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Alright, lately my computer has been acting very strangely. I usually turn it on when i get back from school (at around 4 pm) then shut it off in the morning (at around 7 am) ... now for some very odd reason, everytime i come back from school and turn it on, it makes a very loud freaky sound just like some car engine or something and it gets really loud at some points. I then keep shutting it off/putting it on, and only after a couple of tries (and sometimes smashing the case ) does it boot silently... :/

Now i opened up the case and checked the fan.... it looked normal, i also noticed there were two fans, one on the cpu and one facing the outside... but they both look normal... so im not sure if its even the fans...

More... once the computer does boot normally, it brings me to the setup screen and highlights "cpu speed" and tells me to set it from 2667MHZ (which is what it has always been) to MANUAL because the computer hung from an improper cpu speed, i did that.... but i still have the problem and now it goes directly to cpu external frequency (set at 133/33) and says the same error....

So what should i do? Do i change the fans? Is it some other hardware problem? Cause I checked all the manuals i had about my pc... none talk about cpu specs....

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Originally posted by Ningc_Maniac
Alright, lately my computer has been acting very strangely. I usually turn it on when i get back from school (at around 4 pm) then shut it off in the morning (at around 7 am) ... now for some very odd reason, everytime i come back from school and turn it on, it makes a very loud freaky sound just like some car engine or something and it gets really loud at some points. I then keep shutting it off/putting it on, and only after a couple of tries (and sometimes smashing the case ) does it boot silently... :/

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The sound is probably coming from a fan. All you need to do is take it out and give it a little oil and it will be fine for a month or two. I had this problem too but I'll need to check which fan it was (I think it could have been the one facing out). Will get back to you.

Maybe your HDD is stuffed .

Stuffed as in stuffed with dust? There IS a lot of dust inside but how can i clean it all safely without breaking anything?

Compressed air cans work wonders.

And I assume stuffed meaning screwed, lost, gone.

Oh.... well hopefully not.... i don't see why it would be though, this computer is fairly new

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Originally posted by Ningc_Maniac
Oh.... well hopefully not.... i don't see why it would be though, this computer is fairly new

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if its a fan, there not much to buy a New one,  get a tech Guy to Diagnose it for you

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Originally posted by Ddunk
Compressed air cans work wonders.

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My dad got one of those and it works quite well .

haha, i had this same problem and i also posted it on the forums, and guess what it was. A cd in the CD-ROM. you're probably not as stupid as me with that though, but you could check that

@ marissa

no no, this is a REALLY loud noise, i can hear it from quite far.... it's freaky