noisy laptop

snowdaze · 23-02-2011 8:56pm #1

Hi there,

my daughters laptop has become very noisy - it is only 2 years old and little used - could it be the fan? why would it be noisy? It is very noisy - like a ticking noise

thanks

GodlikeRed · 23-02-2011 9:00pm

yes it is most likely the fan has become stuck.

danjo-xx · 23-02-2011 9:05pm

Get a tin of compressed air and blow it out, you might get lucky.:)

snowdaze · 23-02-2011 9:13pm

how do I do this, do I open up the back of the laptop???

wexfordian01 · 23-02-2011 9:15pm

it could be a wire hitting the fan. My computer had a wire hitting the fan and the noise would come on and off all the time. I opened the computer up and moved teh wire off the fan fixed the problem. To get to the fan open the laptop up adn if teh fan is dirty clean it also look for anything that might be blocking it.

snowdaze · 23-02-2011 9:30pm

thanks, I will give that a go!

danjo-xx · 23-02-2011 9:37pm

how to clean a laptop fan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMu4RF9sk4Q

gnolan · 24-02-2011 12:07pm

danjo-xx wrote: »

how to clean a laptop fan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMu4RF9sk4Q

Don't know about that video. He seems to have it all pre-disassembled (unscrewed and the likes).

OP, you're going to want to get yourself an ESD wrist strap if you're going to go poking about inside the laptop. They're not expensive. Take a look on dealextreme.

noisy laptop

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