MagnaCentipede

Done right it would probably help a little, but remember, the problem isn't the jump from the processor to the sink/fan; the problem is the fact you don't have big fan and half a cubic foot of air-space doing something about the heat. I've seen laptop-platform fans, but I can't say if they work or not. When I used a laptop, I set it up on some inch-thick rubber bumper thingies so it would have some airflow beneath it.

I've always been curious if you took a laptop that's been made into a desktop (which is like making pianists do construction work) and downclocked it hardcore, if it would run without getting hot. We know that modern computers aren't effectively faster than old ones because all the extra capability is sunk into needless baubles like Vista Shiny Buttons and other forms of bloat all of which add a lot of heat without adding much utility. By removing the silly junk like gaming video cards and clocking a modern chip as low as it can go, and then installing a feather-light OS on it, you could probably word-process without setting your testicles on fire and finally get reasonable life out of the battery pack.

But that's just me being strange and thinking that a portable computer is a tool and not a heavy Gameboy.

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Steeler

Well, I already have a platform fan under the unit, and that works really well on hot days to keep things normal. This seems to be either a processor problem unrelated to heat, or an underclocking problem - the unit is either running too hot internally or just thinks it's too hot.

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norden

Cleaning the heatsinks will do far more than cleaning the fans. While dust my disrupt laminar airflow, it won't do much else.

Dust will greatly affect the heat transference properties of the metal heat sinks though.

Steeler

Ok, wow. I mean, wow. That was it. I dropped a bit of Arctic 5 on the CPU and got an immediate and drastic improvement in framerate across the board. Went from running EVE online at 12 fps to 40+ fps. I must have been running with almost no heat conduction between the CPU and the heat sink for some time now. Now it runs better than it did when I bought it. I can play PRM and Company of Heroes again.

Can you imagine being a Dell customer with zero knowledge of computers and being told that basically you had to either buy a new laptop or send it back to the factory for a $500 repair for this? And then they toss on some cheap paste that will harden in 3 or 4 months.

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WhiskeySix

WOW! awesome!

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