Nvidia defect on Dell Vostro, thoughts on new BIOS?

Zerohm

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So I've been very happy with the Dell Vostro I purchased for my wife (1.4 Core 2 Duo, 2G RAM, Geforce 8400 GS), it's been a great little laptop for $600. I basically just use it to play WoW on the couch and it gets pretty warm.

After this news of defective G84/G86 Nvidias, I see there is now an "Optional" BIOS update posted July 10, 2008 which includes, "Added enhancement for thermal control." AKA, your fan will run longer and louder.

Anyone with a Dell update to this BIOS? Any noticiable differences?

My warranty will run out in Feb '09. It seems like if I want this laptop to last much longer than that I should update the BIOS. (I'm assuming Dell is going to recommend I update my BIOS, whether they know if I have a defective Nvidia card or not. Haven't got around to calling them yet)