No matter what, i generally install i8kfanGUI on any Dell laptop to give people
the much-needed fan control.   On some systems, it does not do much.   On
others, typically more expensive with a lot of sensors, it is terrific.

Now why wouldn't Dell have its own utility software to do the same?  Or other
name brands, for that matter?   Probably because packaging a fan control utility
with a system is an implicit admission that heat can be a problem, and this
would open up the flood gates for class-action lawsuits every time a laptop
fried itself because of excessive heat.  Never mind that the owner of a laptop
has 15 long-haired cats running around, and that the vents are clogged with cat
hair.   Perhaps an exaggeration, but furry pets are a known enemy of computers.
Make mine a goldfish.  Glub.  Glub.

... Ben Myers