Before I got my cooling pad after use my laptop bottom was hot to the touch. So I bought a Twister "chilled pad". Now the bottom of the laptop is barely warm... so it really really works. Other than that it is made of solid plastic and is very very light. It fits neatly into my laptop bag. It is powered by the laptop's USB port and draws only .9 W. Most remarkeable of all, the two fans make no noise.
My laptop is only 14.4 but because the pad surface is flat with the exception of two nibs at the front to give the laptop a slight elevation, I think it would easily take a 17 with no instability. The main point that the two fans drawing away the laptop's heat really do keep it cool.
I recently lost a Toshiba A75-206. The motherboard went. My research on the model made me aware that a lot of others were having motherboard problems. My theory is that the hot pentium 4 chip was not being adequately cooled and so the motherboard melted. This would explain why those who had the motherboard replaced eventually experienced the same problems again! So I see the cooling pad as a necessary infestment.
Using your laptop directly on any serface that would block the intake or outflow is suicide.
Gary Hicks
I really need to pick one of these up, as I often leave my notebook on my bed, and I usually use it on my lap. But my laptop is 17" wide. Do I need to get a special cooling pad for wider notebooks (plus size, if you will XD), or will any pad do?

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