Notebook Cooler (external Fan device)

[gkegke]

Since I have my PCG-FR215S I have seen the fan running whenever the notebook is on, no pauses. Now after some hours of working the laptop is switching of itself. I think
because of too high temperature on the bottom of the notebook.

Does anyone have experiences with these ecternal fans to be put under the notebook ? Are these helping ? Some are working with the power supply via USB, taking about 400 mA.
Is this ok for the vaio ? Or is one with a separate power supply the better choice ?

Thanks for any help.
Günter Kehrer

[justmo]

yesterday i saw a good one in a computer shop (media markt /germany) for just 30¿, it was USB.powered but for myself its no problem for vaio. if you have your vaio longer than 2 hours on, you need to plug in the powercabel, but thats usual

hope i could help!?

maurice radomski

[kee-lo_]

Hi

Apparently they are very good, there's another thread about it somewhere and the guy is very happy with it.

[nick_pan]

yeh kee-lo i remember..

it was the guy who used all that audio software

Gunter, look around on the internet for Antec's laptop coolers. They should drop your laptops temp by about 11 degrees which is a fairly substantial difference..they're a base unit, which your laptop sits upon and i think it acts in dissipating the heat realeased by your laptop alot quicker

Sony laptops generally have cooling issues tho and in the longterm, i reckon a number of vaio users will have to switich to using ext. cooling devices

[DAZZA]

right click on power meter, bottom right corner, choose adjust
power properties, then choose different settings

[nick_pan]

right click on power meter, bottom right corner, choose adjust
power properties, then choose different settings

what will that do?

[kee-lo_]

Sony laptops generally have cooling issues tho and in the longterm, i reckon a number of vaio users will have to switich to using ext. cooling devices

Or open them up and give them a good once over.