That's its love language. - Micah

It's purring - Steve C, Team Marina

Poor cooling. - Wizetux

CPU maxed out? Flash plugin going berserk? - Patrick Jordan

It's not doing anything other than sitting on my desk, on and plugged in. I'm using my desktop right now and have the laptop up and ready in case I get a spare minute to work on setting it up the way I want it. Have changed the power settings to modify the insane fan level but that doesn't seem to be helping much. Bottom of the lappie is cool - FFing Enigma

Does it have Nvidia graphics? - Eric @ CS Techcast

my old Crampaqed lappie also turns into a hair dryer sometimes. - Big Joe Silenced

My guess is yes but will have to check. - FFing Enigma

No, it would appear the graphics aren't NVidia. Hrm. - FFing Enigma

Possibly a loose heat sink to the processor or another chipset. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Also, try a BIOS update if you haven't already. This can fix fan issues. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Yeah, it's going to get a scrubbing and general overhaul. Even if our tech guy did clean it up, it's still a pre-owned which means you never know what's hanging around... - FFing Enigma