External laptop coolers

OP here,
thanks for all the info, my ACER is 4 years old and it came with windows 7 and 2 gb of ram, I add 4gb of ram and installed windows 10 and this ACER is a lot better and faster than it was when it was new.
I just use it for trips as it has my S&T GPS and camping info on it.
I think I will buy a cooling fan as they are not that expensive.
Again thank for all the good info. Jay

SCVJeff wrote:

WyoTraveler wrote:
Yes the external fans do work. DW uses an external fan on her Acer laptop. Her external fan is called "Connectland accessory". It plugs into a USB port. Her Acer has always overheated when purchased new.

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Probably not needed but sure knocks down the case temp

Called a laptop but funny DW dancing around in a chair with her Acer laptop on her lap :B. I have a Lenovo and doesn't get nearly as warm. I'm sure you are right though, probably not really needed.

I use one of the chill pads that you sit the laptop on and it makes a big difference. :)

I used one of those for my old laptop, which got so hot it would shut down.

My 'new' Acer (one year old) does not even have a built in fan and stays cool. Modern processors don't put out so much heat, I guess.

The new one was under $300. Maybe you just need a new laptop :B.

My Dell laptop also runs hot, not just warm. while it was still under warranty, I contacted service. They checked it out. Said it was normal for this model to be hot. Suggested I get an external cooler.

Fan can't hurt
I have one with three fans that can be moved, positioned to be under the laptop hot spots
Four years ago, summer 2012 my then lenovo laptop would over heat and shut down, it would just suddenly turn off
It damaged the processor , was OK for web surfing but would shut Everytime I did video processing, replaced it Xmas that yr

And that was a core i3 intel processor

I remember the first laptop in our office. It would get so hot it blistered the varnish on the table.

Honestly I would not worry about it. Todays laptops are far more tolerant of heat than ones from 10 or 15 years ago. My personal laptop is going on 7 years old. It runs warm, not hot. It's been just fine. We have a lot of older laptops at work that are over 5 years old. They all run hot. These stay on all day long. We've yet to have one die from heat. We're replacing them now but because most of them only have 2 GB of RAM.

My permanent location for my laptop has a USB fan tray that comes on when I power up the laptop... Never hurts to more air moving around. My LAPTOP is sitting on a raised position so that the USB fan can draw in fresh air under the laptop...

I do the same thing with my other LAPTOP setps....

I got the fan trays from WALMART and they plug into any USB port for power...


I added a 1/2-inch wood piece painted black under the front to raise the fan tray up higher off the desk...

I also have a couple of the USB FANS (WALMART) that are neat to have around as well... I even use one in my truck for moving some air around when setting in the truck...



Roy Ken

The external fans do work but not much better than simply propping up the rear of the laptop by an inch. The OP should download the "Intel XTU" utility to find out what kind of temps his proc is actually running at. Anything under 85c will be just fine, although the fan will certainly run.