[danielf]

Originally Posted by So_krates

Nffc,

No this isn't an option. I should have explained I upgraded because the old hard drive died totally (something I suspect may also have been related to overheating) but thanks for your response.

Are you applying compressed air regularly? I have an Acer laptop which suffers the same problem. I find applying compressed air regularly helps, but it's not a solution really. It's just poor design.