Dang it, my laptop likes to shut itself off during a game. Like yesterday, I was playing some Half-Life 2 (thanks Metalstar on IRC), when the computer just turned itself off. Like, boom. I felt the those small vents on the back of my laptop, and it was burning! Know any tips/tricks I can do to stop it from shutting itself like that? And please don't tell me to get those cooling pads, they're out of my budget.

does it also include a usb hub to make due the fact you're sacrificing one port for the whole comp?

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Nope, but that's kinda the whole point: You don't need an external power adapter. If it were to include an active hub (a passive one wouldn't be any good, as the fans eat up all the power they can get), you would need one :)

I've used one like you have, but I also have seen that use the existing power from the lappy to power both a fan and a usb hub. :)

Well, you can put a passive USB hub between your laptop and the cooler, the problem is that you won't be able to use the ports for anything but devices which have their own power supply, like printers pr HDDs.

those are primarily the kind of devices I use with my laptop anyway. :D

But then loosing an USB port isn't important anyway, is it? I mean, if you're at home, you probably have a USB hub connected anyway (at least I have).

I only have one USB hub and it's in use for Rockband.

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