Comment 1 for bug 1019384

Hi!

"If I pop it the freezer for a couple minutes, it will be usable for a little while until it overheats again, then it crawls to a stop and I can't use any applications."
Be careful. Especially the screen can take damage from this(cracks...).

The heat issue is known and is cured in later versions of the kernel (though it probably still runs hotter than Windows). I run 3.8 on my machine, which was overheating with anything after Mint 10, and it runs just fine.

I'd take it to the forum though for further help (more people over there):
http://forums.linuxmint.com/index.php