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Crazy_J · 05-March-05, 06:33 AM

I made a mistake at work. I put my laptop on the cooling pad, plugged in the USB cable, and turned on the cooling pad. I had it running for 9 hours. Just now, I realized I forgot to plug in the DC power adapter. So that means the fans were getting power from the USB port.

In my earlier post, I mentioned that I received a power warning from XP. When I got that message I had a CF card plugged into the cooling pad. My conclusion is as long as the card reader is not in use, you should be able to cool the laptop using power from the laptop's USB port.

Just thought I better let you guys know.

05-March-05, 06:33 AM		#6 (permalink)
Crazy_J Apex Tech Demi-God	I made a mistake at work. I put my laptop on the cooling pad, plugged in the USB cable, and turned on the cooling pad. I had it running for 9 hours. Just now, I realized I forgot to plug in the DC power adapter. So that means the fans were getting power from the USB port. In my earlier post, I mentioned that I received a power warning from XP. When I got that message I had a CF card plugged into the cooling pad. My conclusion is as long as the card reader is not in use, you should be able to cool the laptop using power from the laptop's USB port. Just thought I better let you guys know.