sorry wee eddie but surely if the fan is going it shouldn't overheat, can understand about fluff stopping the fan altogether, but its still going Eddie

ok thanks wee eddie will have a look inside tomorrow, even at this time the fan is going and the base is hot even though I have the laptop set on a stand Eddie

UPDATE well got up today and there were 19 updates from microsoft so downloaded them and left it to it, come back later all doneswitched off removed mains and removed battery, removed all the screws about 15 or so, couldn't get the base cover of, and didn't wan't to force it, so what next? I know get the reciept out had a sneaky feeling it might be less than a year, still under warranty, so put all the screws back, started the pc and it came up with fan not working windows will shut down in 15 seconds, tried again and still the same. The laptop is now back in the shop for repair, I just hope my warranty is not void by removing screws. Will keep you informed, any feedback or comments please Eddie

Hi woodchip the laptop is hewlett packard model G62AO4SA cheers Eddie

hi woodchip I did look but all i can find is refurbished units, looked on utube found variations of how to do fan replacements etc. Having looked at some of these videos I dont think I went far enough, I couldn't split the base, maybe a bit more pressure, but we will wait and see what pcworld say cheers Eddie