Laptop Cooling

Curious about my cooling options with my laptop. Obviously, I am limited here but wondering if anyone has experiences with the aftermarket coolpads or has some ideas they would like to share. Thanks guys!

My roommate has a little coolpad back at home. Its quiet loud I think, which 3 fans. Does a great job of keeping it cool. Only thing thats bad with it is sometimes the fans start making a lot of racket and its really a pain to stop them from making it. This includes hitting it, tapping it, removing the fan and placing it back in, turning off power, etc.

Otherwise if you can just raise your laptop a little off the desk and put a fan blowing across it that should help considerably.

Yes, the cooling pads help a lot.