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16 May 2003, 22:46
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First Disciple of Aldur
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Should I be worried about the intermittant grinding noise my cpu fan makes?
Every so often, my cpu fan makes what can only be described as a grinding noise, like there's a wire trapped in it. I know there's not a wire caught in it because I've had the side of the case off to look when it first started doing it. Now that I have broadband, my pc has been on pretty much constantly since I got it, I am a little concerned about the noise - it doesn't sound all that healthy. I'm tempted to go and buy a new fan for the heatsink.
How long do you reckon I've got before my motherboard melts.
nb: According to motherboard monitor, the cpu doesn't get hotter than 52 degrees while doing cpu intensive activity, i.e. gaming.
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16 May 2003, 23:14
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Henry Kelly
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Bearings in fans last only so long, it'll probably be that although don't discount the possibility of there being dust and other crap lodged around the motor if the fan's less than 6months to a year old.
Buy a new fan, they're not expensive, though try cleaning things out first.
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16 May 2003, 23:33
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Henry Kelly
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Actually, are you absolutely sure it's your CPU fan? I've had the bearings on PSU fans go before now, fan dies, leave it on long enough it just goes pop.
Unfortunate, that was.
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17 May 2003, 00:23
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First Disciple of Aldur
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I'm sure that the noise was coming from the cpu fan, given that when i pressed the center of it with my finger, and pushed it in slightly - the noise stopped.
I'll order a new fan.
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17 May 2003, 01:32
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you pushed it while it was spinning?
what heatsink/fan do you have anyway?
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17 May 2003, 01:34
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/dev/zero Retired Mod
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I must be cursed by the evil powersupply fan pixie, i've had several PSU's blow up after the fan died.
Funny tho \o/
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17 May 2003, 08:26
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Rawr rawr
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I have the same thing occasionally. Some (I don't know which one) fan starts making a grinding noise and after a while it stops again.
Someone in a computer store told me once that it was caused by dust that gathers on the fan. The weight of the dust causes imbalance of the fan causing a grinding noise. After a while the fan finds its balance again and the noise stops.
Atleast, that's what they told me.
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17 May 2003, 11:19
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I get the same problem every 6 montsh or so. As others have stated its just dust build up. You can try what Structural Integrity said as that does seem to sometimes work HOWEVER i have had a fan get so clogged up with dust that its had trouble spinning and caused my CPU to start to run dangourously hot (thankfully my mobo takes advantage of ASUS C.O.P feature that when coupled with an AMD Athlon XP chip will shut the machine down before it overheats)
I would personally advise a trip down somewhere like PC World to pick up a can of compressed air. Give the Fan a spray of this and it should clear all the dust thats trapped and solve the problem. If it doesnt then I would guess you have larger problems and will need a new fan
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17 May 2003, 20:32
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First Disciple of Aldur
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Quote:
Originally posted by Luckeh!!!!
what heatsink/fan do you have anyway?
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Quote:
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I would personally advise a trip down somewhere like PC World to pick up a can of compressed air.
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This is the winning option, however I think I will "borrow" a can of compressed air from work, instead of buying one from pc world.
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18 May 2003, 12:25
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-=Murderous Plush Toy=-
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Quote:
Originally posted by Belgarath The Sorcerer
It's an amd approved Asaka jobbie.
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Is it a boxed retail one or you bought it?
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18 May 2003, 12:25
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Quote:
Originally posted by MT
I must be cursed by the evil powersupply fan pixie, i've had several PSU's blow up after the fan died.
Funny tho \o/
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Best time I saw that happen was during an IT inspection at our 6th form. Just as "ze men from ze government" were touring the pc lab, one of the PSUs in a machine went "bang" very loudly and belched black smoke.
Ahh, the humour.
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18 May 2003, 18:13
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First Disciple of Aldur
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Quote:
Originally posted by Luckeh!!!!
Is it a boxed retail one or you bought it?
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I bought it, is this a problem?
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18 May 2003, 18:48
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Quote:
Originally posted by Belgarath The Sorcerer
I bought it, is this a problem?
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OH NOES!!! WE... WILL... ALL... DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111122
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18 May 2003, 19:01
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Quote:
Originally posted by Belgarath The Sorcerer
I bought it, is this a problem?
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i think he's wondering if its the cheap crap that generally comes with the processor if you get it retail not oem, which in your case it doesnt appear to be.
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19 May 2003, 01:22
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Toyboy
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One of my fans does the same, not sure which one, I find if i hit the side of my case it stops. Try it
My fan was purchased sepearately from the cpu (which was OEM) in January only, late january even, shouldn't really be causing a problem yet.
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19 May 2003, 21:40
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First Disciple of Aldur
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Well, I've hoovered the dust out of the fan, and it's still doing it...I'm going to buy a new fan/heatsink.
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20 May 2003, 23:11
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Not a Cow
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Hoovering won't do jack, compressed air is the daddy.
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23 May 2003, 03:33
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Mine's done it for years and it hasn't blown up.
And it won't, as it's currently in the garage having been superceeded twice in the last year and a half.
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