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  Laptop cooling pad - recommendations? David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2026-07-30 11:27 +0000
    Re: Laptop cooling pad - recommendations? Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-07-31 12:02 +0100
      Re: Laptop cooling pad - recommendations? David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2026-07-31 14:31 +0000
        Re: Laptop cooling pad - recommendations? Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-08-01 13:09 +0100
    Re: Laptop cooling pad - recommendations? David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2026-08-03 14:48 +0000

#60705 — Laptop cooling pad - recommendations?

I am having cooling problems with a Dell XPS laptop.
As far as I can tell the fan isn't running (which is the opposite to the 
main problem of the fan being too noisy).

I will be investigating further, but this has made me consider a laptop 
cooler.

Does anyone use one, or know of a good brand?

13" laptop.

Cheers



Dave R

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#60706

In article <nd0qoeFqipfU1@mid.individual.net>, wibble@btinternet.com 
says...
>I am having cooling problems with a Dell XPS laptop.
>As far as I can tell the fan isn't running (which is the opposite to the 
>main problem of the fan being too noisy).
>

Dell Support Assist diagnostics (or diagnostics available from the boot 
menu) may be able to detect if there is actually a problem with the fan
(s).

I doubt a cooling stand will be sufficient to avoid internal 
overheating.

Useful tip:  to access the boot options menu, in a terminal window, 
type:
shutdown /r /o /t 0
... and it'll take you there.

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#60707

On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:02:57 +0100, Philip Herlihy wrote:

> In article <nd0qoeFqipfU1@mid.individual.net>, wibble@btinternet.com
> says...
>>I am having cooling problems with a Dell XPS laptop.
>>As far as I can tell the fan isn't running (which is the opposite to the
>>main problem of the fan being too noisy).
>>
>>
> Dell Support Assist diagnostics (or diagnostics available from the boot
> menu) may be able to detect if there is actually a problem with the fan
> (s).
> 
> I doubt a cooling stand will be sufficient to avoid internal
> overheating.
> 
> Useful tip:  to access the boot options menu, in a terminal window,
> type:
> shutdown /r /o /t 0 ... and it'll take you there.
> 
> --

Ran support assistant and it found loads of firmware updates but didn't 
report any hardware problems.
I took the back off the laptop and then spun the fan a couple of times and 
it then started spinning on its own.
Weedy looking thing at the end of a long heat sink (at least that was what 
I think it was; was getting hot).

I am now trying out a Tecknet cooler and we shall see how it goes.

The fan still isn't spinning fast enough to be audible.
Not that I recall it ever being audible.

Anyway it is working in a limited way at the moment so I will try and 
track if it is overheating.

Couple of days I will never get back.

Cheers



Dave R

-- 
W11 Home on Dell XPS 13 i7

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#60709

In article <nd3ptaFk0s0U1@mid.individual.net>, wibble@btinternet.com 
says...

>Anyway it is working in a limited way at the moment so I will try and 
>track if it is overheating.
>
>

Speccy seems quite good at reporting temperatures.
https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy


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#60719

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:27:10 +0000, David wrote:

> I am having cooling problems with a Dell XPS laptop.
> As far as I can tell the fan isn't running (which is the opposite to the
> main problem of the fan being too noisy).
> 
> I will be investigating further, but this has made me consider a laptop
> cooler.
> 
> Does anyone use one, or know of a good brand?

<https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0164R64Y8?th=1>
This Tecknet cooling pad seems to be doing the business.
Cool as a cucumber now.

Cheers




Dave R

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