Laptop aspire 5135 runs hot?

Okay when i get on my computer for extended hours on end, the computer starts getting kinda hot to the touch, i.e. the touchpad feels really really hot. Am i doing something bad or wrong like destroying or melting the insides of my puter? And im using a Celeron 530 @ 1.73 ghz...2 gigs of ram and 80g hard drive.
Any solutions?

 

I have posted a similar response to a similar question before.

Here goes my solution:

Firstly, Acer for some unknown reason, place many of their lappie HDD in a compartment that has zero airflow. Result is the HDD gets overly hot when used over a period of time. I have seen HDD temps up to 65 degrees celcius one memorable hot day when the lappie was still new.

I realised then, my Seagate HDD would not last long if it was regularly expected to handle these elevated HDD temps. Anyway, used the lappie for about a year without probs. or HDD failure.

Secondly: The lappie was around a year and a half old and I built a cooler for it. No mods to the original sealed HDD bay..it just pushes cold air up and into the bottom plastic of the lappie.

HDD temp down by at least 15 degrees celcius no matter how hard the HDD might be working and for how long. No problems.

It's an Acer design "fault". A HDD needs cooling. A sealed HDD compartment is quite plainly "stupid".

So anyway, my lappie is used as a portable computer still on battery power a lot. No problems there as the HDD does not run long enough to really heat up enough....

At my desk though....it sits on the cooler on AC power for days at a time sometimes: without any complaints or overheating whilst running continiously. Even with extended gaming sessions on the thing (when the boss is away) nothing overheats.

I recko'n it's all about airflow. The more the better. Even just basically cooling the plastic under the sealed HDD bay brings temps crashing down.

I can post proof screenshots if anyone is interested.

Cheers

 

i have the same laptop,,, and noticed the same things,, here is how i resolved the problem

1. TAKE THE BOTTOM COVER OFF AND CLEAN THE FAN/VENT every few months.

2. READ FLIP-FIRE's UNDERVOLTING GUIDE... INSTALL RMCLOCK per his guide.

3. UNDER POWER MANAGMENT SETTINGS, you can have your HDD shut-down and stop spinning after a period of inacitivity. (this may slow things down just a bit when the HDD spins up.)

4. CONSIDER UPGRADING TO A CORE2DUO CPU (they run faster and much cooler) there is a very good thread about upgrading the 5315 CPU that is in the FIRST ACER THREAD (the sticky)

 

well on my power management thingie i see no thing about slowing the hard drive thing when not in use. Or am i stupid and not looking in the right spot or something?

 

in XP you go to control pannel and POWER options...

then in the bottom half of the window there is an option that allows you to select the ammount of time before the HDD powers down when inactive

i have no clue in VISTA... try searching the help feature for HDD idle time

 

Jared B. Definately check and clean your Fan and Cooling fins as BIGOZONE said. My 5315 runs 24/7 with the odd shut down to travel to the wifes place and back. I found mine to run really warm as well. Cleaned it and it is running much cooler now. I have a core2duo cpu on order and awaitng for it to arrive to see what difference in heat that will do (Again thanks to BIGOZONE ). I am running Windows 7 Ultimate Beta and have noticed it to run very close to xp speeds. Way better than Vsta. No where near the resource hog as Vista. I find it to get a bit warm still when playing World Of Warcraft for a few hours but I just use a cooling pad and it helps it stay a bit cooler. The wife has the same laptop and her's does not run all the time and does not have as much problem with heat as mine. I guess I am just a bit more demanding of my laptop than she is.