Well see to that it has space around it clean the fans (and that they/it work) ... and there is loads of laptopstands out there with fans as cooling solution...

Laptop Coolingpads at NewEgg

Check the bio settings to see if there is a fan setting for having it run on high all the time.

Sometimes thermal sensors do not perform right and it will allow the laptop to get hot.

ok.. but a laptop is a laptop the better  the more heat it produces and as far as cooling laptops there is not much expertise needed... unless you want to open it up and start changin parts but as you say its quite new.. and you prob dont wanna mess with the warranty.... and if you want to play around with fan's look up speedfan

And happy holidays to you too

Do your laptopping in the bath....

Get a cooler lap.

Get used to it. I have a HP Pavilion laptop and had same problem. Mine was under warranty and i have sent it to HP 2 times. They have changed my motherboard and a whole lot of other things. It lasted for like 2 weeks with a quieter fan. Heat is still there.

My Warranty i bought a second year because of this HP Pavilion Problem. Warranty is almost up and i will be sending it back just so they can put new parts in it.

I will tell you that i will not be buying a hp again.

Thanks. Shockingly electrifying, but thanks.

*sigh. This from the 'person' I tried to help when he was (acutely) ill. 

You expect karma for this?

This is what I was afraid of. I thought they had the problem licked.

*sigh.

Well,

I have been using mine and its still working. Its hot but still working.

Could be the dreaded nVidia chip problem, especially if you have the 8600M series graphics chip, problem meant to be fixed for the 9X00M series. Google your graphics card number + heat problem.
Is the BIOS up to date, as it dictates fan action mainly.

My DV2000 failed 3 times so I got money back, under Euro law as goods not fit for function as described - they had the machine more than I did, so obviously not fit goods. Finland only tolerate 2 failures I think.
Mine was fulltime on a cold metal pad with 2 fans and still failed 3 times with 2 new motherboards and GFX chips.

The smaller the laptop and bigger the GFX and CPU the more troublesome heat is to control in the confined space - spray air to keep out dust, cooler pad, ensure BIOS up to date is all you can do.

My end solution was buy the Vaio AW - 18 ", SSD drive for OS plus 500 gb spin disc and 9400 GFX, runs cool so far.
Sony just gave huge price hike €2400 to €3700 for it though.

You could also try undervolting the CPU with RMClock some laptop gurus swear by it to reduce laptop CPU action - thus heat to on demand and run cooler and at a lower voltage.

Mikhail says Mia-ow to Zane, at the moment he is manipulating cattery staff back in Ireland while I am in SD, Ca. My first RB Petrov was  ex RX drug trial cat at St Vinnies Hospital in Melb the Vet Faculty stopped all cat drug tests in Australia, cats have next to zilch oxidation of most drugs (acetominophen/paracetamol kills), they use sulphonation so extrapolation of results to humans was useless. Their anaesthetic dose of xylazine is half that of a cow !   Cats are not dogs, they are women in fur coats ! Petrov loved catching snakes for my mother, presents on doorstep, hehe.

I use the Targus Chill mat with stand. It works well and Puts out tons of air keeping my lap and laptop much cooler.It allows the fans to work easier as it drives fresh air to the fan as well as keeps the heat off my lap. My lap has never been happier.

http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.asp?sku=AWE14US

If it's the Nvidia problem, don't download HP bios patch, as it only adjusts fan speed to simply cool the laptop enough to delay the symptoms until after the warranty expires. 

I recently have this problm with my 17 inch Toshiba Satellite laptop.  Well when i first bought it 1.5 years ago, the internal fan was very loud and the laptop were heating up easily and frequently, i bought a fan, but a year later, the problem came back because the number of apps i used for the laptop increased, as in i used a lot of apps at the same time. 

Anyays, it became to the point where the laptop was so hot that it shuts itself down.  I thought it was the fan problem, but then i tried having lots of space between the fan and the table it rests on, as welll as the backwall, the problem persisted.

I went to a local computer shop, the guy gave me a notebook fan to try, and it solved the problem.  The only difference between this fan i have and the previous one is that..well you know most notebook fan has like 2/3 fans distributed at sort of the back of the stand.  this one is just one big fan which spins very fast.  The guy at the shop told me to get a notebook stand with the biggest fan there is, perferably a stand with just one big fan.  It helped to cool my laptop a lot.

Here is the pic and the link of the fan i am speaking about.

http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products/4609158/Laptop_cooling_pad.html

Glad I could be of some assistance.....

....glad I found someone to pass my flu on to.

...yes, am beginning to feel better now....