Slim Model cooling/case mods?

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Don't know if this is the correct forum or not, but has anyone come up with something to combat the way the slim model gets hot after an hour/hour and a half of playing? I've had mine get hot enough to the point of being able to smell hot plastic (yes, I shut it off). I was also wondering if there was anyone doing case mods like with computers, you know, cut outs and LED's and such.
 
I put mine on top of a unit, rather than packed into one, which allows good airflow around it. With the #1 heat-producing component - the transformer - now external, there really shouldn't be any issues cooling the PSTwo - as long as the heat is allowed to escape from it.
 
I got mine on top of my wardrobe which is a nice flat surface, but I gotta admit it does get quite warm after playing for a good amount of time. Never got to the point of smelling plastic melting.
 
Well, I've documented proof of running mine for 468 straight hours (doing a 24 hour endurance race) with no problems or heat build up...

There is a metallic strip on the top whch gets hot, but it IS a heatsink, so you'd expect it.
 
19 and a half days? A specing an hour or so at a time or somethin? It's not so much the warming up that bothers me, (to be expected with something with no fans) its when I start to smell plastic that I begin to worry.
 

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