Laptop Cooler?
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You can buy a unit that sits under the laptop. It's about 1/2 inch thick (about 1.5 cm), and has fans powered by the laptop's USB. My wife has one, and says it helps a lot.
A lot of older laptops tend to do that... often, there's not much that can be done, save finding an air conditioned room.
Make sure that air can flow under the laptop. When placed on a hard surface, most laptops should have 4-5 mm of clearance with their rubber feet.
If you're up to it, you could take your laptop apart and clean it, I've seen older computers and laptops 20 degress hotter than they needed to be, because of dust.
I think there are coolers you can buy to place under your laptop, I don't know anything about them though...
Make sure that air can flow under the laptop. When placed on a hard surface, most laptops should have 4-5 mm of clearance with their rubber feet.
If you're up to it, you could take your laptop apart and clean it, I've seen older computers and laptops 20 degress hotter than they needed to be, because of dust.
I think there are coolers you can buy to place under your laptop, I don't know anything about them though...
I take my laptop apart all the time 
The fan at the back looks cleanish but I can only get a clear view of the inner side.
There is no dust inside the machine. There is not much for a heatsink either, yet I burnt the tip of my finger touching it!
Core logic: smooth aluminium cover, guessing 1.5mm thick.
CPU: looks like a plastic bock, 10mm thick. Ontop of that is an aluminium sheet the same dimentions as the keyboard, guessing 1.5mm thick.
That large thin sheet gets awfully hot. I put copper weights on it to absorb the heat and they become so hot I have to juggle them!
The mouse pad also gets hot to the touch. I am not sure where that heat is coming from - the mousepad is not above any other device.
Here is a picture, except mine looks better because it has more battle-scars
Here is the mobo. I couldn't get a pic of the CPU cooler.
The fan at the back looks cleanish but I can only get a clear view of the inner side.
There is no dust inside the machine. There is not much for a heatsink either, yet I burnt the tip of my finger touching it!
Core logic: smooth aluminium cover, guessing 1.5mm thick.
CPU: looks like a plastic bock, 10mm thick. Ontop of that is an aluminium sheet the same dimentions as the keyboard, guessing 1.5mm thick.
That large thin sheet gets awfully hot. I put copper weights on it to absorb the heat and they become so hot I have to juggle them!
The mouse pad also gets hot to the touch. I am not sure where that heat is coming from - the mousepad is not above any other device.
Here is a picture, except mine looks better because it has more battle-scars
Here is the mobo. I couldn't get a pic of the CPU cooler.
I wonder if using an NT system would reduce wasted cycles? NT systems often drop to 0% CPU usage when idle and I am not sure that Win9x is ever as friendly.
Win95 - missing video, sound, display, modem, usb drivers
Win95B - missing video, display, modem drivers, and poor sound drivers
Win98 - missing video, display, modem drivers, and poor sound drivers
Win98SE - missing video drivers, and poor sound drivers
WinME - works fully
If Win98SE does not have the drivers, I think WinNT4x is a lost cause. WinNT5x (with classic gui & mplayer2.exe) might be too demanding - never tried.
In an effort to reduce CPU cycles, I tried using Arachne instead of MSIE. Arachne might be familiar to Linux users. It does not work with DUN so that idea flopped
Win95 - missing video, sound, display, modem, usb drivers
Win95B - missing video, display, modem drivers, and poor sound drivers
Win98 - missing video, display, modem drivers, and poor sound drivers
Win98SE - missing video drivers, and poor sound drivers
WinME - works fully
If Win98SE does not have the drivers, I think WinNT4x is a lost cause. WinNT5x (with classic gui & mplayer2.exe) might be too demanding - never tried.
In an effort to reduce CPU cycles, I tried using Arachne instead of MSIE. Arachne might be familiar to Linux users. It does not work with DUN so that idea flopped
