Noisy PC fan

[cooperlola]

My desktop's fan has suddenly become very noisy (from first turning it on yesterday.)  I've done a full backup in case the thing blows up but in general terms, should I worry about this?  I'm off to the UK in a couple of weeks and my instinct is to bung it in to be repaired while I'm away but is it worth it - does the noise presage doom or is it just an annoyance I could put up with?

[Quillan]

I would get it looked at. It it is either the CPU or power supply fan it is cheap (the labour will probably be a lot more than the cost of a fan) to replace and can be done within 30 minutes (worse case). With the hot weather etc I would use the PC for very short periods just in case it stops and you think the fan has fixed it's self.

[Bugsy]

Open up the case and vacuum it out.

Works 9 times out of ten

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[cooperlola]

So far all I've done is to turn the music up![:D]

Seriously, thanks for the advice.  I'm not sure I'm brave enough to open the thing up, Bugs - I'd be terrified of hoovering up a vital bit of it by mistake and never knowing where to put it back.[:-))]

[Benjamin]

Try hoovering from the outside. It's worked for me before.

[cooperlola]

[quote user="Benjamin"]Try hoovering from the outside.
[/quote]Will do.  The cleaner's here tomorrow![:D]

[Benjamin]

[quote user="cooperlola"][quote user="Benjamin"]Try hoovering from the outside.

[/quote]Will do.  The cleaner's here tomorrow![:D][/quote]

Doesn't he live there all the time?  [:P]

[cooperlola]

[quote user="Benjamin"][quote user="cooperlola"][quote user="Benjamin"]Try hoovering from the outside.
[/quote]Will do.  The cleaner's here tomorrow![:D][/quote]


Doesn't he live there all the time?  [:P]



[/quote]No, that would be the chef/groom/personal shopper.....[:)]

Oh, I forgot tea-boy (a mugful just appeared to remind me.)

[Simon]

Either replace the fan, or switch it all off and unplug, squirt a small amount of wd40 onto the central bit of the fan, leave to dry and that should sort out the issue.