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Laptop Making Whistling Noise

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  • 22-06-2014 9:48pm
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    LovexxLife
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    My laptop randomly makes a loud screeching sharp whistling noise. Can this be fixed or whats wrong?


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    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    Something stuck in the fan?


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    RebelButtMunch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭RebelButtMunch


    LovexxLife wrote: »
    Hi,

    My laptop randomly makes a loud screeching sharp whistling noise. Can this be fixed or whats wrong?

    Try hoovering the air inlets and outlets.


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    STEINBERG
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭STEINBERG


    Sounds like a fan issue,,, one of the lads in college had the same problem, worked out that a little tiny piece from the heat sink had came loose and was stuck in the fan.... Open her up if you are any good with that and take a look...

    Just a word of caution, do not stick a hoover near your laptop,,, instead get a can of compressed air to blow anything away..


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    LovexxLife
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭LovexxLife


    So it is fixable? Not a expensive job?


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    LovexxLife
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭LovexxLife


    So it is fixable? Not a expensive job?


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    john the one
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭john the one


    LovexxLife wrote: »
    So it is fixable? Not a expensive job?

    Hard to say without looking at the machine if its fixable. But like someone already said, compressed air in a can


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    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Had similar issue with noise from a laptop fan.

    First, I just hoovered the dust out of the laptop and it worked okay for some time. I got another year or so out of the fan.

    Eventually, the noises from the fan became too loud and no amount of cleaning would stop them. I had to order a new fan. I opened the laptop, got the serial number from a sticker on the side of the fan, googled that number, and ordered a new one from some English website for about €15 or so.

    It was just a case of disconnect the old fan and connect the new one. No soldering or anything like that required.

    Simple and cheap to fix.


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    LovexxLife
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭LovexxLife


    john the one wrote: »
    Hard to say without looking at the machine if its fixable. But like someone already said, compressed air in a can

    Would a empty derodent can do?


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    john the one
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭john the one


    LovexxLife wrote: »
    Would a empty derodent can do?

    Haha your joking right?


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    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,715 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    LovexxLife wrote: »
    Would a empty derodent can do?

    It is a noise, not a smell.:)


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    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Sam Russell wrote: »
    It is a noise, not a smell.:)

    A depressurized aerosol can will be equally useless for both purposes! :D


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    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,715 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    If you take the laptop apart to get at the fan, you can give it a sqirt of WD40 aerosol as a temporary fix. This will stop the sceam for a week or two while the new fan arrives. If the fan stops, the processor could be damaged, so try and fix it soon.


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    LovexxLife
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭LovexxLife


    Well where would I can a compressed can of air?


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    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    LovexxLife wrote: »
    Well where would I can a compressed can of air?

    Amazon, Maplins etc


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