Modded fan grill and custom notebook cooler!

Sorry for the crappy pics, this camera sucks... Anyways, I found some wood laying around my house and decided to make a custom notebook cooler! Picture below. This thing dropped my temps 10 degrees C and with my laptop on top I can't even hear it!!







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I would have neatened up the wiring a bit more but there really is no where to tie the cable to.

My asus needed a real fan grill so I cut up an aluminum 92mm bio hazard fan grill. I also put a fiber screen from a 92mm fan behind it which I electrical taped in so no dust gets in it. This is what it looks like now. I'm trying to figure out how to make it look more factory, any ideas would be helpful!!

 

looks cool, but airport security is not gonna like that

 

Looks great

As for making it more factory, maybe spray the vent cover black so it blends better with the rest of the back

Great job overall though

 

i like the cooler

out of curiosity is it just a random old laptop plug powering the fans?

 

Thanks for the comments everyone.

danyune, I had several of the power supplys similar to this kit, and I just connected the fans to it. I did it like this so I didn't have to make up connectors or if I ever decide to use the fans in a desktop again, I don't have to put new connectors on. I'll try to get a picture of the inside for everyone to see what I did. I nailed the whole thing together but on the top I used screws so I could have access to the inside.

 

ooo i have one of those!

I have a rosewill sata/ide-->usb kit that I bought to install windows on my M11x lol

Makes perfect sense, and you can just unplug it and use it if ever needed. I've honestly only used this once and put it away after I installed windows thinking it'd be useful in the future

 

Big problem with doing that mod - you shifted the primary intake way over, so air no longer passes over the rest of the board. Pushing more air in is less important than ensuring thorough airflow.

 

Updated Pics Hope the cooler gives you guys ideas!!! If anyone is curious to how I cut the holes, I started with a drill bit about the size of my jig saw and cut it almost to the size of where I marked the lines. I then put on a drum sander bit to my corded drill and slowly sanded it till I had the hole how I wanted it.

Well if it proves to be a problem, I will put another back plate on or plug the hole. So far, I haven't had any problems and positioned the fans right over all of the cooling vents to ensure air flow. Others have completed the mod as well with great results doing it a little different.

 

It's not necessarily going to be a problem, just pointing out that it can be. I'm not familiar with the layout of your particular motherboard. I know that on one laptop I tried that on, the WiFi module was over to the side and relied on intake air to cool off. Once I drilled a new hole, it started to overheat like hell and disconnected after roughly an hour of use. Processor temps dropped nicely, though.