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I'd suggest opening up your case, and check the fans. Perhaps their is a lot of dust, which makes it hard to spin.. Best way to find out if it's a fan, is open up case, and listen!
I'd suggest opening up your case, and check the fans. Perhaps their is a lot of dust, which makes it hard to spin.. Best way to find out if it's a fan, is open up case, and listen!
***Sorry for double post, got a GATEWAY ERROR nginx or sth, refreshed and it was posted double for some reason***!
Distribution: Dabble, but latest used are Fedora 13 and Ubuntu 10.4.1
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Originally Posted by lugoteehalt
What it says in title has started happening to desktop. It is not the CD drive, it sounds like a fan.
Probably idiotic post, but any suggestions??
Your computer is bored and surly, hence humming to itself. Beat it senseless and activate your sensor modules and service so you can keep an eye on temperature. Also back up your data and let the computer know that you are doing so. Once data is backed up, the computer will realize that it is replaceable, and will toe the line.
If the sensors show a fan problem, then ship those little delinguents off to the county juvenile center and adopt new fans that are smart enough to appreciate a loving home and all you do for them.
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.4,DD-WRT micro plus ssh,lfs-6.6,Fedora 15,Fedora 16
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yep, humming is usually 1 of 2 things, fans or hard drives, essentially anything with a motor that constantly spins, usually the calling card of a failing bearing.
try opening the case, unplugging one fan at a time, turning on the machine, seeing if you stop hearing the hum, then plugging the fan back in.. note dont leave the machine running for more then a minute or so with the cpu fan unplugged or you could fry your processor.
that failing, try the same with your hard drives
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