I strongly recommend a laptop cooling pad. I'm talking about the kind that plugs into the USB port and has fans on it. These run around 20 to 25 US$. The best one I've seen was by Antec. It had an aluminum surface and a pass-through port for the USB plug in. Keeps your thighs cooler, too <grin>. [log in to unmask] > My daughter has a Sony Vaio model PCG-6F1L VGN-S360P laptop computer. It > generally works fine, but gets very hot at times. I know that some laptops > do get hot, but am not sure how prevalent this is. Are there any good Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml