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Dell XPS 13 9370 - High Pitch Fan Noise!

Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Dellienware, Aug 16, 2018.

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Ok I don't mind loud fans. It's got dual fans and it needs to cool a quad core. I get it. But I am hearing really loud high pitch noise straight from the fans when they kick in. The fans go up and down just fine. The exact issue is this high pitch noise.

I saw some people complaining about this and their video's on Youtube show the kind of fan noise I am hearing. Do I need to get the fan replaced? I want to keep the laptop itself. Got a great deal on it...

But I mean this high pitch is almost giving me headaches...

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Dellienware, Aug 16, 2018

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What did you end up doing, if you don't mind me asking?

MrrFusion, Nov 2, 2018

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The fans are fine. It's just that they are too damn loud when they kick in. And they kick in randomly half or full blast.

Something makes them think the system is overheating. Either it's a crappy hardware design build, crappy thermal paste on the CPU, or DELL needs to tune up firmware to allow for a higher temp threshold before the fans kick in.

Mine randomly fire up just from internet browsing.

(all drivers and bios are updated to recent 2019 versions)

Kuat, Mar 22, 2019

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