[Mrs Hyde]

Ive just had my pc cleaned up about a month ago, but now my tower is making a strange noise, first it was a low humming now its
making a low grumbling sound (if you know what i mean )
Does anyone know what it could be, more to the point do i need to worry? its about 6/7 month old. Thanks for any help

[orbrey]

Sounds like one of the cooling fans is working itself loose and is now rubbing on the heatsink it's supposed to be cooling, though you'll need to open the case to confirm which one and tighten it. My last PC did this, it was the fan on the northbridge (actually on the motherboard itself) that was rubbing.

Hope that helps,

[Mrs Hyde]

Originally Posted by orbrey

Sounds like one of the cooling fans is working itself loose and is now rubbing on the heatsink it's supposed to be cooling, though you'll need to open the case to confirm which one and tighten it. My last PC did this, it was the fan on the northbridge (actually on the motherboard itself) that was rubbing.

Hope that helps,

Thanks orbrey, may have to take it in cause it sounds a bit tricky for me (sigh)

[Mrs Hyde]

Originally Posted by orbrey

Sounds like one of the cooling fans is working itself loose and is now rubbing on the heatsink it's supposed to be cooling, though you'll need to open the case to confirm which one and tighten it. My last PC did this, it was the fan on the northbridge (actually on the motherboard itself) that was rubbing.

Hope that helps,

Being totally novice at this, what would we be taking off? and what does the mother board look like?

[orbrey]

Looking at this page: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/inside...owitfits_2.htm

This is a PC with the side wall off, that's all you should need to remove from the case - there'll be screws at the back on the opposite side to where everything's plugged in.

The big board that everything is mounted on is the motherboard. On my machine, the silvery square bit just below the huge fan had a smaller fan on it and that had gone slightly skewed and was making a noise. Not all motherboards have this smaller chipset fan, though bear in mind it might be the CPU fan (the huge one in the picture), there may also be a fan at the back of the case and possibly on the front as well, and also a fan in the bottom of the power supply (the big block at the top of the case).

You can (relatively) safely go inside it when it's running, this will help to determine where the noise is coming from, though avoid touching the power supply and if you're going to poke anything make sure you touch the case first - this will remove any static electricity you may have built up and stop things from breaking. Obviously turn the power off before you make any adjustments, you should only need it on to find the source of the noise in any case.

Hope that helps,

[itosan]

Originally Posted by Mrs Hyde

Ive just had my pc cleaned up about a month ago, but now my tower is making a strange noise, first it was a low humming now its
making a low grumbling sound (if you know what i mean )
Does anyone know what it could be, more to the point do i need to worry? its about 6/7 month old. Thanks for any help

If it's still under warranty get whoever you got the Pc from to have a look, would be cautious in trying to look/replace (if faulty) a fan.

[terminator]

I get a lot brought to me for this lol
It could be a dry fan on its bearings /fan blade broke/fan loose on heat sink/wire catching fan even get some come in saying it sounds like a chip pan turns out to be hard drive lol