1992Chevy K1500 Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Most likely the plastic shroud around the fan you are talking about is to suck heat away from your processors heatsink.It be a bad idea to cut it out.... Unless you want to burn up your processor that is. My mom has a Gateway that is almost the same way.. But thats what you get for buying a prebuilt computer.. You sacrifice performance and money for a pos pc. Hmmm... I'll definitely have to think about that. Thanks for the info. Quote My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletInjection Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 yeah instead of investing money into that computer you are better off just building a new one. Then it can be all you want it to be and look how you want it to look. Hell send me the parts and ill build it I love this shit =D Quote My build: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/ind...8920&st=100 http://www.youtube.com/Bulletinjection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Static Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 You never really get good airflow from a factory computer. I suggest possibly getting a cheap all steel case like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811121087 with high CFM fans. One intake and one out. Or you could go for a little bit more expensive; and get a better case like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811133086 Always rembember, that most of the fans you get from a case are not good CFM. The first case, isn't going to have good CFM fans anyway. The second, more expensive. I would buy the case, and then later decide if you need better fans or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1992Chevy K1500 Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 You never really get good airflow from a factory computer. I suggest possibly getting a cheap all steel case like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811121087 with high CFM fans. One intake and one out. Or you could go for a little bit more expensive; and get a better case like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811133086 Always rembember, that most of the fans you get from a case are not good CFM. The first case, isn't going to have good CFM fans anyway. The second, more expensive. I would buy the case, and then later decide if you need better fans or not. Thanks for finding those for me, but those are desktop cases. I'm talking about laptops. Quote My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleitaly1990 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 plastic is an alternative to metal. dell laptops are worse. I used to have to replace hard drives like 15 times a week because the cooling was so bad. I have an Inspiron 1720 and use it hard...it has the best cooling of any laptop or computer I've ever seen. It never even gets slightly warm. Same goes for my sisters 1525 or whatever the number of hers is. Quote A vitrolic, megalomaniacal sadistic psychopath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Static Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Thanks for finding those for me, but those are desktop cases. I'm talking about laptops. Oh my bad. I didn't even notice it said it was a v6000 lol. I never upgrade laptops, They aren't as fun as regular desktops ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8ball2013 Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 I have an Inspiron 1720 and use it hard...it has the best cooling of any laptop or computer I've ever seen. It never even gets slightly warm. Same goes for my sisters 1525 or whatever the number of hers is. Congratulations Ive worked in environments with the dells as a systems admin and I've replaced hard drives. mobos etc that have warped from heat caused by the thing. Quote THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) That ducting is CRUCIAL to keeping it cool. Don't fuck about with it. The clear tape is there to stop the RF shielding inside the case shorting out parts of your motherboard. Leave it there as well, unless you want your laptop to go kapow-fizz-smoke. EDIT: I left the duct off an Asus laptop once and it would shut down from the CPU overheating before it could boot Windows. Only a few bits of a laptop actually run hot... being the drive (if it's not an SSD) the CPU, GPU if it has a discrete one, and the chipset. Which will all be covered with that duct. Who cares about cooling the rest... Edited October 13, 2009 by Boon Quote 10.x volts fo' life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Static Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 RF Shielding? What is transmitting that powerful to disrupt it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raytard Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 the first thing i thought when i read the origional post is "wow, hes gonna cut that thing apart and destroy it" leave it alone, all that ducting is there to duct air to where its needed and away from where its not. I'm not calling you dumb, but if you're somehow outsmarting an entire team of computer scientists and engineers, the world is in trouble. A mass produced laptop like that isnt some guy throwing a bunch of crap into a case and then copying it millions of times over, a lot of that stuff is custom designed and machined, and entire teams spend months or years developing every last little piece and testing it over and over again. if there is tape there, its there for a reason. if there's plastic there, it has a purpose. Theres not some guy puffing on the herb going "hey, we should make 900,000 of these little plastic duct thingys and just pop em in every laptop we make" Quote Build: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/ind...hl=avalon+build monster/rockford/kicker/stinger cables, pioneer source, jbl highs/amps, kinetik/shuriken batts, iraggi alt, dei security, dc subs(atleast for now) Team DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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