Satellite A660 - Fan running fast

Hi,
today I purchased a new A660-1FM i7 laptop. I'm fairly pleased with it so far except the fan noise.
The minimum speed it runs at is 68%, rising to 75 and sometimes 90% at times.
It never goes below 68% even when nothing is is running (sat on desk top only).
Is this normal? My previous Tosh lap top fan just cuts in and out as required.
This new machine is far too noisy as I use in a quiet room most of the time.
I have played with all the power options including the cooling settings but does not make any difference.
Please help as I really don't want to have to talk to PC world (The place I bought it from) as I know they'll be totally un helpful.

Hi Richard1970,
I cant agree with you... I have this wonderful notebook in front of me and I can confirm that the fan also stops sometimes as on other notebooks, especially when you use the Eco mode.
My A660 is equipped with Core i7, 6GB RAM and nVidia GT330M graphic card, so a lot of powerful hardware and Im using Windows 7 64bit.
If I play games on it for example, the fan runs on highest level but thats normal and its not annoying because I hear the game sound.
But if I use it for browsing in the Internet, the fan stops or almost runs on very low level. I use the Eco mode and changed the cooling method to battery optimized No problems at all and its really quiet.
By the way: What BIOS version you have? Im using the latest version, 1.80-WIN

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