Xbox 360 Laptop - complete (updated 7/15)

LoyalistRevolt · Post by **LoyalistRevolt** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:34 pm

What about the Mem card port?

WompaStompa11 · Post by **WompaStompa11** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:43 pm

LoyalistRevolt wrote:What about the Mem card port?

I didn't include it since I felt I didn't need it and besides I could always reattach the Hard drive to an unmodified 360 to transfer files and what not.

LoyalistRevolt · Post by **LoyalistRevolt** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:48 pm

WompaStompa11 wrote:
LoyalistRevolt wrote:What about the Mem card port?
I didn't include it since I felt I didn't need it and besides I could always reattach the Hard drive to an unmodified 360 to transfer files and what not.

Yea but you never know what might happen... What If your friend got the expansion of something you wanted? Also do you play online with this sorry if its a stupid Question.

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:06 am

it probably overheats due to the plastic being an insulator, and well, it take a good study of aerodynamics to discover how the air flows properly in the case, therefore the hot air only gets hotter and after 3 minutes...wham-o shut down

a fan in front may help pull in some cold air and extrude the hot air out the back via the three fans you have

also, juice up the fans, make em run a little faster, also, take a laptop fan and place it a top the main processor area, this would help move more air to the pipes and cool it down

These are just quick thoughts study your main causes of heat and try to tackle each individually

~Krepticor

WompaStompa11 · Post by **WompaStompa11** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:37 pm

LoyalistRevolt wrote:
WompaStompa11 wrote:
LoyalistRevolt wrote:What about the Mem card port?
I didn't include it since I felt I didn't need it and besides I could always reattach the Hard drive to an unmodified 360 to transfer files and what not.
Yea but you never know what might happen... What If your friend got the expansion of something you wanted? Also do you play online with this sorry if its a stupid Question.

Yes, it has a built in Wi Fi adapter and I do plan on playing online.

Krepticor wrote:it probably overheats due to the plastic being an insulator, and well, it take a good study of aerodynamics to discover how the air flows properly in the case, therefore the hot air only gets hotter and after 3 minutes...wham-o shut down

a fan in front may help pull in some cold air and extrude the hot air out the back via the three fans you have

also, juice up the fans, make em run a little faster, also, take a laptop fan and place it a top the main processor area, this would help move more air to the pipes and cool it down

These are just quick thoughts study your main causes of heat and try to tackle each individually

~Krepticor

Is it possible to make the fans run faster? And I do have two fans in the front already. I don't know how much room on top of the heatsinks there is for another fan.

HotDog-Cart · Post by **HotDog-Cart** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:56 pm

Yes its possible to make the fans go faster.

Add more voltage. If there and 8v fan, go 8v. If thats not fast enough, go 12v.

Yet I think 8v-12v will be good enough if you have multiple fans.

WompaStompa11 · Post by **WompaStompa11** » Sun May 25, 2008 1:33 pm

They are all 12V fans running at 12V

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun May 25, 2008 1:37 pm

WompaStompa11 wrote:There are all 12V fans running at 12V

Keep it that way. Running them at a higher voltage makes them faster, but also kills them faster. You might need better fans that move more air.

HotDog-Cart · Post by **HotDog-Cart** » Sun May 25, 2008 1:43 pm

Vskid is right. Get better voltage fans. Or bigger fans.

woox · Post by **woox** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:53 pm

If your concerned about size, is it better to have 2 multiple small fans or 1 big fan?

The way I see it small fans can be compacted easier in places vs large ones.

HotDog-Cart · Post by **HotDog-Cart** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:02 pm

The small fans can focus on certain parts, while the big fan only cools a certain area on the board.

Just remember, don't get it too cold or it wont operate.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:33 pm

HotDog-Cart wrote:Just remember, don't get it too cold or it wont operate.

What? Fans just move the heat around, so the 360 won't get cooler than the outside air. Unless your house is very cold, you couldn't have too much cooling. And the only bad thing cold could do is cause water to condense and short something.

LoyalistRevolt · Post by **LoyalistRevolt** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:31 pm

Yo its me again

wanted to ask about the case how hard was it to make? Also how many heatsink and fans do you have in total I would be more that happy to send you a free fan if you need it

Edit: it there a way to get the fans to run the opposite way so they suck air out?

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:32 pm

LoyalistRevolt wrote:Edit: it there a way to get the fans to run the opposite way so they suck air out?

Reverse the Polarity.

WompaStompa11 · Post by **WompaStompa11** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:05 pm

LoyalistRevolt wrote:Yo its me again wanted to ask about the case how hard was it to make? Also how many heatsink and fans do you have in total I would be more that happy to send you a free fan if you need it

Edit: it there a way to get the fans to run the opposite way so they suck air out?

The case wasn't too hard to make, but it was time consuming. I used 3 heatsinks plus 4 fragments of heatsinks. I have many fans; I tried using 11 fans, but it still overheats in 15 minutes, so I ordered some watercooling parts.

Thanks for offering a free fan though...