Jeeze this thing is HOT!

[Laura_A]

My laptop cooling pad gave out yesterday. I never realized how hot they get, but I'm sitting here with my it actually ON my lap and OMG, it's HOT!

Instead of shutting all the way down I usually put it on Hibernate when I go to bed. This morning I found that, somehow, it had restarted itself and, because the lid was closed, the mousepad was practically burning my finger.

It could be my imagination, but it seems to be running a bit slower too.

Is this normal?