Just spent hours getting an enhanced IDE cable. 130,000 people and only one knew what it was, let alone had one. Rant over. However, while I was in the computer repair place...imagine a large truck had tipped laptops into the door...I asked about the HP6000 overheating problem.
He seemed to imply that it was such a common problem in all makes, that people have made cooling 'mats' to stand them on. These run off the USB plug and also help to keep the base of the computer off insulating surfaces. $30 for a good one, and half that for a lesser one. The latter not worth the money.
Are these on sale in the U.K.?