Comments on: Wii Laptop How-To (Part 1)

By: Nayter

Nayter — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:46:19 +0000

I read the comments on the other page and i changed my mind he probably did do it right by bending them so that he can keep as much of the metal able to absorb and transfer heat as possible. as long as there is space between them so that air can flow unrestricted they will do their job. ben also noted that he uses a much more powerful fan in part 3

By: Nayter

Nayter — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:34:11 +0000

The heat sink needs to be upright and the fins need to be parallel to perform efficiently. He would have been better off using a dremmel to cut them.

By: Hack a Wii

Hack a Wii — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:45:05 +0000

Wow what an impressive job, I am sure the heatsink will be not very efficient but I guess it might have been larger than needed to begin with…

By: japroach

japroach — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:10:29 +0000

Needs more digital caliper + metric.

but other than that, very nice.

By: Blind tree frog

Blind tree frog — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:29:03 +0000

As long as aircan still flow around the vanes i doubt the flatteing would hurt all that much.

By: Monkey

Monkey — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:44:56 +0000

I’m not sure how efficient the heatsink will be all flattened like that, but then again I’m really not sure how hot the Wii runs anywho.

Ben does some pretty amazing stuff!

By: Ilya p00nstar

Ilya p00nstar — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:15:09 +0000

Awesome. Now I will make my own super laptop. :D!!!
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