My Laptop fan makes a lot of noise
Sometimes, a DSA awarded Laptop will ship with a power profile that may lead to the fan(s) being excessively loud/irritating.
This could be due to the fan/power profile selected on the laptop, though I will note some laptops are loud/do favour running the fans at full to boost performance.
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