Hi, so as the title indicates - I am still rocking a late 2011 17" MBP that I love dearly, and it works flawlessly still.
When doing some CPU intensive tasks however, such as video conversion as I am doing right now, it gets the machine all nice and toasty. Fans spinning at 5500rpm with a 91c temp.
I never use the dvd drive, maybe once or twice since I bought the machine. I know there are options to swap it with a replacement HDD/SSD - I even have the kit here thats never been used. What I'm wondering is can you/has anyone ever swapped the dvd drive and put an extra fan(s) in its place instead and pushed hot air out of the disc slot on the side of the unibody?
This isn't my area of expertise so I'm at a loss. Just wondering if its achievable.
Thanks,
Danny
When doing some CPU intensive tasks however, such as video conversion as I am doing right now, it gets the machine all nice and toasty. Fans spinning at 5500rpm with a 91c temp.
I never use the dvd drive, maybe once or twice since I bought the machine. I know there are options to swap it with a replacement HDD/SSD - I even have the kit here thats never been used. What I'm wondering is can you/has anyone ever swapped the dvd drive and put an extra fan(s) in its place instead and pushed hot air out of the disc slot on the side of the unibody?
This isn't my area of expertise so I'm at a loss. Just wondering if its achievable.
Thanks,
Danny