Asus g73JH a1 smelled burn!!

[9000PC]

Hi,

Got a new Asus g73JH a1 with the latest ATI Radeon 5870 HD mobility, spectacular 17 inch Full HD led monitor and Core i7, 2 HD, blututh 2.0, improved cooling over the previous Asus gaming laptops etc witch i am very satisfied for my first laptop and recommend to everyone how wants a very good all around laptop.

The other day my mother was using IE on it and the damm app frozen windows 7 64 bits completely and when she call me the laptop was smelling as if some component burn, i forced an hard shutdown and restart a few seconds later and I think everything (net, movies, games) was OK and passed already 1 week

What you guys think that could be the smell?

 

[sniper_1024]

what about the environmental conditions??? was the place hot?? was she using it on a hard supportive surface as apposed to a bed wich would trap heat?? were the vents blocked??