system warning cooling system

hi, i hope someone on here can help me as i am practically at my wits end. i have a toshiba laptop running xp. i keep getting a official looking system warning window saying "Warning: A problem with the cooling system has been detected. Please turn off the computer immediately, and return it for service." i'm just not convinced there is a problem as the fan seems to be working fine. so thinking it may be malicious software i have run my antivirus, ccleaner and in safe mode adaware and spybot. this did not cure it. so does anyone know if it is some sort of hijack or is my cooling system actually faulty. any help will be gratefully recieved as i need my laptop for work. thank you, gary.

 

Sounds like a genuine error message. Read this link - you'll find other users have had similar problems (wes Jacobsen's entry), and some solutions applied to them http://www.grohol.com/computers/toshiba.htm

 

thank you for your promt reply. sounds like the fan must be loose. may have a look myself as long as i can't do any damage

 

You're welcome. Let us know how you get on