Re: Heating issues with FreeBSD on laptop

On 9/26/22 09:39, Saniya Maheshwari wrote:
 > I just installed FreeBSD on my laptop, and everything went smoothly,
 > except one thing that my laptop seems to be a little warm and noisy (due
 > to the fans) even when it's idle.


On 9/27/22 00:29, Saniya Maheshwari wrote:
 >
 >> What make and model laptop?
 >
 > Dell Inspiron 15 7510.
 >
 >> What version of FreeBSD?
 >
 > 13.1-RELEASE.


On 9/27/22 00:52, Saniya Maheshwari wrote:
> ... this laptop is new and I have dual booted it ...


That is a higher end Dell, so it should have Windows 10 or 11 
Professional and a Core processor that supports virtualization (?).  If 
so, the easy answer is to install a hypervisor, create a virtual 
machine, and install FreeBSD into the virtual machine.


David