Best cooling mat for notebook?

polybear

LEE634 asked:

"talking about heat problems are there any free program similar to everest, which gives you a temp reading, but can display the reading in the Icon area"

Try HDD Thermometer (see https://www.rdsoft.com). I've just started using it - seems fine and dead easy to use. No registration required - they ask you to, but you don't have to.

Polybear.

lee634

polybear wrote:

LEE634 asked:

"talking about heat problems are there any free program similar to everest, which gives you a temp reading, but can display the reading in the Icon area"

Try HDD Thermometer (see www.rdsoft.com). I've just started using it - seems fine and dead easy to use. No registration required - they ask you to, but you don't have to.

Polybear.

which programme did you use as there are numerous on the site

thanks

albertross_2

How do you know it's overheating?

Overclockers might need to worry about heat, but I have never seen a run of the mill PC or laptop overheat unless the fan has broken..

lee634

albertross wrote:

How do you know it's overheating?

Overclockers might need to worry about heat, but I have never seen a run of the mill PC or laptop overheat unless the fan has broken..

had problems with it crashing (not shutting down) just powering off with battery in and just on mains power

polybear

LEE634 asked:

"which programme did you use as there are numerous on the site"

Sorry, try this link:

http://www.rsdsoft.com/index.php4

The one you want is HDD Thermometer 1.3. My copy was on a free disk that came with a magazine called "PCRescue" (PC Tools -issue 30; Recovery Kit).
Not very often I'll pay 5 quid for a magazine (or anywhere near, in fact), but this one was worth every penny. From WHSmiths.

Polybear.

p.s. Using it, and also checking the CPU & M/B temperatures (using BIOS, in my case) can be a real eye-opener. I've just spent 20 quid on a Vantec 3.5" HDD Cooler plus a Vantec Spectrum Fan Card that fits into a PCI slot. See https://www.thecoolingshop.com. I'll let you know if they're any good.

indiegirl_2

lee634 wrote:

talking about heat problems are there any free program similar to everest, which gives you a temp reading, but can display the reading in the Icon area

You could also try http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ - Motherboard Monitor, which will let you monitor the ambient temperature of the machine as well as components

polybear

I said:

"p.s. Using it, and also checking the CPU & M/B temperatures (using BIOS, in my case) can be a real eye-opener. I've just spent 20 quid on a Vantec 3.5" HDD Cooler plus a Vantec Spectrum Fan Card that fits into a PCI slot. See https://www.thecoolingshop.com. I'll let you know if they're any good."

The HDD Cooler and Fan Card arrived tonite. Any good? Dunno, cos' I never got round to fitting them. The HDD Cooler has the same model number on the invoice as shown on the website, but is not the same on the actual packaging. The website version has an aluminium heatsink, wheras the one they sent me was made of plastic. Useful...
I checked on the Vantec website and it doesn't even appear to be one of their products...
As for the Fan Card - a similar story, with a different part number on the packaging again. The model on the website has roller bearings in the fans, the one they sent has sleeve bearings....
Does it appear on the Vantec (USA) website - no, but it's on the Vantec (Taiwan) site though...

Both items are going straight back to https://www.thecoolingshop.com for replacement or refund, with my return postage costs to be refunded also.
I'll let you know the outcome...

POLYBEAR.:mad:

Lord_Chris

heres a thought, if your laptop is getting that hot, return it...

my sony vaio can be on for 8 hours + with no problem on my lap.

ive said it before and im going to say it again DELL are crap (and dont bother saying no their not, because ive heard it before)

Quincy_3

Dell are not Crap.