Santa is helping cool my laptop
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About a month ago someone picked up some Christmas candy that came in a plastic tube topped with a little airplane piloted by Santa Claus. On the side of this thing is a button that makes the battery-operated propeller spin as long as the button is pressed. Maybe this will help explain what I’m talking about:
I was thinking about the problem I have with my laptop overheating all the time when my eyes fell upon this silly thing. It dawned on me that what I need is a way to force air through the air vent in the back of the laptop, because the cooling pad underneath just isn’t enough. I decided to duct-tape this guy in front of the vent and jam the button down with a toothpick. Here is my creation:
I think I may be onto something here.According to a program I have which monitors CPU temperatures, my laptop shuts down at about 104 degrees Celsius. Generally, it has taken an average of about 15 minutes after bootup to hit that temperature. As I type this, the machine has been running for about 45 minutes and the CPU temperature is currently 84 degrees Celsius.
As an added benefit, Daughter Number Three took one look at my arrangement and proclaimed, “That’s SO Nerdy!”
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That’s a great example of what dad used to call “making do with what you’ve got”. The comment from #3 is just icing on the cake!
The funny part of her comment is the tone of her voice which made it sound like being “SO nerdy” is a GOOD thing. ROFL
It IS a good thing to be a nerd, lol!! :B
actually, that should be
lol rotfl santa on laptop is fantastic! nice pic
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