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Weird PC noises
SharpyVII
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Hi
In the last 4 months or so my pc has started making odd noises. They are coming from the front half of the PC, and they sound like a fan powering up quite loudly. The noises come on for short intervals a few at a time. Even when there is no cd in my DVD drive the noises are still made.
The pc is only about 8 months old, could it be the fans? According to my motherboard probe the chassis and cpu fan are running fine but the power fan seems to be not working. The noises only occure when i am playing games.
Any help would be appreciated!
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In the last 4 months or so my pc has started making odd noises. They are coming from the front half of the PC, and they sound like a fan powering up quite loudly. The noises come on for short intervals a few at a time. Even when there is no cd in my DVD drive the noises are still made.
The pc is only about 8 months old, could it be the fans? According to my motherboard probe the chassis and cpu fan are running fine but the power fan seems to be not working. The noises only occure when i am playing games.
Any help would be appreciated!
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This happened with my old computer. You'll know when it starts randomly turning off.
NOT fun if you're doing any kind of school work/work... work (?)
In any case, if the sound has been worse than normal, it's probably just dust in the bearings of the GPU fan. Take your graphics card out and hit the fan with some compressed air.
Yeah, if that doesn't work you can put a drop of oil in the fan (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,2135514,00.htm).