Terrific Noise.

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Peter F

Hi All,

Recently i have noticed a terrific noise coming from my machine. It is a
kind of whinning noise which i am not to sure where it comes from HDD or Fan.

The HDD's of which i have 3 are SATA. The machine is only 2 years old and i
have not installed any new hardware. It seems to happen intermittanlty even
when i am not using the machine.

Can anyone advise on how i would go about diagnosing the problem?

Any help would be greatly received.

Regards.

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Flinty
 
"Peter F" <PeterF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C4A32E9C-9B56-485A-AB67-C2CC99A982A6@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> Recently i have noticed a terrific noise coming from my machine. It is a
> kind of whinning noise which i am not to sure where it comes from HDD or
> Fan.
>
> The HDD's of which i have 3 are SATA. The machine is only 2 years old and
> i
> have not installed any new hardware. It seems to happen intermittanlty
> even
> when i am not using the machine.
>
> Can anyone advise on how i would go about diagnosing the problem?
>
> Any help would be greatly received.
>

The noise you describe sounds as though a fan bearing has failed. Opening
up and using you r ears to pinpoint the culprit is the next move. You can
temporarily stop each fan with a pencil long enough to ascertain if it is
the one causing the probem.
 
Hi Mi5,

Thanks for the reply.

Just one more question. If a fan bearing has failed would it make a noise
constantly not intermittantly? Also there is just 1 fan on the machine.

Regards.
--
Flinty


"M.I.5¾" wrote:

>
> "Peter F" <PeterF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C4A32E9C-9B56-485A-AB67-C2CC99A982A6@microsoft.com...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Recently i have noticed a terrific noise coming from my machine. It is a
> > kind of whinning noise which i am not to sure where it comes from HDD or
> > Fan.
> >
> > The HDD's of which i have 3 are SATA. The machine is only 2 years old and
> > i
> > have not installed any new hardware. It seems to happen intermittanlty
> > even
> > when i am not using the machine.
> >
> > Can anyone advise on how i would go about diagnosing the problem?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly received.
> >
>
> The noise you describe sounds as though a fan bearing has failed. Opening
> up and using you r ears to pinpoint the culprit is the next move. You can
> temporarily stop each fan with a pencil long enough to ascertain if it is
> the one causing the probem.
>
>
>
 
By doing as suggested you would know if it was the fan.....if it is not the
fan its time to check the HD....a newspaper rolled into a cone held to your
ear with the other end to the HD allows you to "hear" the specific drive and
maybe determine which one is the culprit.
peter
"Peter F" <PeterF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA9CFD16-A858-4F1E-BF2C-0F2013577D7E@microsoft.com...
> Hi Mi5,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Just one more question. If a fan bearing has failed would it make a noise
> constantly not intermittantly? Also there is just 1 fan on the machine.
>
> Regards.
> --
> Flinty
>
>
> "M.I.5¾" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Peter F" <PeterF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C4A32E9C-9B56-485A-AB67-C2CC99A982A6@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > Recently i have noticed a terrific noise coming from my machine. It is
>> > a
>> > kind of whinning noise which i am not to sure where it comes from HDD
>> > or
>> > Fan.
>> >
>> > The HDD's of which i have 3 are SATA. The machine is only 2 years old
>> > and
>> > i
>> > have not installed any new hardware. It seems to happen intermittanlty
>> > even
>> > when i am not using the machine.
>> >
>> > Can anyone advise on how i would go about diagnosing the problem?
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly received.
>> >
>>
>> The noise you describe sounds as though a fan bearing has failed.
>> Opening
>> up and using you r ears to pinpoint the culprit is the next move. You
>> can
>> temporarily stop each fan with a pencil long enough to ascertain if it is
>> the one causing the probem.
>>
>>
>>
 
"Peter F" <PeterF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA9CFD16-A858-4F1E-BF2C-0F2013577D7E@microsoft.com...
> Hi Mi5,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Just one more question. If a fan bearing has failed would it make a noise
> constantly not intermittantly? Also there is just 1 fan on the machine.
>

Generally, bearing noise can be intermittent or continuous.
 
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