Zalman for toshiba 18 in laptop: Will the Zalman be able to direct the airflow to the laptop intake?
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What is the actual size, in inches, cm or mm of this cooler? That appears to be a secret on all lap coolers. They say such and such will work with laptops up to a certain size but REFUSE to reveal the ACTUAL SIZE of the cooler or stand. I have a Dell Inspiron 1710 laptop (17.3"). Is this cooler at least 17" or 18" wide... straight across, not diagonal!
1675559
It is on the bottom, which holds the laptop off whatever it is setting on. Seems to me that would promote better air flow!
349301
I don't have a 17.3 laptop but. It would be worth a try. Great cooling system
889098
You should still be able to hear the fan, if you're in a noisy environment, then place your hand either on the front or the back of the unit and see if you feel air flow. Lastly, you could just plug it in, turn on your laptop, but not set your laptop on top yet and just visually verify that the fan is spinning.
1269775
Yes. You can access all ports on the Mac book. I find it easier to just place it under my mac book to increase airflow and give it a little height.
366483
It will work very well because the Cooler Master NotePal material is a kind of mesh that allows air to go through. So once the vent is anywhere on the bottom of the laptop it was work pretty well.
790058
No it doesn't. Its the same as sitting in a flat surface. If you angle your laptop onto the wrist rest then that would allow airflow, that's what I do with mine.
1173860
I am using it on my 17" laptop but my laptop hangs 2" over on both sides. This fan does not put out enough airflow to keep my computer even close to cool. If i had to do it agian i would not buy this fan for my computer.
729913
If possible, you want a "chimney effect" where the hot air is "pulled" out. I prefer to have my fans on top. Most cases and components and cases are designed and positioned to take advantage of heat rising to help the airflow. If your equipment has any other fans, use the external to assist their flow, not compete against it.
1504555
I use my laptop while sitting in my bed or on the couch all the time. I've never had a problem with the vents getting blocked. It seems to circulate pretty well, sometimes so well that I don't have to plug the fan into my laptop (the extra space between the laptop and whatever surface I'm using is sometimes enough for the laptop's fan to circulate hot air away without the help of this fan, though I tend to plug it in after I've been using the laptop for a while).
655705
Your best bet would use it as a intake if you are putting it on the side panel as using them as a outtake just destroys the airflow of the case unless you are specifically designing around that.
2137809
I believe they do make an adapter for air cooled though?Might have to check into that.
1624635
It should not restrict the flow. You want to filter your outtake fan? Typically you want to filter the air being sucked into the case. FYI, a good way of reducing the amount of dust in your case is to make sure you have more total filtered intakes then you do total outtakes. This will create a negative pressure in the case.
66645
I am pretty sure it will, you can use it either with the fans on or off, it has an aluminum surface to help disperce the heat., plus if there is an air intake at the bottom, you will be giving your laptop even more fresh air. Hope this was of any help
1562077
rig it lol. I have one rigged to the front at the bottom, I bent the metal corners of the black metal screen to hold it.No actual fan slot afaik.I would do intake from the bottom, just use something to screen dust.
1275609
My Toshiba laptop is a different model so I can not directly answer your questions. However, the product is excellent and I received the product much faster than I had expected.
316168
Same here...fan is all jacked up and incredibly noisy. Never experienced this with 3 previous Toshiba laptops, so I'm inclined to think it's an issue with this model in particular. Does anyone know the best way to remedy?