Satellite M70 - Drastic drop in FPS while gaming

My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite M70-148.
Link: [See here|http://nl.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/SUPPORTSECTION/discontinuedProductPage.do?service=NL&BV_UseBVCook ie=yes&PRODUCT_ID=109803]
I have bought my laptop in febuari 2006. I've been playing the game America's Army v2.5 since that time.
Since 4-5 months I have been getting serious drops in FPS while gaming. I am talking about from 85 FPS (steady with the highest settings) to more frequently drops to 30-40 FPS and even more to 8-10-15 FPS (on the bare lowest settings).
At first I thought this could be fixed by increasing RAM memory, so i bought 2 sticks of 1 GB RAM. And this didn't work at all.
I've installed a fresh backup, with nothing but Windows XP (Home, legal of course with all updates) and the game and i'm still experiencing the drops in FPS.
What I seem to be hearing is the fan blowing harder when I get the FPS drop and sometimes it does the same when it goes back to 85 fps.
Because it has been able to run smoothly before I am inclined to think that this is some hardware malfunction that is causing this problem.
Is there any way I can replace/upgrade the hardware inside my computer?
Or can someone give me a suggestion as to where i should look to find the problem?
Thanks a LOT!
// PAMF

If you think you have a hardware problem with your notebook, I would go to a service partner from Toshiba.
You can search for a partner in your region on this website:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/generic_content.jsp?service=EU&ID=ASP_SUPPORT
I hope this helps you...
best regards,
Maurice

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