Satellite A500-1GL - Windows 7 power options and gaming

Hi all
Some may know from my previous posts about my issue with the fan on my Satellite A500-1GL causing me concern when I am online gaming. Hitting 90% is worrying. And its still happening with the BIOS update and Toshiba now advising to do a factory restore then if that fails send in for repair.
Looking at the power options,
I was wondering if anyone could recommend what power options I should consider and would this make any difference for the fan gaming wise (secondlife seems to be the main problem with the fan cranking up)
Any help would be appreciated, trying to think of anything that could help that may be an easy solution to this fan issue
torti :)

Hello
To be honest a lot of fan activity during gaming would be normal I think because games need a lot of CPU and GPU power, they always run on a very high level. That means a lot of heat will be produced and this must be cooled to avoid hardware damages.
Furthermore if I play games, its not important how much noise the fan creates because I hear the game music or dialogs Isnt it so? ;)
Anyway, from time to time its recommendable to clean the cooling system of your notebook using compressed air spray:
[How to clean the cooling system of a Toshiba notebook? |http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=40]
And for gaming you can use High Performance or Balanced power option of Windows.

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