Macbook Pro 15 Late 11 extreme fans noise when using external monitor

Dear Apple, recently I bought Macbook Pro 15 Late 11. I really love it's speed and new OS X Lion, BUT this Macbook really noisy when I use external monitor and keyboard. I work on external monitor all the time. I don't care about how hot my Macbook is when I'm on external monitor. Let it just be hot and quiet.
P.S. Example. I run Ableton Live and have 6200 RPM working on external monitor (awfully loud!). CPU 90% idle. When I switch off external monitor and use internal one, RPM drops down to 4500 with the same Ableton work session. By the way, I don't need cool graphic card. Apple, let our work days be quiet.

I did that and it didn't help. It's common problem with an external monitor. Here are some links:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1162550
http://www.ivy-rose.co.uk/Articles/Macbook-Pro-Cooling-Issues

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    #    Driver     "elo2300"
    #    Option     "Device"        "/dev/ttyS0"
    #    Option     "MinX"          "231"
    #    Option     "MaxX"          "3868"
    #    Option     "MinY"          "3858"
    #    Option     "MaxY"          "272"
    #    Option     "ScreenNumber"  "0"
    #    Option     "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
    #    Option     "ButtonThreshold"       "17"
    #    Option     "ButtonNumber"  "1"
    #    Option     "SendCoreEvents"
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    # optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
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    #    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    #    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    #    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
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    #    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
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    #    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    #    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
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        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
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    # This loads the font modules
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    #    Load       "glx"
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    #    Load       "dri"
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    # uncomment the following line.
    #    Option     "Protocol"      "Xqueue"
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    #    Option "LeftAlt"     "Meta"
    #    Option "RightAlt"    "ModeShift"
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    # lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
    # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
    #    Option "XkbModel"    "pc105"
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    #    Option "XkbModel"    "microsoft"
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    #    Option "XkbLayout"   "de"
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    #    Option "XkbLayout"   "de"
    #    Option "XkbVariant"  "nodeadkeys"
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    #    Option "XkbOptions"  "ctrl:swapcaps"
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    #    Option "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    #    Option "XkbModel"    "pc105"
    #    Option "XkbLayout"   "us"
    #    Option "XkbVariant"  ""
    #    Option "XkbOptions"  ""
    #    Option "XkbDisable"
        Identifier  "Keyboard1"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option        "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
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        Option        "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option        "XkbModel" "pc104"
        Option        "XkbLayout" "us"
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    # the following line.
    #    Option "Protocol"    "Xqueue"
    # Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.
    #    Option "Resolution"    "256"
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    # almost every case these lines should be omitted.
    #    Option "BaudRate"    "9600"
    #    Option "SampleRate"    "150"
    # Mouse wheel mapping.  Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons 4 & 5,
    # horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7.   Change if your mouse has more than
    # 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids to avoid
    # conflicts.
    # Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
    #    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
    #    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"
    # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
    #    Option "ChordMiddle"
        Identifier  "Mouse1"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option        "Protocol" "Auto"    # Auto detect
        Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    # When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
        Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
    # Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button mice
    EndSection
    Section "Monitor"
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    # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
    # comma separated list of ranges of values.
    # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
    # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
    #    HorizSync    30-64         # multisync
    #    HorizSync    31.5, 35.2    # multiple fixed sync frequencies
    #    HorizSync    15-25, 30-50  # multiple ranges of sync frequencies
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    # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
    # comma separated list of ranges of values.
    # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
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        Identifier   "My Monitor"
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        VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
    EndSection
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        Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
        Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
        Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
        Option        "DPMS" "true"
    EndSection
    Section "Device"
    # The chipset line is optional in most cases.  It can be used to override
    # the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.
    #    Chipset    "generic"
    # The Driver line must be present.  When using run-time loadable driver
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    # module.  Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
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    # section can only match up with the primary video device.  For PCI
    # devices a line like the following could be used.  This line should not
    # normally be included unless there is more than one video device
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    #    BusID      "PCI:0:10:0"
    #    VideoRam    256
    #    Clocks    25.2 28.3
        Identifier  "Standard VGA"
        Driver      "vga"
        VendorName  "Unknown"
        BoardName   "Unknown"
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        # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
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        Driver      "vesa"
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        Driver      "fglrx"
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        DefaultDepth     24
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            Depth     8
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            Depth     16
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            Depth     24
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        Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
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        Screen        "Default Screen"
        InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
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    EndSection
    Section "DRI"
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