Something is dying in my machine, please help.

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Okay so after my pc has been off all night I turned it on and popped a disc in the drive to startup a game and suddenly my machine sounds like there's a flymo hover mower trapped inside trying to get out. I've taken the disc out and turned it off for a while but it's still making the noise (though not as loud) when I turn it back on. What's most likely to be dying, the hard drive, case fans? And what's probably the quickest way to find out?

Cheers.
 
It's usually a fan, and it doesn't need to be dying either.
Quickest way to find out is probably opening the case, starting up the computer, and then stopping each fan in turn (just hold your hand or a pencil or something against one, can't really hurt if you make sure the fan restarts once you remove your hand) and listening whether the sound goes away.
 
What Sander said; most likely a case fan. The fan doesn't necessarily have to be dying, either - sometimes the spindle gets loose or whatnot, and you can probably just fiddle with it until it's alright again. Just watch them fingers.
 
That's a bit more of a bummer than it just being a rebellious case fan. Were you able to rejigger it into racket-less condition? If not, you could probably stick a case fan on there as a replacement, if your motherboard doesn't bitch about the CPU fan being disconnected or whatever. I used to have a case fan secured to my video card heatsink with breadties. :D
 
You can just order a new CPU fan, they cost anything from around $10 to $80 depending on how extravagant you go. $20 fans are usually great.
 
Sander said:
Quickest way to find out is probably opening the case, starting up the computer, and then stopping each fan in turn (just hold your hand or a pencil or something against one, can't really hurt if you make sure the fan restarts once you remove your hand) and listening whether the sound goes away.
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euhm, that does sometimes kill fans. really depends on the quality of your stuff mostly, but i'd be careful with such advice.

it's usually just as easy to unplug the fan connector and that wont harm anything.
 
Yeah, just put a little pressure on the center to slow it to a stop if you're worried about it. Actually, you should do that anyways. I got half a fingernail whacked off in a slip-up with a CPU fan, once.
 
or get a rheobus, you fucking faggots...

(obviously one that goes van 0V to 12V, not a cheating one that goes from 5V to 12V, those suck. pref 20W+ per channel too.)
 
SuAside said:
or get a rheobus, you fucking faggots...

(obviously one that goes van 0V to 12V, not a cheating one that goes from 5V to 12V, those suck. pref 20W+ per channel too.)
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That's hardly relevant advice for someone who just found out one of his fans might be dying. ;)

But yeah, fan controllers are pretty useful.
 
wasn't advice for him. it was advice for you two handy lads who can't seem to figure out how to unplug a 3pin fan connector. :P
 
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