Cæptain's Log

Posts Tagged ‘ps2’

I would like to thank Lewis Carol for the new codename for my netbook: The Jabberwock.  It’s appropriate because of all the stuff I’ve done to it / will do to it will make it look like a clusterfucked mess.  On to the topic:

The heatsink on this netbook’s processor / gma chip are lame – the part that makes contact w/ the chip is recessed so you have to use a thermal pad – stupid.

Until I get my brazing stuff set up to fill the gap and switch to AS5 or TuniQ or something, I’ll need an additional method of keeping my monster from heating up.

This works really well, even as a prototype:

I just stuck a tiny fan that I pulled out of an aftermarket PS2 vent thing onto the exhaust port at the bottom of the Jabberwock and plugged it into the nearby usb port.  I don’t know if there’s a 5v trace nearby that won’t blow something up that I can leech off of, so I’ll play it safe and probably just install a simple 4 port hub over one of the usb ports to I have stuff inside to work with (any ideas on just stacking the fan’s supply with the existing port for the time being?  it doesn’t use data).

I affixed it with some silicone I had lying around temporarily, but I’ll need screws with spacers (the free part of the fan is facing the bezel) and I might need to add an additional vent cover so I don’t accidentally plug the exhaust port and blow the fan up….
Developments coming soon….