All the SP3s I've encountered have a ton of heat under moderate load at the top right corner. I have a laptop cooling pad but obviously doesn't help too much given that it is under the unit. I have the dock coming in a couple weeks. Does anyone have any good ideas on keeping this thing cool when used as a regular PC? Maybe mounting a USB fan behind it?
Heat - back right corner
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thisiscarlo
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Whenever the fans are running amok, check your task manager to see what process is causing it. I found that the search indexing was causing my SP3 to go crazy whenever I was downloading a torrent so I disabled that particular folder and haven't really had much heat problems since then.
Ton of heat is relative ... my Mac Book Air gets as warm over a larger area and the fan is much louder. both are operating within their specifications.
Maybe a cooling plate would work under an SP3... or a blue ice pack
I suspect some enterprising vendor will come up with one regardless of whether its needed or not.http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Flex...UTF8&qid=1406901560&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+light
There was a guy on either this forum or a different one that attached an external fan to his pro and was able to force the air in. He did see some pretty good results from it, better performance because it didn't throttle as much.
I was thinking, in desktop mode it would be neat to have a fan on a flexible mount kinda like this usb light
http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Flex...UTF8&qid=1406901560&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+light
that you could position over top the Pro and force the air in. It would have to be a small fan and a quiet one to work, but it would be cool to do.
Mike
There was a guy on either this forum or a different one that attached an external fan to his pro and was able to force the air in. He did see some pretty good results from it, better performance because it didn't throttle as much.
I was thinking, in desktop mode it would be neat to have a fan on a flexible mount kinda like this usb light
http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Flex...UTF8&qid=1406901560&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+light
that you could position over top the Pro and force the air in. It would have to be a small fan and a quiet one to work, but it would be cool to do.
Mike
http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/microsoft/62921-surface-pro-3-problems-thread-15.html#433
"I ran some 3dmark benchmarks and saw score/FPS increases ranging 31-39% for graphics tests, and about an 25% increase for physics tests. 30-40% increase in FPS... not bad!"
Seneleron
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Links to page 15 of a 65 page forum topic. I looked though page 15, and saw no mention of this fan . . "solution". If I somehow glanced over it, I'm sorry.
It would be helpful if you could copy/paste the post along with the link, as well as copy paste all
relevant temp monitoring data.
Unless this is the entirety of the post?
It would be helpful if you could copy/paste the post along with the link, as well as copy paste all
relevant temp monitoring data.
Unless this is the entirety of the post?
http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/microsoft/62921-surface-pro-3-problems-thread-44.html#post404675
Sorry, that forum has different page numbers when you are logged in vs. not logged in, so page number 15 for me is page number 44 for non-logged in users. Look for post number 433. There is more than one post, so I am not going copy and paste a whole bunch of data here.
Sorry, that forum has different page numbers when you are logged in vs. not logged in, so page number 15 for me is page number 44 for non-logged in users. Look for post number 433. There is more than one post, so I am not going copy and paste a whole bunch of data here.
Seneleron
Active Member
Alright, after some issues with pages 42 and 43, I've seen what you're talking about. I'll see if I can replicate the results when I have time. I still doubt those changes would make much of a dent in 3dmark scores, and you're probably only talking 2-5 FPS real world in gaming. . . but I'm intrigued enough to make the attempt.
I will, of course, be using something a little larger than a blower [I have a massey 3.5" personal fan I can adapt, or my Massey 8" with a large ziplock. . . .
Don't worry, I'll take pics ^^
I will, of course, be using something a little larger than a blower [I have a massey 3.5" personal fan I can adapt, or my Massey 8" with a large ziplock. . . .
Don't worry, I'll take pics ^^
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