Originally posted by: TJ69
Anyone's CPU fan starting to make noises? Any recommendations for fixing it?
I've started hearing a grinding/clicking noise coming from the fan. Its coming from the larger CPU fan (the one closest to the ESC-key corner). It only makes this noise some of the time. Typically, after a cold boot and once the cpu warms up to operating temps and the fans kicks on the first time. However once spinning for a bit (30sec to a minute), the noise goes away and seldom comes back (the fan is still on, but the noise has dissappeared). Any ideas what could be causing this?
I have disassembled the heatsink assembly and both fans. I cleaned up the fan fins, vents, etc thoroughly to remove all dirt and dust, but the noise is still there. Next step will be to try to find a replacement fan, unless someone else has another idea?
My fan also makes noise now... I've tried opening it up but so far haven't reached the fan (chickened out and put it back together). I sent it in to eMachines a while ago and they didn't fix it (said there was no problem). And my screen backlight flickers sometimes, but whatever...