noisy computer

paulmallon

theres an occasional strange noise from my desktop.
its also acting a bit strange,running slow.
it doesent happen all the time. ive run cleanup programs on it but no joy.
its a soft grinding noise,lasting about a second then stops,about 4 times,then stops. any ideas?

Dancor

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papu

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it could just be your hdd's grinding through loads of info , run a disk defrag go to my computer > right click your local disk , usually c , then go to properties and tools and run disk defrag ...also are u using any ani virus programmes and how old is your pc?

Ruu_Old

Could be the hard drive or the cpu fan might need cleaning out.

ch252

I got a brand new one in January in pcworld, it makes a noise when it is handling lots of files at once, it's probably the processor or hdd

lucernarian

OP, if I were you I'd take off the case, turn on the computer and listen for the part that's causing the noise. When you find it, replace the part.

Back up files if it's the hard drive, and back them up quickly.

If it's a Power Supply fan, I'd leave the PC off until you can get a good replacement in a couple of days. €50-€60 odd.

It might just be a CD drive causing vibrations. Let us know what happens.

quaidox

right click my computer --> manage --> event viewer --> system. check for any disk errors in here. if there are, your hard drive is about to fail.
// assuming you are running windows!!

BopNiblets

Mine has a click, like someone cracking a very small knuckle, drives me mental trying to figure out what it is, I think it's heat expansion, lol.

TerrorFirmer

BopNiblets wrote:

Mine has a click, like someone cracking a very small knuckle, drives me mental trying to figure out what it is, I think it's heat expansion, lol.

Could be a dodgy psu, I'd really investigate that!

BopNiblets

How, I wouldn't know where to start.

It's hard to hear and replicate and there's been no other problems, I have a backup one anyway.

The Randomer

Yea, i had the same prob, the bearin in the fan was worn. Have been running my pc for the last 2 months without a cpu fan!!! lovely and quite. Hasnt blown up either yet!