Worried about my W110ER, Help!

So i've had it for around 7 months, always treated it like it was made o' 24k gold, but yesterday I did something really stupid. I was REALLY late to take my bus back home, and i put it away in a hurry. Since i have it on auto-hibernate when I close the lid, I closed it and put it in my carrying case, continuing to get ready and not re-checking if it turned off.

It didnt.

About two hours later I notice my bag is unusually hot, I open it and my W110ER is NUCLEAR. I turn it off in a hurry and let it cool off for a long time before putting it away. I tried turning it on last night, and it seemed to work fine, but just word processing and such. Today though, the fan (or at least, it seems like the fan) is making a continuous low-pitch clicking noise - like an old car engine in idle, or a baseball card clicking against a bike wheel - I haven't tried playing games or anything demanding, because I know they can get pretty hot, and the fan is the only thing keeping it going. Im afraid this kills the laptop.

Anyway... Im really worried. I worked hard to buy this puppy, and I take really good care of it (the rest of the time). So I was wondering if anyone can offer me some insight as to what could be the problem, or what I should expect to fail in the short-long run with such a stupid mistake by my part? What can i search for inside that can tell me the sort of damage im dealing with?

Thanks in advance! I've put together amateurish computers before, but Ive never messed with laptops.

 

You could try taking off the back panel and seeing if there's any visible damage to the fan. Maybe something that was in your bag got caught in it or something.

This happened to me before with my p151em (left it idle for like 2-3 hours in my bag) but it was fine afterwards.

 

I'm gonna check it out tomorrow on the inside (forgot my screwdriver), but I doubt it's something stuck. The bag has a special place for the laptop and I never put anything else in it.

I thought the heat did some serious damage to internals, and severly reduces it's lifespan. How true is that?

 

Dw the thing is quite tough, according to unclewebb, intel cpus have throttle safeguards to protect against the event of a cooling system failure. The most vulnerable component is the battery which may have lost some capacity and probably the fan motor.

 

The W11 requires no screwdriver to open. It just has the two flips below the battery to remove the battery and open the bottom cover.

 

could you tell us the spec of your lappy.
has it got a ssd or a spindle drive as if its a spindle drive the clicking noise sounds like the hard drive trying to park and anything near 60-65c or above on hard drive is bad news and if it felt nuclear the heat could of damaged your har drive.
if its an ssd then back to the drawing board.

first thing i always do on a new lappy is delete the 2.1gb hibernation folder as its been nothing but trouble in the past and with the speed of these new lappys now a days boot up times are so quick i dont think anyone needs it.

 

Exactly, the hard drive is the most heat-sensitive part. Temps should never go beyond 50'C on a HDD.
If you are with SSD, then its perfectly fine. They resist heat like pro's.

 

It has an SSD thank god... i7 quadcore and 8 gb ram, with the standard 650M video card. Thankfully the clicking noise stopped once I attempted to run a game (thus kicking up the fan at max speeds), so maybe there was something stuck on it. Right now it does feel a little warmer than usual, but hopefully thatll be the end of the consequences of my dumb lapse.

Thanks everyone for their responses! Ive always loved this forum because everyone is so helpful.

 

Good thing you got yourself a SSD! They're much more resilient in every way, on top of the performance they provide. :thumbsup:

If you continue to hear that noise, it very well could be the fan. Whether it's from heat or it's related to the bearing, as long as the fan spins and helps regulate airflow adequately, you should be fine.

If it becomes a bother or worrisome, don't hesitate to contact your reseller for advice!