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Fan placement on M1710

post #1 of 11
12/27/06 at 8:01am
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Hi guys,

I was wondering if the fans on an M1710 were placed on the side of the laptop?

I am asking as I currently have a Toshiba A60 and it suffers badly from overheating and I feel this is due to it having a Pentium 4 processor rather than a mobile varient, but I also feel it is due to the fans being placed on the bottom of the unit.

Would I be correct in thinking that fans on the bottom of a laptop provide worse cooling than fans on the side of a laptop?

Thanks.
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post #2 of 11
12/27/06 at 1:43pm
most laptops involve fans on the bottem, most times there are vents on the bottom to pull air into the computer. They also have intakes on the sides of the fans, then they take the fresh cooler air and push it out the rear of the machine, is this similar to how the toshiba works, or does it push the air out the bottom?
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post #3 of 11
12/27/06 at 2:46pm
Both fans on the 1710 are set horizontally. They pull air from the bottom/sides and push out the back. I always have been curious about that as I do use it on my lap for nominal uses like surfing, etc. and going out on the balcony for a smoke. Do remember with this setup, these fans pull dust, etc VERY easily and clog the heatpipe fins which are just located inside the back vent(s) which you will need to disassemble the top of the lappy every so often and clean the dust bunnies out.

so in a nutshell it pulls from bottom/sides and pushes out the back. Keep the back clear.
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post #4 of 11
12/27/06 at 3:45pm
yep, and make sure those heatsinks are cleaned at least 2 times a year. 4 is my recommendation.
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post #5 of 11
12/27/06 at 7:14pm
as im due for a stripdown myself.. especially with my everyday overclock of 600/800 on the Video.
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post #6 of 11
12/27/06 at 7:53pm
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How easy is it to clean the heatsinks? Does it involve taking the laptop apart? Would that not void the warranty?
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post #7 of 11
12/27/06 at 8:35pm
nah, its pretty much removal of the hingecover and keyboard. you can get at the blunt of it there. For a good home down scrubbin you would want to remove the touchpad and palmrest assembly as well. It is just a matter of being careful when prying the hingecover off. It is just screw removal/replacement from there. There are tutorials around here on it from what I've seen.
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post #8 of 11
12/27/06 at 11:56pm
The Dell guide is the best of all, I recently replaced my graphics card in my laptop and it was easy as cake to take it all apart using the guides provided by Dell. It "technically" voids the warranty, but its really not a big deal to take the headsinks off and clean them out.
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post #9 of 11
12/28/06 at 5:20am
The big reason they started putting crossflow blower fans in Laptops is because with the increasing demand for thinner notebooks. You can't put a very powerful conventional fan in the system. Crossflow blowers have better airflow and do not add as much thickness to the laptop.
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post #10 of 11
1/2/07 at 11:13pm
Where is this dell guide? And are the fans the best I can have or can i buy better ones?
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post #11 of 11
1/3/07 at 1:48pm
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...n/SM/index.htm



theirs the complete service manual however i want to say this... take apart the laptop only as much as neccassary. Even though its pretty easy to take apart hte laptop the more you do it the more theirs a chance for a problem to happen... i dont think these laptops were meant to be taken apart 20+ times (which sounds unrealistic but to some of the guys in here they've probably stripped down and rebuilt their m1710 over 20... i know i have come close) the screw holes and all that plastic must get warped after repated prying and re screwing
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