http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/The Henny Youngman quip was great.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/
a better idea would be a wii 5.25" drive for the pc, put all the ports in another drive bay, and pass the videothrough a video capturing card, then attach your sensor bar to the monitor and thats it, beautiful]]>Jan 23rd 2007 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/
looks like the mainboard is more than 5.25" wide, so your idea simply can't work.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 26th 2007 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/
Thanks,
Mike]]>Jan 23rd 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/
What do I do with my dismantled Wii until then!]]>Jan 23rd 2007 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/
I agree a wii in my pc with my 24" monitor would be awesome,

but i could see how this would be cool too. although, i hope it still functions as a regular wii too :?]]>Jan 23rd 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8p_5XMTVU2g

like that one there]]>Jan 23rd 2007 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/ your gay]]>Jan 23rd 2007 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 23rd 2007 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/forget about the wii
is that a vinyl LP of 'the shaggs' ?
you are my hero.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/
Yes the heatsink has been changed but I also used a much faster fan in the final build (see that in Part 3) The existing fan on the Wii was almost, I don't know how to say it, "lazy slow" so since I fudged the heat sink a bit I used a much faster fan to compensate.

RE: C64 manuals and The Shaggs, yes I always try to throw fun "Easter Eggs" into photos whenever I can. Usually they allude to upcoming, unannouced projects, though don't worry, I'm not planning a Shaggs cover album or anything. If you, ahem, *like* the Shaggs you should check out:

http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/index.html

...which is a place the Shaggs probably would have loved to play at. "Middle frame of a panda bear morphing into a sofa animation" - classic.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/from my limited knowledge, i think that you would probably get better and more efficient heat transfer if you simply trimmed the heat sink with a dremel or something. That seems a heck of a lot easier to me as well, it would be a pain to squish each fin over without ruining the end that contacts the processor too much. Does anyone with a scientific background know more about this kinda stuff?

Just my two cents
-bryan]]>Jan 24th 2007 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Heat moves from an area of higher temperature to an area of lower temperature. (Think chemical diffusion) Therefore, heat would go from a hot gpu to a cooler heatsink to the ever-cooler air (since it is being replenished by the fan).

The argument is that it would be more beneficial to have simply cut the heat-sink than to have bent it. Cutting it would decrease the available metal onto which the heat can go. Because heat transfer is all about creating an equilibrium between the two systems (in this case, the GPU and the heat sink) the heatsink will get hotter faster. Moreover, because the rate of the heatsink's release of heat into the air is based on available surface area... cutting the fins would obviously decrease this as well.]]>Jan 24th 2007 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 24th 2007 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/]]>Jan 24th 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 24th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 24th 2007 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Feb 2nd 2007 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 24th 2007 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 24th 2007 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 25th 2007 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/
Again, it is very nice.]]>Jan 26th 2007 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 27th 2007 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 28th 2007 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Jan 28th 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Dec 11th 2007 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Feb 1st 2007 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Feb 4th 2007 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/Apr 11th 2007 10:10AM