Acer Aspire 5040 heating problem

I recently purchased an Acer Aspire 5040 (Acer Aspire 5044NWLCi) with an AMD Turion 64 processor. The problem I have is that this laptop produces a lot of heat. I have had my fair share of laptops but this particular model produces more heat than I have experienced before. It gets so hot that my palms start sweating and if I am unlucky my palm starts feeling like its burning, so I definately don't put it on my lap. However, this only happens when the processor is doing some intensive tasks like gaming. But I have also noticed this happening when it is performing a virus scan check in the background (I use AVG Anti-virus) and it gets uncomfortably hot even when I am using a simple program like Microsoft Word.
I was wondering whether this is a manufacturing problem or if there is a way to make the laptop cooler to use (like a cooling sink). I checked with other brands that my friends bought with the same processor (HP or example) and they are a lot cooler than my acer, even when doing the same tasks.

 

Try and clean the dust out of the cooling system. There should be a vent at the rear or side of the notebook, where exhuast warm air escapes. Alot of dust builds up in this area, and causes an inneffiecientcy of thecooling system. You can use compressed air to get rid of this dust. If you have had to the notebook for a long time, then dust is most likely the problem.

 

Its a new laptop, straight from the box so it hadn't been sitting on the open shelf for some time but nonetheless I gave it a blow before I submitted this forum. No dust and didn't change the problem :-( Any other ideas perhaps?

 

If it is new, then I would give Acer Technical Support a call, and describe the problem to them. They may replace or fix the notebook. Normally notebooks do get quite warm, and are not useable on your lap, but if they get to the point where is more hot that warm, I would be concerned.

 

I'll try that. Thank you.

 

My laptop is usable on my laptop, but I also have it clocked down. So, I guess thats why.

I am wondering though, what normal temps are for a notebook, if anybody knows.

 

Temperatures depend alot on the cooling system used, however, for a Core 2 Duo, they should be around 50 C. Some notebooks will get a little more, and some will get less. It all depends on the cooling. I am not too sure of what a Turion X2 would be, but I would imagine it would be similar to the Core 2 Duo.

 

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thanks to SSX

 

My 5044 with Turion gets warm, but not uncomfortably hot. It's no hotter than the Sempron-powered Compag notebook I had before. Do you have something running that somehow keeps the processor running at full power? Mine seems happy to run at 800mhz most of the time, with only brief forays into full power. These laptops do run hotter, but that's the price we pay for the much greater desktop-replacement power they provide us with.