Patent ID: 7215541

Claim:
A system comprising: an object having high thermal dissipating properties (high thermal dissipating object); a first sensor communicatively coupled to the high thermal dissipating object to sense a temperature of the high thermal dissipating object; at least one second sensor communicatively coupled to the system to sense an air temperature of the system, wherein one of the at least one second sensors is located in close proximity to a first fan, and a second one of the at least one second sensors is located in close proximity to a second fan; a heat sink in adjacent contact with the high thermal dissipating object, the heat sink having a main section located nearest the high thermal dissipating object, and an extended section farthest from the high thermal dissipating object; the first fan to direct airflow towards the main section of the heat sink; the second fan to direct airflow towards the extended section of the heat sink; and a memory to store a computer program to receive temperature data from the first sensor and the at least one second sensor, and to vary the speeds of the first fan and the second fan based on the received temperature data.