As soon as I boot my computer up, it starts to make a grinding noise. This happens only sometimes. Not every time.
When I shut it down completely, then restart it, it works perfectly fine..
What I have noticed is that the shut-down time is longer when it makes this grinding noise... It takes about 2 minutes to shut down.. When everything is fine, it takes only 15 seconds to shut down..
What could be wrong?
2007-01-25 09:32:18 · 21 answers · asked by ? 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
If your fan and hard drive are fine there may be a problem with your computer having too little ram. A griding noise can occur when you have too many programs trying to run at the same time and you don't have quite enough memory to do the job. So they jump back and forth between regular memory and virtural memory making the griding noise. A reboot will solve the problem temporarily, and shutting down while griding will take forever as your computer tries to sort everything away. When this happens to me I usually just hit the reset button and start over.
2007-01-25 11:01:03 · answer #1 · answered by Toby Christiensen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like others have already answered is either the fan or the hard drive. Just to be on the safe side make back up copies of your files and pictures on a cd. You can open up your PC and run it that way. Stay close to it but do not touch anything inside. Then listen to where the noise is coming from.
I have had hard drives that are noisy and had no problems but its hard to tell since we don't know what the noise sounds like. One thing to take into account is how old the PC is. Hard drives have a life expectancy of about 3 to 5 years. After that is all about luck.
2007-01-25 09:42:04 · answer #2 · answered by mr_gees100_peas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I’m 99% positive that you have a failing hard drive.
A loud whirring noise can come from a fan that is about to fail. It is usually the sound of the bearings in the fan. This can cause the machine to overheat and crash.
Another sound can come from the hard drive. This can sound like a "thunk" repeated rapidly several times or a grinding noise. This is when the hard drive is failing.
2007-01-25 09:43:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A wire could be bumping into your CPU cooling fan (and possibly stopping it). If this is true, it would explain the slow down (if the wire stops the fan, your CPU isn't being cooled any longer and as a general rule of thumb, an overheated CPU runs far slower than a properly cooled one). Open up the panel to your computer and startup/shut down your computer and physically LOOK for what is causing the sound.
2007-01-25 09:37:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello Open up your computer Ground your self to the frame of the computer Lightly touch each fan - you will feel a strong vibration from the one that is noisy. While you are at it do the same with your Hard Drive and Optical Drives just in case one of them have defective bearrings. Replace it ASAP. It could overload your power supply if it stalls and short circuits. Good Luck
2016-03-29 02:33:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the cooling fan at the back of th CPU. This is what I had found, it collects a lot of dust over time and starts to make that grinding sound.
2007-01-25 09:37:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "grinding" may be the hard drive jumping around searching for the files to boot up.
Try a defrag.
2007-01-25 09:42:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back it up quick and get it checked out. Fan or hard drive are the 2 things I'd be worried about.
2007-01-25 09:40:19 · answer #8 · answered by apoteke 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-08-01 08:20:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may either need a new cooling fan or even a new hard drive
that's all i can suggest really with the information you gave
Good luck
2007-01-25 09:38:29 · answer #10 · answered by Vicky K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋