Jessica,
Seem's like it ain't a "dust problem" then, but it might be your fan.
If you got this as a new computer in the beginning of this year,
don't you have some kind of warranty ?
The battery should NOT behave like that on a new system.
And YES, blown PS's smell's BAD !
I have only just recently been able to "un-smell" mine, after the *little*
accident I had earlier on, with my fried comp.
The fumes was getting into all of my appartement
