DV2 Temps a little high after updating.

Alright, so to start off I'll just say that I love the DV2. I bought the dual core version loaded when it first went up for customization at the HP site. I have, however, noticed that it can run a tad hot.

When I first got it, without a cooler, the CPUs usually went from between 41c-45c from light usage, and the GPU from between 51c-55c. Even when propping the back up I only saw a drop of 1c total. I bought a small cooler for it and saw a fairly good drop. The temps of the CPU where down to 36c-39c and the gpu was down to 45c-49c with both sometimes even going lower depending on how much the AC in the house was on.

I did try some gaming on this, playing some HL2. The CPU got to 60c at the highest and the GPU also only got to about 60c while on the cooling pad.


So, a few days ago I updated my BIOS to the latest on for the DV2 from the HP site. I noticed right away that my temps where higher. The temps while on my cooler where the same as they used to be without it, and with the cooler off the GPU was getting up to 60c while at idle. I tried a few things, like setting the GPU to low power mode with the Catalyst controls, but that didn't help.

Not sure what to do I noticed this morning that I hadn't gotten SP2 for Vista yet. So I decided to get it in hopes that it would help.. now my DV2 is even hotter. On the cooling pad my CPU was at around 60c and GPU was at 65c while at idle. I've had it on all day, with all the vents in my room open and the AC up high and the lowest it's gotten is to 50c for the CPU and 55 for the GPU.

I'm wondering if there's anyway I can fix these? Am I going to have to format my drive, or am I going to be looking at sending it back to HP?
Just to note, I haven't done any undervolting yet.

 

Funny you should say this, but I have a HP Pavilion DV 7 1050ea, and I updated the bios recently and my Centrino Duo idle at around 50-55 Celsius all the time now and my GPU around 60 Celsius.

Even worse, when I try to play games now the temperatures sky rocket to around 80-90 Celsius for the GPU and 70-80 Celsius for the CPU's... It's annoying because this has never happened before and I'm worried about these thing's getting fried in my laptop which is only 6 or less months old!

Different laptops same problem it seems

 

While the BIOS update might have indeed screwed with some power management options and made the thing run hotter, those temperatures are alright for a laptop. Are you sure you are using the Balanced power profile? What graphics chip does it have? If it's the 8400M or 8600M you should try to keep it under 80C, if it's an ATi chip don't worry.

Try undervolting it and it'll get better. Also try blowing some compressed air into the fan vents to get rid of any dust.