M11x R1 Heatsink Mod

[Vallejo]

Wow, nice mod. I would do it if i had the guts , but I feel I could ruin my m11x if I try to do this mod.

[some guy]

Thanks.

Its not hard to do at all. in fact the only tools you really need is a philips screw driver to take your laptop apart and a pair of cutters to get the heatsinks down to the size you need. i just went a extra mile and messed with some other stuff. the raw and dirty methond (first set of pics) should give basiclly the same temps.

[dredd1893]

Lol no, just an engineer with steady hands and a modding addiction.

too bad, were you one, I'd like to ask some operating tips..
keep modding (and post the results to us mortals)

[some guy]

got the mod finished!



FINAL PRODUCT:







And here is a nice lil vid to show my temps (sorry for the cameraphone quality)

[bunnybash4]

Anyone know if this would work with the r2 i7 model?

[some guy]

the idea would be the same.

just buy some of the heatsinks and trim them down to the size you need.

[dredd1893]

gorgeous... +1 rep

[HTWingNut]

So do you think the RAM really gets that hot that it needs heat spreaders? If anything I might pick up some of that thermal tape. Seems I always have a need.

If you happen to find a fan and a way to mount it, I may give it a go, although my temps usually remain below 60C, which is remarkable to begin with IMHO. In any case, amazing what a little extra copper can do!

[some guy]

gorgeous... +1 rep

thanks.

So do you think the RAM really gets that hot that it needs heat spreaders? If anything I might pick up some of that thermal tape. Seems I always have a need.

If you happen to find a fan and a way to mount it, I may give it a go, although my temps usually remain below 60C, which is remarkable to begin with IMHO. In any case, amazing what a little extra copper can do!

i don't think the heat spreaders are needed for most RAM but mine was running warmer than i like. with everything the way it is now this thing runs super cool, including the plamrest.

the hole i cut in the fan shroud really helped things a lot. the air that now comes out of the internal side of things acting like a second fan flows across the new heatsinks i added and the RAM as well. then escapes out of the vent on the underside of the laptop from what most ppl would call the holes for the speakers. i also ripped out the little black fiber cloth that was sitting on those vents to lower the air flow resistance.

the bottom side of the laptop stays much cooler now with the new air movement inside the laptop. the noise is lower too for 2 reasons. the fan now never kicks on when surfing and when the fan is on during gaming about 25% of the flow is directed out of the new low resistance hole and not forced thru the very dense fin array of the heatsink which is where most fan noise comes from. not the actual fan movement its self.

the temps as you can see from the video are flat out awesome even with out a laptop cooling pad. i had to take the video because i thought a lot of ppl would call BS on temps around 45c during gaming while OCed like crazy. i was running native rez, highest settings, on a loaded server. i assume running games like Brink and Crysis will make the temps a little higher but still MUCH lower than i was running before.

the best part is i can now stop messing with my laptop and start gaming! as now i don't think i will have any reason to open it again and mod anything.

[HTWingNut]

Wow. I would have never considered a heatsink mod on the M11x because it runs so cool compared with my 17" @ 80C+

But if it reduces fan noise, it might be worth a look.

So only parts of the machine that you modded were the slots in the bottom cover and opening that side of the fan by added copper heatsinks? Well, removing that black fiber stuff too?

To be honest looking at that, wondering why Dell didn't investigate something like this. It seems like they could have made it elegant and wouldn't have been that hard to implement.