Scott M Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I hear this irregular humming noise coming from my tower now. Is my fan going out? or a more vital component?Just in case I've got a big backup planned, but was hoping someone might have an idea what was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim43 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Often there is dust buildup on the fan itself. Have you opened it up lately and used some compressed air to blow the dust off the fans and clean it out. I clean mine out 2 times a year and you would not believe how muchdust can build up that short a time. I take mine out on the deckand open it and blast it out. Sure helps it out from heat buildupthen to. Especially around the CPU heat sink and video card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMITOUT Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Very well could be a fan. I had a video card that had an on-board fan and it became noisy which is usually an indication that it's going to eventually fail. I searched around for a replacement fan but found it was just easier to buy a new video card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I am going to say try cleaning out it out first. Aside from your power supply fans and a few case fans you can pretty much take a pencil and stop the fan to see if that is the noisy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott M Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 I'm guessing sound card. All the sudden I don't have any audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Not many audio(if any) have fans on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMITOUT Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Maybe it was the speaker buzzing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Could have been your sound card in it's death throes. Is it still making noise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTro Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I wouldn’t rule out a HDD about to go bad. They sometimes will make some weird noises prior to crashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 It could be, but they usually grind more than hum when they start to go downhill. But may be a good time to copy important data files to somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott M Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 still making the noise, a hum not a a grind. I checked all of my audio connections and hardware settings and don't have any audio. I'll try a reboot. Got evening plans but still have to search for a few more odd things that need backup.Thanks for the help/suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Kuhn Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Open your case and stick your head in there to find out where it's coming from. Usually it's just a fan aging, or primary and secondary effects of dust build up (primary being physical interference with the motion and secondary making cooling more inefficient so "smart" fans speed up to higher speeds where they become more audible).Also on audio Vista has a reputation for losing audio at times. Reinstall drivers usually takes care of things, or just resetting the device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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