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Air Gun Home Forum Index » The BS Topic » Computer resonating    View previous topic :: View next topic  Computer resonating   Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:05 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Hey guys, the case of my PC is, from time to time, resonating like a maniac. This "Hummhummhummm" sound that can drive a sane person mad. Anyone around here with similar problems and mybe someone who solved it? _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:59 am firemandivi Member Joined: 03 Aug 2009 Posts: 97 Location: New York I would think the hum would be one of your fans inside the case. When does it make the sound? Is it only after its been on for a while or whenever you put a new cd in? _________________ .22 Super Streak   Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:40 pm Bozo Veteran Member Joined: 29 Jun 2009 Posts: 107 Location: The remote parts of El Dorado County, CA Clean your case interior, especially the cooling fan blades. (Wipe them clean with a rag, or use canned air intended for use with computers, cameras, etc. Do *not* use a blast of air from a standard air compressor. You can literally blow a fan blade off! You can guess how I know this!) Check for worn bearings in the cooling fans. Check for loose screws, especially those mounting the cooling fans, power supply, and hard drives. Cases vary in construction, but many have tabs of one sort or another involved in holding the sides on. Check to see if any of these can be tightened slightly. _________________ Sheridan Blue Streak , Barska Red Dot sight, .20 Gamo Big Cat 1200, 4x32 Ruger scope, .177   Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:05 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands It's not a fan. I recently cleaned the whole computer, and sporting 7 fans, I didn't have this before. It may be one of the new hard disks. I'm thinking of adding some small rubber layers to the brackets that hold the hard disks. For some reason it has stopped for the moment. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:22 am Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND It sounds like a hard drive having trouble searching, I have a laptop which does that intermittently but works ok. Al _________________   Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:46 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands I think you're right. I haven't really payed attention to as to when the humming starts and it seems it is only humming when I'm intensively using the computer. That often means I'm working and put on some (loud) music. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:35 pm donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area Does it make the noise when there is no CD in the drive? Does it make a clicking noise at the same time?   Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:53 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands No clicks, I hardly use DVD's. It's a fan, but it's hard to figure out which one. It's not one out of the six that are controlled by the fan controller (buttons!!!). _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 6:22 am Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND broommaster2000 wrote: No clicks, I hardly use DVD's. It's a fan, but it's hard to figure out which one. It's not one out of the six that are controlled by the fan controller (buttons!!!). Thats a Hovercraft no a computer. _________________   Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 6:51 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Did I mention it floats in mid air? 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