Satelite A500-1HK has bad fan problem

Hello,
Please , I been trying to figure out the reason why my FAN is working at 80% of its power even tho the Core temp is so low ,, and the fan is making massive noise, well Compairing to the Laptops with same systems in it ,,, and seems that my laptop iss mkaing noise on class, I cant take it to university becaus of the sound it makes ! Fan should get a rest aswell ! .... anyway ,, I heared that TOSHIBA had that problem with Prev. Products on the Past , Just been beggin you to give me a solution, and Fast,,,
I need the Laptop to be with me on Classes ! but its noisy ! too much .... I heared it has somthing to do with the BIOS version,,, like in first 10 days I got it , it was great and smooth , but when TOSHIBA Update program asked me to update BIOS to v1.9 fan been going crazy !!!
Please HELP ! and thanxx, AND HELP FAST ! please !

Hi
Did you try to change the settings in the Win 7 power management?
Do this!
There you can change the settings for CPU and cooling module performance
This will reduce the fan activity.
Please check this Toshiba doc:
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=41
Its about Vista power management but its very similar to Win 7!

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    1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button.  When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
    2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  SMART info will not be reported  on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
    4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
    5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
    6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
    7. Quit DU when formatting has completed. Install Snow Leopard.

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