Adding External Components to the Lappy

WestC07 · 06-15-2007, 10:27 PM

I'm thinking about adding a few components to my laptop to where I can "use it externally". Pretty much, what I would like to be able to do is to open it up, press the power button, close it, and go. Here are the products I'm looking at:

Monitor:
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16824254018

Keyboard:
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16823126013

Cooling:
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16834997130

I already have a wireless mouse.

I know it looks kind of cheap, but the parts I chose all seem to get good or decent reviews. Would this allow me to do what I specified? I can set my laptop to where when I close it, all that happens is the screen turns off, so that's what my plans were.

As for another question, I know that laptops often have heat issues, so that's why I chose to add a cooling pad. My particular model of laptop has two small vents about 1/2" wide and 2" long on each side of the keyboard. With the laptop being closed during use, would this cause any overheating problems? I know that when the cooling fan turns on, I can feel the air being drawn into the left vent (it also draws air from under, and from the side), but the right really doesn't seem like it serves that much purpose, so would I be okay with keeping the cooling pad under it?

One more thing, I'm planning on playing CSS on this setup, would the monitor do alright? With using a larger external monitor, would this put more stress on the GPU, and would I need to change the in-game resolution every time I choose to play on the laptop alone?

Sorry for all of the questions but this is completely new to me.

Thanks!

Tuffie · 06-15-2007, 11:53 PM

I don't know about the dell insperon but most laptops go into a standby state when you close the screen, but maybe if you wanted you could pull the button that turns the monitor of?

Kent.

WestC07 · 06-16-2007, 12:47 AM

There's a program included with the laptop called Dell QuickSet where you can change power consumption settings and such. You can set it to where when you close the screen, nothing happens.

I didn't think about it, but that setting doesn't control the monitor turning off. Hmm... I'll have to experiment around some.

WestC07 · 06-17-2007, 10:48 PM

Anybody?

06-15-2007, 10:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
WestC07 Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 108	Adding External Components to the Lappy I'm thinking about adding a few components to my laptop to where I can "use it externally". Pretty much, what I would like to be able to do is to open it up, press the power button, close it, and go. Here are the products I'm looking at: Monitor: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16824254018 Keyboard: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16823126013 Cooling: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16834997130 I already have a wireless mouse. I know it looks kind of cheap, but the parts I chose all seem to get good or decent reviews. Would this allow me to do what I specified? I can set my laptop to where when I close it, all that happens is the screen turns off, so that's what my plans were. As for another question, I know that laptops often have heat issues, so that's why I chose to add a cooling pad. My particular model of laptop has two small vents about 1/2" wide and 2" long on each side of the keyboard. With the laptop being closed during use, would this cause any overheating problems? I know that when the cooling fan turns on, I can feel the air being drawn into the left vent (it also draws air from under, and from the side), but the right really doesn't seem like it serves that much purpose, so would I be okay with keeping the cooling pad under it? One more thing, I'm planning on playing CSS on this setup, would the monitor do alright? With using a larger external monitor, would this put more stress on the GPU, and would I need to change the in-game resolution every time I choose to play on the laptop alone? Sorry for all of the questions but this is completely new to me. Thanks! __________________ -West Dell Inspiron E1505- ~Windows XP Media Center Edition -Intel Core2Duo T7200 @ 2.0Ghz -256MB ATI Radeon X1400 -1GB RAM -Lots of other goodies...

06-16-2007, 12:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
WestC07 Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 108	There's a program included with the laptop called Dell QuickSet where you can change power consumption settings and such. You can set it to where when you close the screen, nothing happens. I didn't think about it, but that setting doesn't control the monitor turning off. Hmm... I'll have to experiment around some. __________________ -West Dell Inspiron E1505- ~Windows XP Media Center Edition -Intel Core2Duo T7200 @ 2.0Ghz -256MB ATI Radeon X1400 -1GB RAM -Lots of other goodies...

06-17-2007, 10:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
WestC07 Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 108	Anybody? __________________ -West Dell Inspiron E1505- ~Windows XP Media Center Edition -Intel Core2Duo T7200 @ 2.0Ghz -256MB ATI Radeon X1400 -1GB RAM -Lots of other goodies...

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