Confirmed it was defective hardware. I don't know what component it was, but I returned the laptop and bought another unit that does not have this issue. FYI: This behavior was present even after a clean install of Windows 11, reinstalling AWCC, etc. Must be a bad board or something as stated in the reddit post with this issue. Just wanted to update this post in case anyone was having this issue, file a claim or exchange it.
At idle, under balanced or quiet profile in AWCC, the fans on the laptop both spool up and down very quickly, in little spurts every 3-5 seconds. Is this normal behavior? Does anyone have this issue too? It gets a little annoying or distracting, the laptop is just idling with no load, temps are all fine, but the left and right fans constantly spool up and down (very short spurts).
m15 R7, fan spooling up and down at idle