Compaq CQ62 225sa cooling fan always on? is this normal?

hi hopefully someone can help, i picked up a new CQ62 laptop today, and am concerned that the fan is constantly whirring away, its not loud but noticeably there in the background. its a bit annoying so i am wondering if there is a problem or not?

Press "ESC" while booting to access the BIOS. Click on the "System Configuration" tab, change "Fan Always On" to "Disabled".

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My laptop fan always on

i have HP Pavillion dv6-6c65sx
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i bought my laptop a few months ago
it had a problem
i took it to the technical support
they have changed the motherboard
the problem was solved
byt anothe proplem appeared
my laptop always on and too loud
even the processor is cool
it blow cool air out of air vents
thats mean there isn't any overheating inside
i dowloaded a program to show me the processor temp.
it ranged between 43 and 50 celesius
i just want to know if i can change the rage which fan working on
or its a technical issue and i have to go technical support

This is the problem of the fan and not BIOS/System problem.
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