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mutantsushi on 29 June 2019
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KBG29 said:
JRPGfan said:
The only issue is if these are also able to dock.... passive cooling + docked modes higher power consumption = issue with heat. But if these mini's cant dock, then its not a issue, or maybe they need a special dock to help with cooling or such. There could be work arounds.
Removing the fan would save a lot of room for better things. It would be great if they had no internal fan, but had vents to allow cooling via a fan on the docking station like you are suggesting.

If handheld doesn't need a fan but high performance mode for docked does, it seems plausible that removing the fan from the handheld while leaving air vents would allow for dock-mounted fan to cool the APU (as well as internal dock power supply?). Carrying around a fan inside handheld that is only for use while docked seems... strange. Especially when Nintendo seems very intent on insisting gamers use the dock and not just connect handheld via HDMI etc.

Last edited by mutantsushi - on 30 June 2019