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DIY super budget laptop cooler

Step 2Prep your box

Prep your box
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Lay the fan in the box
Trace the fan with your pen.

Since i want the fan to lay underneath the laptop were going to need to cut out the hole for the laptop, leaving the rounder corners still in tact.

Lay a scrap piece of paper on the laptop and trace out the "curve"

Now use your curve to trace out areas your going to "save" when you cut your hole.

You should end up with something like a box with inverted rounded edge.
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Sep 13, 2011. 10:53 AMtbh-1138 says:
I'd put the fan on the side of the box. It would suck the hot air out more efficiently, because hot air goes up and if you try to move it down it just goes back up. Pushing it to the side works much better.

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