Lenovo IdeaPad Y560p (with ATI RADEON) gets overheated (70-76 °C)

[Dr. Kenobi]

As soon as I turn on my laptop, the fans start working at full speed.
The temperature get's higher and higher.
While it's idle, or while I'm doing something basic (like reading the news) the temperature of the laptop is similar to the temperatue while playing a heavy game on Windows!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: linux-image-3.5.0-18-generic 3.5.0-18.29
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: joaquin 2191 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: joaquin 2191 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Thu Nov 29 01:47:49 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=01fa9b4d-5a4e-460a-b66f-81e616f0d8ad
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-28 (214 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MachineType: LENOVO IdeaPad Y560p
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-generic root=UUID=e34986e9-613f-499c-997e-a19ff362a6ef ro quiet splash radeon.audio=1 vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-18-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-18-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.95
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-09 (19 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/11/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 3FCN19WW
dmi.board.name: KL3
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Rev 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr3FCN19WW:bd02/11/2011:svnLENOVO:pnIdeaPadY560p:pvrRev1.0:rvnLENOVO:rnKL3:rvrRev1.0:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrRev1.0:
dmi.product.name: IdeaPad Y560p
dmi.product.version: Rev 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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[penalvch (penalvch)]

Dr. Kenobi, as per http://download.lenovo.com/express/ddfm.html an update is available for your BIOS (3FCN22WW). If you update to this, does it change anything?

If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Thank you for your understanding.

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