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post #1 of 13
2/16/03 at 2:33pm
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Which way do the fans blow on the bottom of the 5660? Also, does anyone know temperature wise how hot the bottom of the lappy gets?
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post #2 of 13
2/16/03 at 2:59pm
It pulls air into the 5660 from under it.

I don't know what temps they get because I haven't found an interface into the temp sensor.
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post #3 of 13
2/17/03 at 2:24am
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Thanks PCTORQUE. I was just sitting here and thought, "that would really suck having scalding-hot air blowing out of the bottom of you lappy right onto you legs."
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post #4 of 13
2/17/03 at 2:33am

It will still suck man!

In either case you wont be too comfy with this laptop on your legs - it gets pretty hot (or) the laptop will not be too comfy seeing your legs in the way of the cooling fan it would get too hot.

KEEP THOSE LEGS AND HANDS AWAY FROM THE FANS!!!

hee hee

Flat clean surface is what keeps these laptops happy dude...
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post #5 of 13
2/17/03 at 5:15am
wasn't there a fat post before about "air going in or out?" and it got extremely ... strange?

http://sagerforums.com/forums/showth...=&threadid=501

there it is.
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post #6 of 13
2/17/03 at 2:21pm
Ok, I've been using my laptop AS a laptop, and I've got a couple of comments about this. The fans pull air into the laptop, so the bottom actually is barely warm. However, the exhaust for heat is the entire left side. If you are a left handed mouse user, or you've got a buddy sitting on the left, then there will be problems.

Now, you want to have plenty of ventilation underneath, so what I do is carry a 1/2" binder around with me and use that for the flat surface.

The biggest problem you'll run into is the laptop is so damned heavy you won't want it on your lap for very long anyway.
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post #7 of 13
2/17/03 at 2:40pm
I gotta say I'm not sure where all the talk about heat and weight come from....I've got an 8886 and really it doesn't get that hot. I mean if you hold your hand right in front of the exhaust fan it's aweful warm but really.....And as for the weight, I'm not some super-buff guy who just doesn't notice the weight, but I've sat for hours with this thing on my lap and never had a problem with it cutting off circulation or being uncomfortable. My wife complains about the little feet digging into her legs but I haven't noticed it. If you're at all worried about it just buy a little TV tray for $1.50 and set the laptop on that, keeps the heat off your legs, spreads the weight out, and gives your someplace to use your external optical mouse comfortably. (Suddenly I can sit in the living room and watch those horribly boring tv shows that she loves )
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post #8 of 13
2/17/03 at 5:14pm
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Originally posted by Tyranous
I gotta say I'm not sure where all the talk about heat and weight come from....I've got an 8886 and really it doesn't get that hot. I mean if you hold your hand right in front of the exhaust fan it's aweful warm but really.....And as for the weight, I'm not some super-buff guy who just doesn't notice the weight, but I've sat for hours with this thing on my lap and never had a problem with it cutting off circulation or being uncomfortable. My wife complains about the little feet digging into her legs but I haven't noticed it. If you're at all worried about it just buy a little TV tray for $1.50 and set the laptop on that, keeps the heat off your legs, spreads the weight out, and gives your someplace to use your external optical mouse comfortably. (Suddenly I can sit in the living room and watch those horribly boring tv shows that she loves )
Yea, the heat usually isn't that big a deal... however at the last LAN party I took it to, the guy sitting to the left of me had his mousepad about 8 inches from my exhaust vent. I had to use my BF1942 box as a firewall
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post #9 of 13
2/17/03 at 6:55pm
LOL

Yeah, maybe my hands are more heat-resistant (I was one of those kids that practiced making fireballs and things with various brands of hair spray.....my friend used my sager last night and he did complain about the heat from the side vent (till I showed him to simply turn the sager a bit so that the vent wasn't blowing right on his hand......I was going to finish with a lesson on breathing and eating but he was already a little ticked at our Counterstrike scores so I let it go
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post #10 of 13
2/17/03 at 11:41pm
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so, if the bottom doesn't get hot, does the heat come up through the keyboard? I feel sorry for those lefties in the world, there is no mercy is there?
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post #11 of 13
2/18/03 at 3:01am
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Originally posted by BlackDwarf_307
so, if the bottom doesn't get hot, does the heat come up through the keyboard? I feel sorry for those lefties in the world, there is no mercy is there?
Yea, there's a little heat that comes up from the keyboard. I usually notice it under the 'asdf' keys after playing games for a while. It's not really unbearable, though. Most of the heat is pumped out the left side with enough force to get it away from you.
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post #12 of 13
2/18/03 at 11:29am
Yeah, the keyboard stays warm (but in my cold basement that's actually kind of nice). I don't have to hold my hands in front of the space heater before typing Also, if you're left handed and REALLY worried about the heat from that side vent, get the 8886/7, the vent is on the right side.
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post #13 of 13
2/20/03 at 1:46am
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I'm right handed, but I just feel sorry for all those people that are left handed!
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