| Windows 7: How do I get best cooling, G50VT-X1? |
25 Jul 2012
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#1 | | Windows 7 Enterprise 64-Bit SP1 Minnesota |
How do I get best cooling, G50VT-X1? Hi I recently bought a used Asus G50VT-X1 off of craigslist and the previous owner cut open the bottom circle grate to allow air flow there. I havent had any severe overheating issues, but I worry about it a lot lol and I kinda freak out when cpu temp peaks like 150 lol...But anyways, there is nothing covering the open grate, so I accidentally bent the fans' rod that connects to the electromagnet spinning it. It works still but is noisy. I have a few options; buying a new internal fan (would rather not break it again), inserting a wire mesh in the grate (dont want to...), liquid cooling (too difficult, limited customizing of computer parts). So anyways I decided on getting a laptop cooling pad. Unless you have a better alternative to the pad, what pad does Sevenforums think I should get, for under 60$, that is EXTREMELY quiet, provides great cooling, and cools mainly the left side of the device?
I can get the notepad u3 but im skeptical...
I can afford a little extravagance though (up to 60$....)
Oh and id also like it to be externally powered, so as not to use computer power (generating heat), to cool it.
Sorry for the really long post, but any helpful answers would be appreciated!
Thanks! :) | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G50VT-X1 OS Windows 7 Enterprise 64-Bit SP1 CPU Core 2 Duo P7450 Motherboard Standard Motherboard/BIOS Memory 4GB / 8GB DDR2 SO-DIMM 667mhz (Can do 800mhz) Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS Sound Card Standard Sound Card/Speakers Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" WXVGA Display Screen Resolution 1366x768 Keyboard Standard Keyboard, Numpad, NOT Backlit Mouse Standard touchpad, centered w/ keyboard PSU 6-Cell 11.1v 4800mAh battery, 120w Case Standard Hardware Case Cooling Internal Fan, Left side. Cooling mod (Cut out bottom grate) Hard Drives 2 Available SATA Ports:
Port 1 : Standard HDD (Seagate 320gb 7200rpm 3mb l3 cache)
Port 2 : No Drive Installed Internet Speed Unknown Other Info Led lights on lid, LED display abouve keyboard, Used computer, Mic is nonfunctional, 3 usb 2.0, 1 eSATA, card reader. |
26 Jul 2012
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
So this is a picture of the lappy open. Are you saying the cover was cut to be completely open to the fan and what was bent? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 ! OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120 Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3 Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000 Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870 Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800 Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop |
26 Jul 2012
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
I would set this lappy on a fan based laptop cooler and forget water cooling a laptop it's not available and not applicable at all.
As far as a cooling base I like the idea of these movable fans so you can place them exactly as needed. Cooler Master NotePal U2 Notebook Cooler - Aluminum, 2x Removable 80mm Fans, Black R9-NBC-8PBK-GP at TigerDirect | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 ! OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120 Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3 Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000 Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870 Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800 Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop |
26 Jul 2012
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#4 | | Windows 7 Enterprise 64-Bit SP1 Minnesota |
On the part thats removed from the base there, there is a chrome circle over the fan. Normally it has some sort of grate that allows no air flow at all (counterproductive I think) and the previous owner removed that grate part. So its pretty much a hole there, exposing the fan. The fan piece is 2 Pieces : The fan blades and the electromangnet attached to the motherboard for power. The blades are attached to a small metal rod which fits in the center of the electromagnet. The rod is attached to the fan blades by some sort of structure similar to how a lego fits inside another lego. I dont really know how to explain it without taking a pic but I can remove the fan lol to take a pic I have to use my computer. But anyways the plastic piece thats holding the rod is damaged so the rod is slanted slightly. This slant makes the fan blades, when operated at any more than a moderate speed, make contact with the base, making noise...
That was really complicated for that small piece of equipment but idk I hope its understandable | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G50VT-X1 OS Windows 7 Enterprise 64-Bit SP1 CPU Core 2 Duo P7450 Motherboard Standard Motherboard/BIOS Memory 4GB / 8GB DDR2 SO-DIMM 667mhz (Can do 800mhz) Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS Sound Card Standard Sound Card/Speakers Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" WXVGA Display Screen Resolution 1366x768 Keyboard Standard Keyboard, Numpad, NOT Backlit Mouse Standard touchpad, centered w/ keyboard PSU 6-Cell 11.1v 4800mAh battery, 120w Case Standard Hardware Case Cooling Internal Fan, Left side. Cooling mod (Cut out bottom grate) Hard Drives 2 Available SATA Ports:
Port 1 : Standard HDD (Seagate 320gb 7200rpm 3mb l3 cache)
Port 2 : No Drive Installed Internet Speed Unknown Other Info Led lights on lid, LED display abouve keyboard, Used computer, Mic is nonfunctional, 3 usb 2.0, 1 eSATA, card reader. |
26 Jul 2012
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
OK I see what's going on, so the person before you removed this cover.......what a moron! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 ! OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120 Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3 Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000 Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870 Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800 Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop |
26 Jul 2012
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
Well if it's not fixable then the fan assembly needs to be replaced. I think you can fix it with logic and patience. Either way you need to get a cooler fan under this opening and blow cool air over everything and that should help with the mobo fan speeds and temps. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 ! OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120 Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3 Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000 Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870 Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800 Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop |
26 Jul 2012
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#7 | | Windows 7 Enterprise 64-Bit SP1 Minnesota |
Yea looks like 87...i think. That meshy part is apparntly not actually a vent, its sealed thats why he removed it. Is it possible to remove the fan from there and just have a laptop cooler running? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G50VT-X1 OS Windows 7 Enterprise 64-Bit SP1 CPU Core 2 Duo P7450 Motherboard Standard Motherboard/BIOS Memory 4GB / 8GB DDR2 SO-DIMM 667mhz (Can do 800mhz) Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS Sound Card Standard Sound Card/Speakers Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" WXVGA Display Screen Resolution 1366x768 Keyboard Standard Keyboard, Numpad, NOT Backlit Mouse Standard touchpad, centered w/ keyboard PSU 6-Cell 11.1v 4800mAh battery, 120w Case Standard Hardware Case Cooling Internal Fan, Left side. Cooling mod (Cut out bottom grate) Hard Drives 2 Available SATA Ports:
Port 1 : Standard HDD (Seagate 320gb 7200rpm 3mb l3 cache)
Port 2 : No Drive Installed Internet Speed Unknown Other Info Led lights on lid, LED display abouve keyboard, Used computer, Mic is nonfunctional, 3 usb 2.0, 1 eSATA, card reader. How do I get best cooling, G50VT-X1? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:05 AM. | |