Equium A100-027 - Audio Fuzz/Glitch/Click (Fan related)

Question

Hello,
I have seen other forums showing problems similar to this but I will explain the symptons.
I have two problems, which I am trying to fix.
1. The fan on this laptop seems to turn on and off every couple of mins after the laptop has been running for over 15-20 mins. For the first 15-20 mins of it being turned on, the fan doesn't go on at all even if I open big programs up or do lots of things on it. However, after that time frame has been met, the fan turns on for a few seconds before turning on. The fan begins to go on every few mins and then it starts to go on every minute or two minutes. My room is not that warm but I suppose a very slight temperature change in the room can cause this? If I move the laptop to the hall-way where it is much much cooler, the fan seems to go on less - however, I cannot use the laptop in the middle of the hall-way to stop fan going on as much. The fan goes on everytime I open programs that are not very small, e.g. Notepad and Paint load with no fan required but opening Microsoft Word, Dreamweaver, FireFox, etc make the fan turn on for a few seconds. The fan only seems to last up to 5 seconds usually and I don't notice it staying on for long but the fact it has to come on so often annoys me. I notice typing in Dreamweaver design view make the fan turn on everytime I type. If I type a few letters, it comes on and goes off when I finish typing. If I continue to type for ages, the fan will stay on till I finish. This probbaly due to the high CPU Dreamweaver uses. I am using Vista and the CPU rises to 50% when I type in Dreamweaver, whereas typing on MSN or Word the fan doesn't come on and CPU is closer to 20-30% when typing and much lower when idle. I don't think this is to do with any hardware problem but I suppose its just possible. Is there a way to prevent it from going on as often as it does. Settings? External cooling method?
2. When the fan goes on and off every minute or two, I hear a glitch in the audio when I am listening to music. I don't hear the sound when I am not listening to music but every few mins when listening to music, I hear a slight fuzz or glitch in the audio for less than a second. It is highly fustrating and I think it is probably a hardware problem as my friend has the same laptop and doesn't experience the glitch in his music. He does have the fan going on and off often when his room is warmer than normal but not overly warm so I assume this model laptop or model range has a sensitive fan but I am more concerned about the glitch rather than the fan. I listen to music a lot on the laptop so if the glitch was gone, the music would cover up the fan going on and off most of the time and I would probably get used to the fan when I am not listening to music. The glitch annoys me so much and I don't know what I should do.
I sent the laptop to The Tech Guys to look at but I don't know if they will be able to fix it or not. If I get it back and it is the same, I would have to send it to Toshiba as I rang them up and they were happy to take the laptop in too.
I was wondering, if they can't fix the problem, would they replace the laptop for me - even though PCWorld 28 day policy has passed. I am thinking they could if I sent directly to Toshiba themselves but I am uncertain.
If I change settings on laptop. it still covering up the problem so it would never be fixed if it is setting based. It really needs to be fixed physically or replaced.
What do you think?
Any help and advise is much appriciated.

Answer 1

Thank you for your reply.
I realised that I didn't have the Toshiba Power Saver Utilities.
This is because I uninstalled the Value Pack that came on the laptop.
I can install it again when I get the laptop back or do another format as I didn't put anything on it so doing another restore format wont do any harm.
Well - that would have solved the fan issue but it wouldn't have resolved the glitch as one of my friends has the same laptop and he doesn't get glitch even if power settings are default. Well - thanks for telling me about the cooler fan settings because this could come in handy when I get the laptop back.
Message was edited by: Gideon