HP Pavilion dv4-2170us - more heat and lound sound

Not sure whats happening with my laptop HP Pavilion dv4-2170us windows 7 home premium...
More heating and loud sound / noise.

Please update the latest BIOS for your notebook from the support and driver download page on hp.com.
Also go through the following document which will help you reduce the heat and Fan noise.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01007591&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_US...
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