Old 10-23-2020, 07:56 PM   #1
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Default I bought a Laptop Cooling pad

I bought a laptop cooling pad and it definitely lowered the laptops fan speeds.
With my HP zbook Reaper would increase the temp enough to make the fan go full force. Noisy, especially for recording.

The pad keeps the temp at ~130 F, which keeps the internal fan quiet.
When I am ready to record, I unplug the cooling pad to eliminate the noise it makes.

My laptop gets hot only on the left side, so I removed the grill of the pad and unplugged 3 of the fans. It was easy, just bend some tabs.

This is the pad I bought, it is pretty quiet.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Old 10-24-2020, 10:48 AM   #2
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Afaik, they only really help when your CPU is idling, which is the case for most non-daw users.
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Old 10-24-2020, 02:46 PM   #3
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My laptop gets hot only on the left side,
I'm guessing from your location that the fridge is on the right then?

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Old 10-24-2020, 07:50 PM   #4
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Afaik, they only really help when your CPU is idling, which is the case for most non-daw users.
It did take 15 minutes when I let the laptop heat to 160+ to return to 130 when running reaper.

The frig is 10' away and the door is closed. It doesn't seem to help much!
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