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Curious remark on the nc6230, anyone want to comment?
Was looking over for some reviews on the laptop in the 3-4 days wait until I get it (****ed fedex), and saw this comment over on cnet asia.
It has a good and sturdy design of the latest Sonoma laptop line. After holding and preserving its back chassis. It is using old technology of fan ventilation, which means this only ventilates part of the laptop, either on its left or right. This will lead to motherboard burn-out and system breakdown. IBM, Fujitsu and Toshiba do a good job for the ventilation. You will get what you pay for.
What does he mean by this regarding the ventilation? Don't most laptops out there use fans for cooling? Looking at the technical documents on the laptop, HP uses a heatpipe style heatsink on the cpu, that puts the main cooling fins at the side exit where your left hand is, away from any main internal electronics. That goes in an "L" shape, with the cpu being the bottom of the "L", and the fins being the back. The fan sits on the inside portion of the "L" and sucks air from the inside of the case, and through a grill on the bottom, and blows it out through the side hole in the laptop.
This is almost exactly how any modern designed laptop is. Unless that guy was on crack or something, I am not sure what he means.
Anyone want to help me on this one? :hp:
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Re: Curious remark on the nc6230, anyone want to comment?
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Re: Curious remark on the nc6230, anyone want to comment?
To be honest, I have no idea what he's talking about. I have an old Toshiba laptop with the fan ventilation and I haven't had any issues for over 4 years. I now also have a new HP notebook (nx8220) and it's based on the same design as the nc6230 and I haven't noticed any issues with it. The unit may get warm, but what do you expect from a pretty thin notebook?
-Vb-
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Sounds like a bit of a load to me. I have been considering this laptop myself and in all the reviews I have read heat was not an issue. If this machine was improperly ventilated someone would have noticed the heat. The intake is on the bottom of the laptop though so you would have to be careful not to cover it if you use the machine on your lap. No different than the slew of other laptops that have the intake in the same place.
Looking forward to hearing your opinion on the NC6230.