Pavilion a1130n - BIOs Update Causing Hotter CPU?

I just updated my BIOs from version 3.2 to version 3.47 using the BIOs
update found on the HP website.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...os=228&lang=en

Since then, I have noticed that my CPU is idling at about 62 degrees
Celsius, while the fan spins at around 1800 rpms. It will do this
while I am just sitting in BIOs, doing nothing else, looking at the
hardware monitor screen.

This doesn't seem normal to me. I believe that the CPU's idle temp
used to be more like in the 40s.

I looked at the MSI website and read the version histories on thier
BIOs releases, since I figure that the MSI update would address the
same issues as the HP updates, and I noticed that one of the later
releases included support for the AMD "Cool 'n Quiet" functionality.
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...=1&prod_no=167
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_9487^10272,00.html

Could the inclusion of this functionality have something to do with
the change in heat that I am seeing?

I asked HP tech support about it, and they said that an idle temp of
62 Celsius was normal for this CPU, an AMD Athlon 64 3500+. But, if I
had a choice about the matter; I would rather have a little more fan
noise if it meant 20 degrees less of temperature!

I wish I could live with the old BIOs, but there are to many resolved
stability issues for me to be able to go back. So, it seems that I
have to choose between stability or a hot CPU.

Can anyone help to explain this issue or if there is anything that I
can do to remedy this?

You might try SPEEDFAN, a 3rd party program to control the CPU cooling fan. But
really, 62 C is pretty cool, not even hot enough to burn you. I would not give
it too much thought... Ben Myers

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:28:43 -0800 (PST), wrote:

>I just updated my BIOs from version 3.2 to version 3.47 using the BIOs
>update found on the HP website.
>http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...os=228&lang=en
>
>Since then, I have noticed that my CPU is idling at about 62 degrees
>Celsius, while the fan spins at around 1800 rpms. It will do this
>while I am just sitting in BIOs, doing nothing else, looking at the
>hardware monitor screen.
>
>This doesn't seem normal to me. I believe that the CPU's idle temp
>used to be more like in the 40s.
>
>I looked at the MSI website and read the version histories on thier
>BIOs releases, since I figure that the MSI update would address the
>same issues as the HP updates, and I noticed that one of the later
>releases included support for the AMD "Cool 'n Quiet" functionality.
>http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...=1&prod_no=167
>http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_9487^10272,00.html
>
>Could the inclusion of this functionality have something to do with
>the change in heat that I am seeing?
>
>I asked HP tech support about it, and they said that an idle temp of
>62 Celsius was normal for this CPU, an AMD Athlon 64 3500+. But, if I
>had a choice about the matter; I would rather have a little more fan
>noise if it meant 20 degrees less of temperature!
>
>I wish I could live with the old BIOs, but there are to many resolved
>stability issues for me to be able to go back. So, it seems that I
>have to choose between stability or a hot CPU.
>
>Can anyone help to explain this issue or if there is anything that I
>can do to remedy this?

On Jan 29, 6:28*pm, psistormyam...@cs.com wrote:
> I just updated my BIOs from version 3.2 to version 3.47 using the BIOs
> update found on the HP website.http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...x?softwareitem...
>
> Since then, I have noticed that my CPU is idling at about 62 degrees
> Celsius, while the fan spins at around 1800 rpms. It will do this
> while I am just sitting in BIOs, doing nothing else, looking at the
> hardware monitor screen.
>
> This doesn't seem normal to me. I believe that the CPU's idle temp
> used to be more like in the 40s.
>
> I looked at the MSI website and read the version histories on thier
> BIOs releases, since I figure that the MSI update would address the
> same issues as the HP updates, and I noticed that one of the later
> releases included support for the AMD "Cool 'n Quiet" functionality.http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f....10272,00.html
>
> Could the inclusion of this functionality have something to do with
> the change in heat that I am seeing?
>
> I asked HP tech support about it, and they said that an idle temp of
> 62 Celsius was normal for this CPU, an AMD Athlon 64 3500+. But, if I
> had a choice about the matter; I would rather have a little more fan
> noise if it meant 20 degrees less of temperature!
>
> I wish I could live with the old BIOs, but there are to many resolved
> stability issues for me to be able to go back. So, it seems that I
> have to choose between stability or a hot CPU.
>
> Can anyone help to explain this issue or if there is anything that I
> can do to remedy this?


Not sure if I am doing this right I don't do forums, but I stumbled
across this page because I wanted to share my experience because it's
related. when i boot this pavilion I get an error that makes me hit f2
each time else it shuts down on it's own. trying to eliminate doing
it. thats how i found this page, but someone gave it to me and i just
put ubuntu a version of linux on it. model 504 n.
now what i found intresting is the temps you reported.
this will be my largest cpu running ubuntu in our shop to date.
not bad in size an intel 2.0 ghrtz, but the thing thats funny is the
fact there is no cpu fan on it.
i loaded the linux on it last night rebooted, it ran all night and the
temp after reboot went up to 62 celcius after running ten min or so
after this reboot. so this thing is running at same temp without a fan
on the heatsink. i looked up conversion and yes 62 is low
nice n cool
i know this because in some bios' the lowest automatic shutoff setting
is much much higher than this
and the highest setting seemed incredibly high to me.
burning hot
so your good for i do watch temps on the machines we have and build
here. thought i'd share
plz excuse grammar, abbrev. and spelling.
mike m.
geem of the net