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help! ear piercing whine from my 8887....

post #1 of 4
9/23/04 at 5:55pm
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just hopped on my system after leaving her on all night(as always) and as soon as i entered a couple of web address in mozilla she goes apesh1t with this extremelly loud extremelly eir piercing whine. wtf is going on? i've shut her down and am going to let her rest for a bit but this is bullocks. any suggesstions? its sounding like it was coming from the fan exhaust vent...
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post #2 of 4
9/23/04 at 7:47pm
Sounds like a fan problem. When was the last time you cleaned it out (i.e. opened it up and blew the dust out)?

Sometimes a hair or something gets into the fan and winds around the shaft, causing fan noises - even blowing dust would not resolve it, but a partial deconstruction of the fan (or replacement) may resolve it.

Let's hope it's nothing serious. Does the sound change with the volume of air being pushed? I.e. can you stand the sound long enough for the lappy to get hotter and kick up the fans, then see if the noise changes respectively?

-myrkat

(double-posts deserve double-replies!)
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post #3 of 4
9/23/04 at 7:51pm
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thanks myrkat, methinks it is the fan, but i can't stand it long enough to see if it changes pitch. is there a DIY laying around here for cleaning out the fan?
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post #4 of 4
9/24/04 at 5:10am
It could well be the fan that's attached to the MOBO. Aussie found a way to put some material between the fan and the MOBO which made it much quieter. Search for it and see if that helps.
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