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OT:Really weird noise [message #65443] Sat, 07 February 2004 13:06 Go to next message
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Today I came home from work and turned on my computer and it made this really loud humming noise on startup. I got worried that maybe it just needed to be turned off again, turned it off then turned it back on and the noise was still there. Its never really done this before, it did it once or twice but then stopped like 5 minutes after running. This time its not stopping, its kind of like a light humming noise (not to loud not to soft) and it kind of goes in a pattern like (whea whea whea if you listen close enough).....or you could kind of say it sounds like one of this mini fans that rotate running. Is this a problem, I mean my computer is about 3 months old, and it seems to be running just dandy! Hmm, anywho thanks Smile

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OT:Really weird noise [message #65446] Sat, 07 February 2004 13:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I get these kind of sounds every once in a while. Usually, it's a powersupply wire a bit to close to one of my fans or something not placed right. If you know what you're doing, open the case up and look around for the problem. That might help.

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OT:Really weird noise [message #65454] Sat, 07 February 2004 14:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Could be any kind of fan inside the comp, yould be your hidr drive spinning up, could be your cd drive spinning up......

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OT:Really weird noise [message #65464] Sat, 07 February 2004 15:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Normally it is the northbridge fan (small fan on motherboard), in my case it was. As it gets used, it starts to vibrate more, the vibration of the fan is hitting the center of the heatsink causing it to make a humming noise. After you have run it for a while it will stop until you boot next.

You just need to replace it with a new 40mm fan, which are cheap. It may not be your northbridge fan, any other 40mm fan on a graphics card may cause it, but genrally it is a small fan vibrating against a heatsink.

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OT:Really weird noise [message #65528] Sat, 07 February 2004 22:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Well when I came home just now, it seems to of stopped, and barely making any noise. Odd! Smile Thanks for the help:)

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OT:Really weird noise [message #65530] Sat, 07 February 2004 22:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I doubt it is anything serious. If it starts up again, don't get startled or anything.

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OT:Really weird noise [message #65654] Mon, 09 February 2004 01:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Just to be on the safe side, you may want to check all your fans in the computer. Mainly the power supply fan (this can easily be checked without opening the case). My computer started making a strange sound and not long after I started having hard drive trouble. Turns out the fan in my power supply up and died and once replaced (acually, once the power supply was replaced, since it burned out), no more hard drive problems!

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OT:Really weird noise [message #65676] Mon, 09 February 2004 07:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yeah, I burned 2 fans in the PSU, it actually took out a capacitor the second time, I replaced it with one off some old PSU I had and it seems to work fine now. I'm running a YSTech silent fan in it connected through a hole to the motherboard connector so if it dies this time my system will beep and shoutdown.

Since I replaced the fan I can't hear it anymore and it made my PC much quieter.

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OT:Really weird noise [message #65682] Mon, 09 February 2004 10:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If it's any help, i sometimes have a similar problem. I usually find that it is one of my Case Fans [usually the oldest one Razz], a bit of dust.

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OT:Really weird noise [message #65721] Mon, 09 February 2004 17:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Just take out all the fans and hook up a good ole' foot-pump. Won't ever give you any problems, but you have to keep stepping on it whenever you're using your computer.

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OT:Really weird noise [message #65776] Mon, 09 February 2004 22:29 Go to previous message
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It's a fan. I don't have that problem cuz I upgrade/try out new fans every few months. And because my comp > u.

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