Comments on: Feeling the heat http://mat.su/feeling-the-heat/ matsu (n): japanese for pine tree Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jeroen http://mat.su/feeling-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Jeroen Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:33:27 +0000 http://mat.su/?p=129#comment-515 Have you read this article. Pretty old news though. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040331004036.htm Apart from that, what I hear is liquid cooling is not very safe, also much more suited to a desktop. Read a modding article where they submerged the whole computer in cooking oil! No fans obviously. It works, but imagine the trouble you would have to go through to replace a component!! Have you read this article. Pretty old news though.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040331004036.htm
Apart from that, what I hear is liquid cooling is not very safe, also much more suited to a desktop. Read a modding article where they submerged the whole computer in cooking oil! No fans obviously. It works, but imagine the trouble you would have to go through to replace a component!!

]]> By: Pedro Pinheiro http://mat.su/feeling-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Pedro Pinheiro Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:54:24 +0000 http://mat.su/?p=129#comment-514 Bruno, I understand your point of view, but if you had the whole computer behind the screen (except for the keyboard/touchpad/batteries/energy management), the number of connections would be even simpler than the current ones. You'd need only one USB pathway for the input devices, and separate lines for several voltages (unless you had the power conversion hardware also behind the screen). Nowadays, you need to have a voltage line to power the screen, the digital video connection to the LCD, wi-fi antenna cable, and in some cases cables for the microphone and integrated camera. Bruno,
I understand your point of view, but if you had the whole computer behind the screen (except for the keyboard/touchpad/batteries/energy management), the number of connections would be even simpler than the current ones. You’d need only one USB pathway for the input devices, and separate lines for several voltages (unless you had the power conversion hardware also behind the screen). Nowadays, you need to have a voltage line to power the screen, the digital video connection to the LCD, wi-fi antenna cable, and in some cases cables for the microphone and integrated camera.

]]> By: bruno http://mat.su/feeling-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-513 bruno Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:38:08 +0000 http://mat.su/?p=129#comment-513 I am not an expert, but I think there might be some drawbacks on transferring more components (and heat) to the back of the LCD screen, as these are the kind of components that are extremely sensible to heat. I also sense some problems here also, as you'd have to have some efficient way to route the gazillion connections from these components to whatever would be placed on the "bottom" of the laptop. Mine's got two hinges (fragile enough) and a connector which I estimate to have a dozen tiny wires - power included) and it feels bulky... During the past few years, I had to change cracked LCD screens (or LCDs with broken hinges) on my laptops for a couple of times. I consider it an easy task. The helpdesk crew just takes them apart and replaces for a new one. Imagine if they had a CPU and a Graphcard inside... I am not an expert, but I think there might be some drawbacks on transferring more components (and heat) to the back of the LCD screen, as these are the kind of components that are extremely sensible to heat.

I also sense some problems here also, as you’d have to have some efficient way to route the gazillion connections from these components to whatever would be placed on the “bottom” of the laptop. Mine’s got two hinges (fragile enough) and a connector which I estimate to have a dozen tiny wires – power included) and it feels bulky… During the past few years, I had to change cracked LCD screens (or LCDs with broken hinges) on my laptops for a couple of times. I consider it an easy task. The helpdesk crew just takes them apart and replaces for a new one. Imagine if they had a CPU and a Graphcard inside…

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