I think my computer is dying. For the last while(2 weeks or so) it has been periodically making this horrible noise, like a motor dying, so I thought it was the fan. Well I cleaned the fan of dust and dog hair, and guess what?
Noise is still there, so finally last night, while it was screaming @ me, I got down on my hands and knees, and put my head back behind it...the noise is not coming from the fan type area in the back of the puter. In fact it almosts seems like it is coming from the botom of it.
So any clues as to what is wrong? Should I just take it back to get it checked out???(Its about 1 year old) Help me!
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Nov-26-2001 17:54
eXos
The Delight
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Breathtaking!
Its the FAN. Always a problem with comp. Doesnt help if you clean it. You just have to by a new 1.
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Nov-26-2001 17:58
Agent_WD40
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Washington
Might be your HD. There's a computer here at school that makes this kind of weird whining sound every once and a while, and I'm told that it's the hard drive. Couldn't say for sure without seeing/hearing it for myself though.
Greetz
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Nov-26-2001 17:59
j_spot
retired
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Calgary
quote:
Originally posted by Agent_WD40 Might be your HD. There's a computer here at school that makes this kind of weird whining sound every once and a while, and I'm told that it's the hard drive. Couldn't say for sure without seeing/hearing it for myself though.
Greetz
thats what I was afraid of. .....Im gonna go back everything of mine up quite soon, just in case.
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Nov-26-2001 18:19
Flippe
Snap jij het wel ?
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Asten, Netherlands
I think it is the FAN
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Nov-26-2001 19:45
Coup
Retired
Registered: May 2001
Location: England, UK
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Originally posted by Flippe I think it is the FAN
look he already told you its a Fuckin Annoying Noise!! hehehehe!
Nov-26-2001 19:51
goldenarmZ
Monkey Elemental
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: secret
have you checked the internal fan on the processor? sometimes a cable can get caught in it and make a really fucked up sounding noiz.. if thats the problem, just get sum plastic cable ties and tie all the loose stuff to the chassis
Nov-26-2001 20:30
j_spot
retired
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Calgary
quote:
Originally posted by goldenarmZ have you checked the internal fan on the processor? sometimes a cable can get caught in it and make a really fucked up sounding noiz.. if thats the problem, just get sum plastic cable ties and tie all the loose stuff to the chassis
and how would I go about doing that? shut down, unplug, remove casing and take a peek inside? Or is it best left to pros?-->be warned, I could barely install my own Burner
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Nov-26-2001 23:00
goldenarmZ
Monkey Elemental
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: secret
yeah, just shut it down, whip the side off and check the area round the processor fan is clear of wires and general obstructions then if there's anything that looks too close for comfort, just stick it out of the way with some tape or something.. hope this helps
Nov-26-2001 23:24
Fraggle
trancEaddict Neverland
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Sydney, AUSTRALIA
quote:
Originally posted by Coup
look he already told you its a Fuckin Annoying Noise!! hehehehe!
ya, i'd say it's the fan too
mine made a damn racket after moving my computer...so just pushed the fan around & fixed the problem
Usually my computer's fan stops noisering after some screwdriver probation...
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Nov-27-2001 12:42
[A|ienFactory]
trancEaddict in JAIL
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Sweden
It's definitely the HD.
The same thing happened to me 4 months ago. It was a an old 6,4 Gb HD. Luckily I had insurance and got it exchanged for a better one, 20 GB, for free. I thought it was the FAn, but hell it wasn't. So I did backups in time, before it started crashing every 5 minutes. Let this be a warning, and do backups while you still can.
Greetz 
