G505s running hot all the time

So I have my G505s (still under warranty thank god) and has been running fine but now it seems that the fan isn't running anywhere near the percentage it should be. I have run energy management fan cleaning, bios is updated, AMD overdrive is downloaded... but it is physically hot and the fan does not change rates of speed. Yes, the power management setting is set at active... I am not even running anything and it is running hot.
Is there a driver or patch that alters the temperature protocols? Because if the fan can run faster, but isn't even when it is hot.... then it isn't serving the purpose.
Lenono please help me... and the fact this is a consistent problem isn't prompting me for reccomendations. If this continues I will be getting the laptop serviced under warranty or replaced because this is ridiculous.
I do run windows classic shell, but that has not been a problem yet.

hi reedbarnes,
Welcome to the Lenovo Forums.
Just to check, when you open AMD Overdrive, what are the values on the CPU frequency and temps?
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In addition,is the system running on BIOS v3.00? Looking at the BIOS 3.00 - Summary of changes, this should fix the fan duty if you're getting CPU temps. between 50-90°C.
If you have the BIOS to v3.00 and you're getting high temps (eg. 60°C++) after logging into Windows and there are no startup apps / processes running on the background that's eating up high CPU resources then it's likely that the fan may need to be replaced (or the thermal paste and heatsink as it's not properly conducting the heat out of the APU). In this case, you may need to contact lenovo and report the issue as you may need to send the unit for service.
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