Dell XPS 14 Fan Noise

The fan on my XPS 14 sounds like a A380 jet engine and it comes on when the computer is attempting anything even mildly stressful like a virus scan or when adding two numbers together!!
Is there anything that can be done to prevent this? I was at an international business meeting the other day when the fan started up and everyone turned to look in my direction - I was mortified - had to shut the darn thing down. What can be done? Is there any way I can prevent the kind of cpu usage which results in the internal wind turbine starting up?

I'm going through this process now, cordially you cannot remove the battery on the XPS! They are integrated. Also impossible to open the PC up anyway because of the screw... only real military are able to (unless I want to cancel my warranty 3 years) so basically I can't do the two most likely fixes.

EDIT: also, my laptop runs only 27% of CPU and 50% (reflects typical usage for me) so I really think it's a harsh that fans are so inadequate and noisy design flaw! Not good when you are in a shared office space.

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