Fans Running Constantly After Latest Windows Update

[IanStrothers]

I recently installed the latest Windows update (10.0.18363) and since then my laptops fans have been running constantly at full speed. My laptop is only a few months old and I have made sure to keep the vents clean. I have also checked both the usage and temperature of my CPU, GPU, and SSD and they are well within the normal range. The fans continue to run at full speed even when the usage of all of those components is well below 5%. The laptop is also dual booted with Ubuntu and the fans run normally when I am booted into Ubuntu so this is not a hardware issue. What are some potential fixes for this problem? My laptop is a RazerBlade 15" with an Intel I7 CPU and an Nvidia RTX 2070 MaxQ GPU.

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