E530 Fan not speeding up.

Hello,
For the past nine months I've been plagued with an issue where my laptop stutters a lot of if I stress it -- playing any modern video games, having word processing over and a browser window, etc. -- then every couple of seconds the system seems to freeze/stutter, with sounds looping.
I originally thought it was the sound driver as the e530 would only freeze when sounds were introduced (ie. when playing video games), but after doing almost everything I can imagine, I haven't been able to root out the issue.
After having installed and updated as many drivers as I can imagine, playing around with device manager disables, I realised recently that the fan has stopped spinning up above a low baseline level regardless of the situation. In the past it would spin up when, for example, playing video games. This would suggest to me that the system is overheating and the fan isn't cooling it down, so it mometarily freezes to deal with the heat.
So, my question is as such: Assuming I'm correct that it's the fan that's causing my frustrating freezing issue, how can I get the fan to spin up when it gets hot? I've updated the BIOS to the latest, I've checked power manager and I'm set to high performance (and I checked the cooling system to 'active'). I can't work it out.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!
Moderator Note; subject edited; system type added

If you feel better I'm sure you can. However MacBooks are well tested at this stage, and you can be pretty sure that it knows what it's doing Unlike original MacBook Air from 2008 - 2009 that is
80*C is perfectly ok for your mac interiors, and for die of CPU to get to 90*C is quite normal as well. You have to remember standard temperatures inside will be very different than Pro, where CPU has much more room to "breath".
I'm personaly not a big fan of any sort of software that plays with physical elements of a computer (like taking control of fans etc.). I believe they can (but obviously don't need to) cause more harm than good. The way I see it - I trust $460 billion company who manufactures computers for a living more than developer who tries to "change" something that went through thosands of hours of testing
You will notice your fan will go like mad once you're start playing games

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