Satellite A300 Overheating

Hi,
I am trying to run a virus scan on a friends A300 (PSAG4A 02E00M, Vista) and unless I place the laptop such that the fan opening on the base is clear it will overheat and shut down.
Also, I find the fan is quite noisy. Is this typical of this unit? My friend tells me they have always had issues with the unit overheating and shutting down.
What are my options here? Would a BIOS upgrade be likely to help? The unit is about 12 months old.
Thanks for your help!
+H.+
Message was edited by: HairyDrumroll

Hey,
You write that the unit is 12 months old so may I ask you if ever cleaned the notebook before? If not you should do this. The forum contains hundreds of threads about this and check also this interesting article.
[How to clean the cooling system of a Toshiba notebook? |http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=40]
Furthermore BIOS update will not help you. Why should you give it a try?
If cleaning not works well, contact an ASP!

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