Re: Satellite C660 - Fan starts then stops

Hello
Sorry for my English I am French, I have a laptop Toshiba Satellite C660 few days ago and I noticed that the fan starts and stops every minute at all times, when temperatures exceed about 40 degrees (noted with SpeedFan).
Even if I'm just the office, the Internet. However it does not heat much. Is this normal?
Before I had a laptop and the fan did not stop but almost never had little noisy. I prefer that way, but this is can be a simple matter of habit for the Toshiba ...?

it is not normal at all. it goes on and off about every 30 seconds! it is downright disturbing! it drives me nuts!
by the way, people have already complained in may 2011 about it:
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=59733
i upgraded the bios to version 1.4 and nothing has changed. and NO, changing anything within the power options does not make it any better.
do we have to ask for help by this gentleman?
"fan speeds are set in BIOS and BIOS causes the fan of Satellite L670 to be too noisy for no reason. it is very important to cool the CPU-GPU down but Satellite L670 doesnt do it efficiently as Sat L670 uses a 0/1 approach. i have modified BIOS of Sat L670 and it is much less noisy now and temperature usually does not rise. when temperature rises then the fan works full speed of course. but thats not often. you can write me an email if you would like to know more [email protected]"
TOSHIBA we need SOLUTIONS, not words!
thanks for your help.

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