cooperlola Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Open up the case and vacuum it out.Works 9 times out of ten . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 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.[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Try hoovering from the outside. It's worked for me before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 [quote user="Benjamin"]Try hoovering from the outside. [/quote]Will do. The cleaner's here tomorrow![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 [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] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 [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.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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