Hearing Loss from shrill noisy high pitched laptop squeal :: HP Compaq CQ62

compaq presario CQ62
Of the many complaints I have with this laptop, the inferior fan design has hurt me the most.
The network cord may fall out like greased butter, constantly disconnecting me, but that is not the lynch pin.
The fan is so poorly designed, that it revs up to full power right away when it is not even hot. I have researched fan control software but sadly the laptop lacks the capability make this possible.
It runs loud, runs poorly.
The fan has overworked so long that it began producing a harrowing, shrill, nails-on-the-chalkboard type sound.
It built up gradually, and I thought, "Why do my ears ring all the time?" Then I realized that it produced several of the "hearing test" like sounds ad nausium. I will most likely be def to those subtle tones forever thanks to HP. I liked classical music, but now that might be gone forever.
It is just so utterly cheap all around, why did you scrape the bottom of the barrel HP?
I have looked online, there appears to be no way to remove the cheap flimsy garbage ball bearing fan and replace it with a tolerable one such as a sleeve bearing or a hydro bearing, HP is foul in their miserliness and does not have any replacement fan options.
This will not be fixed by the warranty or RMA, because they are all faulty and flawed. A manufacturers defect of the whole bloody factory line.
Why so cheap and intolerable? You only incur the wrath and ire of your one time customer base.
For the few pennies you saved on the network cord, I have been disconnected hundreds of times.
For the few dollars you saved on those faulty bearings and fan design, you have deafened me. It a world of eye for an eye I should be able to pluck the inner ear mechanism from one of the board of directors.
Keywords: noise, hum, squeal, whine, loud

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