Satellite A100-159 - FAN is always on

Hi,
I have bought Satellite A100 159 with T2500 and Radeon x1600.
Fan is always ON. I have upgraded bios and it didn't help. What is more, when I set ATI driver to use PowerPlay and when the battery is low I get only some scratches at the desktop and the computer restarts. Windows shows that there was problem with unknown driver.
What can I do to stop the FAN - my CPU temperature is 28-31 cellsius and the frequency is always set to 2000 MHz (everest shows 1995 MHz).
I think, that fan shouldn't work while the temp is so low. My old centrino has almost always 40-50 degrees and fan is always off.
What can I do more to make the fan work only when the temp is higher than about 40 degrees?
Kind regards
I have to add that my old Acer TM 4502 with Centrino has SpeedStep which makes CPU to change his speed from 500 MHz to 1600 MHz. I would like to do this with my new Satellite - it would help me with fan problem. If I change the speed of the CPU than the temp will be lower and the fan will not run all the time.
I noticed that fan is shutdown when I start computer at the morning when is cool. After windows start when the temp rizes fan starts and doesn't stop.
Kind regards

Hi
The Toshiba power saver is responsible for the CPU and Fan controlling.
Please open the power saver mode which you use, choose the tab basic setup and change the option Cooling method to a lower level. Furthermore you can change the CPU control method to auto.
This procedure should helps to change the fan usage.

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