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by geek860 on May 14th, 2007
I had that same problem. I called compaq and they said 'it's not supposed to be put on your lap'. I asked them why the hell do you call it a laptop? I ended up taking it back...
There are cooling tables you can get for a few bucks that basically have 4 fans blowing air into it from the bottom, cooling the hard drive. That's an option. I used to put it on a pillow on my lap. Kept my legs cool. I know exactly how that burning feeling is...it's annoying. Can't think of much else.
Good luck
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All "Laptops" are called "Notebooks" - have been for some time. I remember reading an article on someone that sued one of the major companies (Dell, HP, Compaq... Cant remember) after it burnt his legs and he won quite a large settlement.
From then on "Notebooks' were born...
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