[GaGaLa]

Hello

You guys seem to be into you computer things so thought would ask on here that what is up with my comp.


When i turn my laptop on and when it is on, it sounds like an aeroplane about to take off. What is up with it?

I work on it during the day and the noise is really starting to annoy me.

Thanks

[PDLM]

Probably the fan - it's feeling hot. Are you doing something that's working it hard (particularly continual disc access)?

[GaGaLa]

Originally Posted by PDLM

Probably the fan - it's feeling hot. Are you doing something that's working it hard (particularly continual disc access)?

Nope not really. The only thing that i do on my comp its just internet and my freelance designs.

[goodkarma]

You just made me spit out my coffee from laughing !

I know it ain't funny. By internet is it possible you're running things like a tvu player or something that is using a lot of memory to run?

[GaGaLa]

Haha - as you can tell i am not very IT.

Nope just email and thats it -- havent got anything that uses a lot of memory. Although i use illustrator so maybe that takes up a lot of memeory when i have all the files open.
But it does it even when havent got that open. When i turn it on it is crazy loud.

Do i need to clean the fan or somethings? Or um g ar.

[sunniefaith]

Had something like that before and my sis' ex boyfriend told me that my motherboard or something is dying...and I ended up buying a new laptop. Had that laptop for around 3 years before it started 'speaking' to me.

[GaGaLa]

Originally Posted by sunniefaith

Had something like that before and my sis' ex boyfriend told me that my motherboard or something is dying...and I ended up buying a new laptop. Had that laptop for around 3 years before it started 'speaking' to me.

Yeah mine is like 2 and a bit years old. But i really cannot afford to buy a new laptop. Kind of crappy really as i have to use my comp to do my work.

[goodkarma]

Believe me, I am no techie either but the airplane did me in.

Hope it's something simple.

Did you try crapcleaner.com and look in teir forum? I get all sorts of answers there.

[PDLM]

It could also be the hard disc beginning to give up... make sure you have backups of everything important.

[Boris]

The only thing that can be making the noise is something that is IS NOT solid state. A CPU or chipset cannot back noise apart from BANG if it explodes.

I suggest

Hard Drive spinning ( high speed frequency with indication by led light ) , Floppy drive ( low speed frequency, usualy a " chuckling " or " wokka wokka " sound as it tries to read a non existant disk in the drive.
or Fan ( if it is interfering with a casing part the sound will be like a playing card stuck in a bike wheel ). If the fan is noisy by dirt it will be a sensed by a low volume humming accompanied by vibration felt through the casing.