions for notebooks and am wondering if anyone had any suggestions outside of modding the existing hardware (I'd like to keep the warranty intact). I looked around at laptop trays and coolers but none of them are large enough for the beast that is Sager. The notebook would end up just sitting directly on the tray/cooler and actually lose airflow in comparison to it standing on its own four feet. I'd also seen an interesting PCMCIA fan that worked as in intake, pumping about 28 CPM into the slot and out several slits connected to the fan. Problem there, though, is that I'm not sure it would work on more modern notebooks, as today's PCMCIA slots don't give out constant power like the older ones do, leaving me to wonder if the fan is smart enough to say, "Hey, XP! I'm here! Use me!"
Anyways, was just wondering if anyone out there has found worthwhile cooling alternatives that don't void the warranty for their Sagers. I'm happy with what I got, but I'm always happy to improve.
P4 (630) 3.0 GHz 2MB cache
2 Gig DDR2 RAM
Quadro FX 1400 Go 256MB DDR3
SATA (5400RPM) 80 Gig HDD
This includes their choice of case and subsequent air flow. On full load the CPU is 60C and the HDD is 45C. Not bad for standard on a laptop. Still, I got this notebook because I'll be working it like a bitch. I'm on full load for up to 14 hours a day rendering in 3DS Max. So, while the temperatures are adequate, I'd still like to bring them down where I can.
Thus the reason for this post. I have little experience with cooling solutions for notebooks and am wondering if anyone had any suggestions outside of modding the existing hardware (I'd like to keep the warranty intact). I looked around at laptop trays and coolers but none of them are large enough for the beast that is Sager. The notebook would end up just sitting directly on the tray/cooler and actually lose airflow in comparison to it standing on its own four feet. I'd also seen an interesting PCMCIA fan that worked as in intake, pumping about 28 CPM into the slot and out several slits connected to the fan. Problem there, though, is that I'm not sure it would work on more modern notebooks, as today's PCMCIA slots don't give out constant power like the older ones do, leaving me to wonder if the fan is smart enough to say, "Hey, XP! I'm here! Use me!"
Anyways, was just wondering if anyone out there has found worthwhile cooling alternatives that don't void the warranty for their Sagers. I'm happy with what I got, but I'm always happy to improve.

P4 (630) 3.0 GHz 2MB cache
2 Gig DDR2 RAM
Quadro FX 1400 Go 256MB DDR3
SATA (5400RPM) 80 Gig HDD









