Stephen C. Daukas wrote:
And they run hot. So hot, in fact, that the one I have now will periodically freeze (melt?) and I have to cycle the power. To get any useful time out of it, I have to create an air space beneath the laptop... I doubt I would purchase another.
Wow. I've heard of them running warm, but never that hot... which model do you have?
Scott It is an A20m. My wife got it a number of years ago so she could be away from the office more easily... When this problem first began, I
Scott Venier wrote: thought it was windows so I blew everything away and reinstalled (twice over a 6 month period). Didn't make a difference. I have heard from others that this is known to happen, from time to time, with some thinkpad models. I found it interesting to note a review of one of the new IBM laptops as stating that "it runs hot". Steve