ASUS UX530UQ Zenbook fan noise

TomS_

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Hello all, so my friend bought an ASUS UX530UQ Zenbook, he is totally noob at computers so he asked me for a help.When I came to see laptop he said that the fan noise is quite loud when doing nothing.He found that MS OneDrive update app was always running and using 30% CPU, anyway when he closed that app the fan sound decreases slightly but still you can hear it.Okay so I restarted his laptop and the fan noise was quite loud compared with my cheap lenovo laptop :D , anyway after few minutes one drive app came up and fan started running louder, I closed that app and sound decreased little bit...Tried to uninstall normally but I can't do that...Just nothing happen when I press remove that program..Maybe it's because laptop came with Windows 10 Home installed ? Anyway I removed one drive using command prompt and now cpu sitting at ~1% but there still little bit fan sound which is quite annoying...
So I'm really don't know what can else I do...
Can Windows 10 Home with all that bloatware can cause this ? If I reinstall Windows 10 Pro , will it void warranty ? Or maybe someone can suggest anything more to try ?
 
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Yeah if this computer is brand new and already getting noisy and bogged down from a simple update, contact the shop immediately. That is something you're expected to deal with after years of heavy use, not a few weeks.

Sedivy

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An update is an update. Once it's finished updating, it'll go back down.
The noisy fan does indicate issues with cooling. If your friend is adventurous you can look up how to open up his laptop (if it can be opened, newer models can be surprisingly resistant to any tinkering), and then clean out the fan, and replace the thermal paste on the part of the fan that sits on the cpu (the cooler sink). Also, raising the laptop off the surface can help if the fan intakes/exhausts are on the bottom without much clearance. If they're on the sides or back, make sure they're not obstructed in any way.
If the fan noise is more of a rattling, then the fan will need replacing. That you'll need to get a replacement part for.
 

TomS_

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The laptop is new, he just bought it few weeks ago, so I don't think that it already got enough dust to fan that it needs cleaning...About an update.. it never stops updating, so this is why I turned it off..First I tried manual update but it also doesn't work...So I guess first he will try to contact the shop where he bought it cause I can't find any solution...
 

Sedivy

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Yeah if this computer is brand new and already getting noisy and bogged down from a simple update, contact the shop immediately. That is something you're expected to deal with after years of heavy use, not a few weeks.
 
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