GT70-2OC-408US Fan goes to max speed when idle

Just as the title says. The main fan goes to maximum speed when the computer is left idle overnight. Putting the computer in to sleep mode or restarting the machine solves the issue but that is quite annoying. This happened on both the stock install of windows 7 home edition and after I did a full wipe and re-install of windows 7 ultimate. I have looked at the bios update section and there are 2 bios updates for windows 7 but I do not know which one to use and there isn't much documentation with on it. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Hi I have a similar problem, the fan goes full speed from time to time when idle or when using youtube, facebook, etc. And the FAN will never slowdown again until i turn off the laptop or put it to sleep. What I have noticed is that the integrated video card runs hotter that the 770m discrete card not sure if that's the one triggering the fan at full speed.
I found a post about a fan controller for a msi gt70 2od laptop and it works, it truly modifies the fan speed, but not sure how good that is, because if the fan is being activated because of the card getting hotter and the fan is set to 10 or 20% it may not be enough to cool it down and keep the temperature at safe levels at least while leaving the laptop on all night long unattended.
 hxxp://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/718530-official-msi-gt70-2od-owners-lounge.html (Dave Pearson's GT70 2OD FAN CONTROL v1.2, and photos of this can be seen)
BTW the fan started to work at full speed after I installed windows 7 ultimate 64 bits and continue to work this way even when I went back to Windows Home Premium 64 bits. Also a 8GB ram module was added to this laptop.
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