2006-08-09 13:18:39 · 17 answers · asked by blonde mom70 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
its the fan, your computer is hot... which is normal, unless it goes too much... be sure not to have the tower (or laptop) completely blocked from free flowing air.
2006-08-09 13:23:39 · answer #1 · answered by Jonny Propaganda 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are a couple of things this could be. First open your cd drives and see if the noise goes away. Some CD drives get noisy with age or if they are going bad. Next unplug your speakers to ensure the problem is not audio, but watch out as some system will then use an internal speaker, but you should be able to detect the change. If your system is extremely dusty, then this could cause a noise that will go away once you blow out the dust. If the noise persists, then you can suspect a fan bearing, which can be found by stopping the fans one by one until you find the offender. Sometimes power supplies that are getting ready to fade on you will make a humming noise as well but this is pretty hard to detect unless you have spare power supply sitting around. If you feel uncomfortable with these actions then take it to a local computer shop, most will diagnose the problem for little or no charge. I would stay away from the big corporate repair shops as they have little interest in having you as a return customer, they want a much money as they can get the first time around. They are aware that most customers will not return due to their poor customer service and scare tactics they use to sell high priced computer protection suites.
2006-08-09 20:44:09 · answer #2 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's usually not good. It's most likely either the power supply or the CPU fan.
There should be a grill on the back of your computer where a fan blows air out. Is it blowing? Does it feel hotter than usual? This fan is part of the power supply.
The CPU fan is inside the case, on the motherboard. If you have any kind of modern CPU, like a Penium II or better or an AMD, you'll burn up your CPU if the fan goes out.
If you don't know what you're doing, get help from a friend who does or take it to a shop. You need a part replaced on your computer.
2006-08-09 20:24:53 · answer #3 · answered by mommadillo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the fans in your PC. A loud humming may mean a fan is losing a bearing and it needs to be replaced. Common places for fans are on the CPU, in the power supply, on the back of the case, and on graphics cards.
If you find out what fan it is, clean it, and if that doesn't help, replace it. Most fans aren't more than ten dollars.
2006-08-09 20:23:21 · answer #4 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bad? yes. Why?
That humming could either be the fan which is a cheap fix or your hard drive. If you can open the case safely, reboot and listen to see where the sound is coming from. If its the fan you can get one from anywhere cheap. If its the hard drive you will soon have booting up issues and hard drive error messages.
2006-08-09 20:32:56 · answer #5 · answered by dm23805 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't smoke like a choo choo for starters if you do...next, open up the side panel and look at all the freakin' dirt in there, clean the hell out of it! If this doesn't work, refer back to beginning of answer log and either it means get it checked, or replace fan
2006-08-09 20:32:08 · answer #6 · answered by koorvetteken 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That just means it's compiling data. Usually old computers make the noise. I don't think it's bad other than the fact that it annoys you.
2006-08-09 20:22:25 · answer #7 · answered by organicchem 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it means the fans or one of the fans , needs to be cleaned or replaced, clean all your fans, you have more than one you have fans for your power supply, your processor, your Case fan, and maybe your video card, clean them all, first, a small vacuum is great for that, if the noise is still there then you need to replace one, to find out which one leave the case off and listen to where the sound is coming from. your case fan, and processor fan you can change easy by your self, your power supply and video card you will need to send it out to be fixed or replace, unless you know how to solder for graphics card, or know your mother board and computer case layout, to replace the power supply.
hope it helps
2006-08-09 20:34:56 · answer #8 · answered by gamemanual 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that the fan is going bad... it's not a bad thing, unless if it stops working all together
2006-08-09 20:21:40 · answer #9 · answered by crazygigger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if your computer is old, usually it happens while memory is used.
but if the sound is continues, then it means that the fan is trying to cool your computer
in both cases , there is nothing to worry about
2006-08-09 20:31:37 · answer #10 · answered by Jary 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the computer. It could be that it is processing data or it could be that you may have a cd in the cd tray. Who knows.
2006-08-09 20:25:44 · answer #11 · answered by Mr.HotShot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋