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Suddenly noisy fan.
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I bought the parts and built my computer nearly a year ago. Its been running great ever since. But today as I'm using it I keep hearing the fan on the processor going. I never used to hear it before, and now its noisy as hell. It also sounds like its laboring a bit. I had to buy a thermaltake processor fan because my dad broke one of the pegs on the one that came with the processor. Is this a problem? Should I buy a new one?
Funnily enough, whenever I smack the case, even just a light touch, the noise stops. Don't know if that means anything. PS I opened the case and made sure it was the processor fan by stopping the case fan. And even though its making noise its still spinning just fine.
Funnily enough, whenever I smack the case, even just a light touch, the noise stops. Don't know if that means anything. PS I opened the case and made sure it was the processor fan by stopping the case fan. And even though its making noise its still spinning just fine.
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I recommend these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=Zalman&x=0&y=0
(I have this one in my quiet PC)
but yeah, if the fan is failing, replace it ASAP... you don't want to fry your CPU