Satellite P500-F12 - Freezes after 5 minutes gaming

I recently purchased a toshiba P500-12F laptop with the below specs, the problem i am having is that every time i try to start a game such as Mount and blade or empire total war, the game works for between 5-10 mins, but then freezes completely and the laptop starts to make a loud buzzing sound. The only way to get out of this is to press down the power button until it shuts down. I do not get the problem with anything other than these type of games and i dont know why it is doing this, any help or adivce would be welcome.
Bradders.
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: SATELLITE P500
BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4060MB RAM
Page File: 1641MB used, 6478MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GT 230M
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0A28&SUBSYS_FF501179&REV_A2
Display Memory: 2781 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1007 MB
Shared Memory: 1774 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 945 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Message was edited by: Bradders_1

Hi
The forum already contains such threads where notebooks freezes after 5 or 10 minutes of gaming. Did you read them?
At the moment its not easy to say what is causing this problem but first of all you should install the latest display driver from Toshiba. Dont use non-Toshiba drivers because they can cause this overheating!!
Make also sure that you are using the latest BIOS version and its useful to clean the notebook from to time using compressed air spray.

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