Lenovo's solution to the X61s warm palm rest

[sp00n]

Apparently there's a second fan on the X61s towards the bottom to help cool the wireless card.



Close up:



Intake vent (I never knew this was an air vent):



From what I can see in the pics and what I've read over on ThinkPad Forums, the second fan only comes with the X61s with the WWAN option. It does NOT come in the X61 with WWAN and the X61s without WWAN. However, you can order the second fan from Lenovo and install it yourself.

4965AGN:--------------53度(Max)
Atheros abg:------------58.5度(Max)
3945ABG:--------------60度(Max)
Atheros 11n:-----------63.4度(Max)

[acaurora]

where are the pics?

[sp00n]

where are the pics?

No hot linking I guess.

[bmnotpls]

So the X61 isn't hot on the palm rest?

[sp00n]

So the X61 isn't hot on the palm rest?

It still is. They just don't have a second fan for the non s model.

[acaurora]

All I have got to say is WOW that is definitely interesting to see a *second* fan on the X61s... with its own little dedicated intake vent! I wonder - is it really effective while also being acoustically nonintrusive ? (long way of saying is it quiet still?)

EDIT: Isn't this from your other thread?
Inside the T61/R61/X61 (a lot of pics)

[bmnotpls]

So I've been begging them to fill my X61 order and I'm gonna be annoyed once I get it.
Wonderful.

[sp00n]

EDIT: Isn't this from your other thread?
Inside the T61/R61/X61 (a lot of pics)

Yeah, but I think a lot of people overlooked it.

[acaurora]

Oh ok.

I think they should've tried to design a vent closer - but then again the vent helps cool the HDD as well, I guess? Maybe if they had moved the vent to the bottom of the right palmrest it would've been better as it would've helped cool the underside, where the motor for all HDDs are generally located?

[smoothoperator]

Are these vents on my X61T?