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Hello. My sister is having a problem with her laptop. When she turns her computer on, there's a noise at the left side of the laptop. She thinks its the fan. It makes a noise for like 10 seconds and stops then makes noise again. Even if she hibernates her laptop, it still makes noise. What should we do? Can anyone help please
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Originally Posted by Whilliam 
What should we do?
Linux boot cd http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
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Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
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No need for the compressed air - putting vacuum to each of the vents should suffice. Could also be the hard-drive spinning up, esp if is only at start-up/wake-up times. If vacuuming doesn't stop the noise, would suggest either fan is on the way out or coming loose, or the HDD is also starting to fail.
Get her to back-up her important files and take in for a physical examination... is really the only way to be sure
Get her to back-up her important files and take in for a physical examination... is really the only way to be sure
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Originally Posted by kaninelupus
No need for the compressed air - putting vacuum to each of the vents should suffice. )
Linux boot cd http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
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Originally Posted by caperjack
Maybe so, but I find that a vacuum doesn't suck off oily /cigarette dust
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Originally Posted by caperjack
Maybe so, but I find that a vacuum doesn't suck off oily /cigarette dust
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Originally Posted by kaninelupus
Touché - although even though wife n' I are both smokers, never had any build-up as a result in lappys, so never could figure that one out.
Linux boot cd http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
Did Windows 7 recently get put on the laptop? If so then make sure that the bios and all the drivers are up to date. I recently put Windows 7 on my Dell XPS m1330 and its fan would behave strangely. It would turn on and sound really loud, then it would turn off, then start back up again. After I updated everything the noise went away.
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Originally Posted by kbabecki
Did Windows 7 recently get put on the laptop? If so then make sure that the bios and all the drivers are up to date. I recently put Windows 7 on my Dell XPS m1330 and its fan would behave strangely. It would turn on and sound really loud, then it would turn off, then start back up again. After I updated everything the noise went away.
Suspishio
My advice is at your risk
Qosmio G50-10H; T9400 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo; 4GB RAM; Vista HP (32)
nForce 680i LT; Q6600 Quad Core 2.4GHz; 8GB RAM; XP Pro (64)
Dell XPS M1710; T7200 2GHz Core 2 Duo; 2GB RAM; XP Pro (32)
My advice is at your risk
Qosmio G50-10H; T9400 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo; 4GB RAM; Vista HP (32)
nForce 680i LT; Q6600 Quad Core 2.4GHz; 8GB RAM; XP Pro (64)
Dell XPS M1710; T7200 2GHz Core 2 Duo; 2GB RAM; XP Pro (32)
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