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Diy notebook cooling device in 5 minutes (or less)

Diy notebook cooling device in 5 minutes (or less)
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Hello people, this is my first instructable, I hope you forget me for my english :) I'm from Santa Fe, Argentina, and here the wheater is really heavy in summer, so I was a little bit worried about my notebook healt because of the temp.
Actually, it wasn't really that bad, the processor used to live around 55°C, but I would be happier to maintaint it about 10° less. So I searched at my "studio" (you can call it a lab) and found some cheap things that I used for this little cooling device.

Here are the elements:
 
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Step 1Pop-in the cooler in the case

Pop-in the cooler in the case
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Maybe I was a little lucky in this step, the cooler "poped" in just like it was made for it, here is how it looks like at this point in the pics above.

The cooler's size is just standard and the black case is sold in Wal Mart Argentina, but considering this things comes from China, you may find the very same case in Wal Marts all over the world.
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Aug 17, 2011. 8:16 PMblagh says:
Simple & robust!

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