IMac and Windows 7 Heat Issues

I have recently decided to install Windows 7 on my 21.5" iMac with an Nvidia Gforsce 9400m GPU as I wanted to play certain games that Wine and mac equivalent prevent me from playing multi-player. Well I have successfully got Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit installed and running fun however I have noticed with the Bootcamp 3.1 drivers my iMac is running at double normal heat. Averaging 60oC rather than the normal 40oC/30oC.
This has made the top left and back of the iMac become very hot to touch as the GPU jumps up to 62oC when not being used.
I was wondering what I could do to get the fans to do there work, as even at this temp they still run slow and never really change RPM at all.
Also is it possible to download GPU drivers from the manufacture's site rather than ones supplied by Bootcamp?
Thanks

FINALLY - SOLUTION FOUND !!!
Everyone was / is talking permissions - and finally found something at
http://superuser.com/questions/100645/windows-7-drive-pshared-with-everyone-but- not-accessible-by-windows-xp-compu
On PC - right click harddrive you want to access
Select properties
Select security tab
Click advanced
Click change permissions
Click add
Type Guest in the object name box
Click check name (to make sure ok)
Click OK
Tick allow full control
Click ok
Click apply
Click continue on any error messages.
Now from iMac - get to "Connect to Server" (CMD+K) and enter normal smb:// pathname (to access my photos drive is use smb://office-pc/photos
Enter Windows PC Username/Password at prompt - and presto - all now accessible
I hope this helps others out too.

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