F3Ja Overheating Bios problem?

Hi

I am having a few problems with my laptop, well its really overheating the cpu temp will stay at 60-70 degree's celcius while watching a movie and on idle it is between 50-55 degree's celcius which temperatures taken with NHC also the cpu fan blows out really hot air, and the fan is always running pretty fast. The notebook is about 7 months old, The hard drive remains cool at about 35-39 degrees

The laptop has been this hot ever since i flashed my bios to get the grain problem resolved earlier this year. But i felt a problem when i flashed the bios to the latest version, when i used the winflash utility loaded the new bios (208.T00) and then ran the tool, the computer restarted and went into xp it didn't show any installation screen which i have noticed before? but it shows in bios that its the latest version i have no idea whats going on

I wonder if there is a link between bios and the overheating??? or is all this usual?

Thanks

 

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20070103185905684&board_id=3&model=F3Ja&page=1&SLanguage=en-us
found this topic about BIOS update.
On the Asus download site there is a 207 BIOS that corrects battery overheating issues.
I know it's an older bios, but I am still searching for more info, will post any new findings.

 

Asus has had a tendency to alter the thermal profiles for their BIOS updates in the past, and that leads me to suspect is what happened here. This has resulted in the following for you:

1. Fan stays off longer, and kicks in only after a higher cpu temp threshold is reached, resulting in higher chassis' internal temps.

2. Fan rpm speed was set higher in new BIOS, to compensate for higher temp threshold when it comes on.

3. 55C is 130 fahrenheit, 65 is 150F. That air from the chassis' insides is going to be hot when the fan blows it out the vent, because it is hot.

Your solution -- learn to live with the new thermal profile that comes with the lcd grain fix, or go back to the old BIOS and give that part up. Realize that Asus' engineers spec the BIOS thresholds with a large safety margin built in; after all, they don't want things melting inside. While your F3 is now running comparatively warmer, it's still well within operational limits.

 

actually, you aren't overheating. 60-70 is normal when computers on load. if you were more 85-90, i would be a little worried, but 60-70 is fine. if you want to lower that temp a little, you might want to consider undervolting your cpu.

 

Hey thanks for the help, well at least i know not to worry 2 much abt it, but i did just clean out the dust from the cpu fan and will see if that makes any difference

 

I second undervolting to get 5 or 10 degrees celsius lower for the CPU at full blast.

You could try using software like SpeedFan to control your fan manually, but that's slightly more dangerous (SpeedFan doesn't agree nicely with all the newer notebooks, has been known to turn off fan completely on some types).

But I agree the temperatures are not worrying, although they are a bit higher than the norm.