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Summary: Laptop cooling pads allow the computer to be raised off the surface, and some have a built-in fan that more efficiently circulates hair underneath the laptop to cool down the processor. Learn about cooling pads for laptop computers with IT help from a software developer in this free video on computers.
Dave Andrews is a software developer with a business and Web site selling programs and other computer services in Franklin, Tenn. Having worked in the IT industry for more than 8...read more
"Hi, my name is Dave Andrews. Today, I'm going to tell you a little bit about laptop cooling pads. Now, cooling is very important in a laptop. Air basically has to be able to flow under the laptop and be pulled in that way it will flow over the top of the processor and reduce the amount of heat that the processor is putting off. Now, heats can be a very bad thing for a laptop because as the laptop heats up, the processor will start to throttle itself down which basically means it will do less operation per second which means that your laptop runs slower and that's something we want to avoid. So, I'm going to show you here on the computer screen a laptop cooling pad. Now, this pad here you basically set your laptop on top of it and its got a couple of little rubber rise things here that will lift your laptop a little bit for air to get underneath it. This particular one has a fan built in the middle and that will allow air to very easily flow in and around the bottom of the laptop and it will pull that heat out of the laptop. That way it will keep it from over heating and it will keep your performance good on your laptop which is something that everybody wants. My name is Dave Andrews and I just told you a little bit about laptop cooling pads."
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