Fan Query + Curve question / Thermals questions

[onyx roost]

Brand new work supplied Stealth 18.

Noticing fan are extremely "whiney" and thermals for CPU are hitting 70+ even while doing setup and updates but centre is showing them only hitting about 2800rpm.

We used ASUS for years and after literally returning two Acer units to our hq for thermal issues in the last month I'm beginning to wonder if I'm cursed currently, but does anyone know if it's just the fans on that model do whine at low revs?

If so anyone got suggestions of where to tweak the fan curves to so that it's skipping that patch, I'd rather run slightly noisier on the fans than have the whine.

Also too used to the older chips. I'm also guessing the Ultra chips are like the recent 13th/14th Intels and the recent AMD and run hot in laptops so unless it's constantly rocking 90+ to TjMax it's normal?

[regal bobcat]

oh, that's the problem. yes, this is normal for laptops. i've been using them for several years, so this is just kinda the standard to expect. however, MSI laptops have a "cooler boost" function if the heat is giving you trouble. this will help you counter that, but the fans do get loud.

[onyx roost]

Ah nah, the issue isn't loudness.

Currently still in the usual cleanup/chuck bloatware/get windoze up to current etc

It's more when it's kicking in the fans currently they're whining rather than just the whoosh+air movement noise I'm used to, as in it's a high pitched varying whine almost as if someone was trying to drill into brickwork or metal at high speed, but the fans are only showing 2.7 to 2.8k revs

I'm not sure how to describe it better, I'm used to like a low whoosh that speed and basically PS4/PS5 "pretending to be a helicopter" levels at the 6k revs mark.

I'd honestly say it sounds like coip whine but just more piercing and louder if anything.

[regal bobcat]

that may be the fans themselves being a little loose

[onyx roost]

Yay... And of course zero way to check that without cracking the case.

I'll poke tech support on Monday then, honestly just hoping it's a "oh, just knock the low revs to 3200 and that goes away" situation as I'm beginning to feel cursed between the old machine literally catching fire on a job ( turns out pyro powder and electrical equipment don't mix well ) then two Acer units that replaced it being returned due to Thermal/Watchdog issues in one and then a totally unusable secondary M2 port in the second plus a faulty DDR5 bay ( which is not good in laptops that generally only have a pair available )

Definitely not a fortnight for buying lotto cards for me

[regal bobcat]

who knows, maybe luck will compensate?