[VanTodi]

Maybe you were one of the unlucky ones and got the loud fan. They switched to a much quieter fan in the newer machines.

You can try to replace it with some parts from ifixit or somewhere else.

I refunded my first too because it was just too loud and I didn't had the right situation for it.

Now one kid later and a newer deck with a silent fan, I'm very happy with the deck again.

[dagmx]

I just checked and I have the newer fan. My deck is only a few months old as well.

It’s not that it’s making an unpleasant whining sound like what the older fan was meant to be, it’s that it’s trying to push out so much heat all the time that it’s perceptibly loud.

It’s the difference between tone and volume.

All my other devices in the house are relatively quiet compared to it. My switch, my Macs, even my PS5. None of them are fanless but they’re pushing out much less air at any point.

The steamdeck is fine for some games, but once it hits the thermal ceiling it gets so loud.