cooling fan often comes on

[dmaganlal]

hi,
i hv a toshiba M35X series laptop and off late the cooling fan activates very often. i was told that the BIOS needs to be upgraded. have found 3 newer versions are avlbl for download on the toshiba website. can someone help me to download. i cannot understand the steps.

thanks.

 

[CouchMaster]

When the laptop heats up to a certain temp the cooling fan comes on, it's a thermal switch - I don't know if it's in the BIOs or not but upgrading won't hurt...