Proper installation of System76 drivers after upgrade to F42 Beta

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As the title says, I upgraded without issues to Fedora 42 from 41, in my System76 workstation. What I forgot is how to install the System76 drivers in order to include the modules in the running kernel, so the system’s fans become silent (right now, they are running almost non-stop, except for some brief moments). I have installed the following System76 rpms:
system76-io-dkms-1.0.4-2.x86_64
system76-acpi-dkms-1.0.2-10.x86_64
system76-driver-24.04.2-1.noarch
system76-power-1.2.2-1.x86_64
After upgrading and noticing the fans, I uninstalled and reinstalled those rpms, obviously to no avail. I think I need to wait for the next kernel update, but I suppose I can also reinstall the current one in order to get the modules installed. Any suggestion will be very much appreciated.

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Do not use dnf reinstall. It is verified that using dnf reinstall breaks the installation.

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Perhaps I didn’t explain well enough. I never used the command “dnf reinstall”. I uninstalled and then installed again. By the way, and as expected, a new kernel came along and this time the modules were installed. Then I ran a couple of commands as suggested by System76 for Fedora; rebooted and the fans went silent.

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