I think it comes from the side and goes out the back. I'm not sure what the bottom thing does.

The air enters on the bottom, a circular hole under a fan whose upper and lower bounds roughly coincide with the location of the backspace and enter keys. There are vents on the right side base and two on the back, but the majority of the air seems to come out of the back on the right side.

Message Edited by ArrowDriver on 10-28-2003 08:17 PM

Thanks! going to buy a cooler and was warried if it would work

The vent on the back center is for cooling the graphics card, but there is no fan involved.

Message Edited by kjnangre on 11-02-2003 07:57 PM

Ya, the fan is designed to take air from the bottom and send it out the back. Some air enters by the right side vent, which is there as a back-up in the event you have your laptop on a bed or, well, your lap and the bottom vent is blocked. The