QuadCooler News: October 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Scary Halloween Trailer Teaser

Scary Halloween Trailer Teaser

Warning: This video might be too scary for some people to handle. If you are under 18, please get your parent's permission before viewing. Even if you start playing the video, it gives you a chance to abort the video in the case that you chicken out. Do you like scary halloween pumpkins?

Happy Halloween!

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What is a QuadCooler? A QuadCooler is a 4 fan laptop cooler powered by your laptop.

What is a Laptop Cooler? A laptop cooler is a device used to cool or maintain the temperature of a laptop or notebook computer.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Strong yet Lightweight?

Above you can see a pickup truck drive onto a QuadCooler laptop cooler

Strong yet Lightweight?

Many people ask how can something be strong yet lightweight? Well, the answer lies in the material used to construct the object. The QuadCooler is constructed using strong ABS plastic that is also very lightweight by nature. As you can see from the video, the QuadCooler laptop cooler is strong enough to stand the weight of a pickup truck and comes away with only minor damage. It did suffer a little damage in the area near the power jack, but I expected the whole thing to be all cracked up by the weight of the truck. What is ABS plastic? Well, in scientific terms ABS plastic is a type of plastic made of a terpolymer of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene. In other words, it a strong type of plastic material that is so strong that it is used for sewage pipes. The black pipes are ABS and the white pipes (used for water lines) are made of PVC pipes. Either material would be good for constructing a laptop cooler, because they are both strong and lightweight. This makes the QuadCooler easy to pack along with your laptop computer and it doesn't add much weight to the overall load. This makes the QuadCooler ideal for students, business people, or anyone who is constantly on the go. And for about $30 (online price of QuadCooler), it makes an excellent gadget gift for many people on your shopping list.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Fancy Cooling System

Fancy Cooling System for Laptop Computer

Here's one way to keep your laptop cool. It looks like the person is using a hair dryer (hopefully on the cool setting) to blow the warm air away from the laptop. I have to say that it's a very interesting concept. In addition the video is short and entertaining. From the video description it says his friend's laptop was overheating during the Windows installation process and that the hair dryer trick worked and allowed the installation process to complete.

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RADIATOR FOR LAPTOP?

Cars and Laptops are similar in the fact that they both generate lots of HEAT. With the automobile you want the engine to be warm, but not overly hot. However, in the case of the laptop computer, you strictly want the temperature to be as low as possible. In other words, you never want to "warm up" a laptop the way you would warm up a car. Computers actually run faster at lower temperatures. The main purpose of a laptop cooler is to protect you and the delicate components of your laptop from the dangers of heat, but a side benefit is that it could theoretically give you a tiny boost of computer performance.

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We obviously want to sell you a laptop cooler, but there are some things you can check out to keep your laptop from overheating. Keep in mind that most laptops run pretty warm, but when the laptop starts locking up then you either have a broken laptop or you are not operating the laptop correctly. The first thing I would like to point out is that a laptop is designed to sit on a flat surface. Even though it is called a "LAP-TOP", the soft curves of your lap (legs) is not the best surface for your laptop. The reason is because the laptop needs to have a little gap of air underneath it so that warm air can escape to the surrounding atmosphere. Even worse than your laptop is carpet or thick comforter in your bed, because the laptop will literally sink into the carpet or blanket and completely block the air flow. If you are going to be lying in your bed with laptop I would recommend you place something big and flat beneath your laptop like for example a large book. Of course the QuadCooler works much better than a book, because it's light weight and it's made of plastic which insulates you from the hot laptop. Ok, the next thing I would check is the internal fan or fans on your laptop computer. The easiest way to test it is to wait until the laptop gets warm and then turn it upside down and look at the fan. If the fan is not turning you may have a bad fan or a loose connection. I would recommend that you call a local computer technician to take a look at your laptop. If the internal fan is not working, then your laptop may have too much of a heat problem for even the QuadCooler to handle.

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Yes that makes sense. The QuadCooler will still help your laptop even if the fans are pulling air in different directions. However, it does make sense that the QuadCooler should work better if it is pushing air in the same direction as your laptop. To find out whether your laptop is a "sucker" or a "blower" you should give it the "Toilet Paper" test. Simply get one square of toilet paper and place it over the fan on your laptop. If the square blows off then you've got a blower. If the square gets sucked onto the grill of the fan then you've got a sucker. In theory the QuadCooler works best with "blower" type laptop fan. I hope this answers your question.