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    cooling fan.. i think

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Chesterfield_king, Feb 10, 2005.

  1. Chesterfield_king

    Chesterfield_king Newbie

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    ok my second topic, and i was only planning on posting the one

    8600, brand new, top left hand corner, where the cooling fan is i believe, there is a high pitched sound coming, quiet, but still its there, and when i scroll through pages, it gets louder, should i be worried?
     
    Chesterfield_king, Feb 10, 2005
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    Chips Notebook Enthusiast

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    Late at night (when all is quiet), I can hear a very quiet high pitched sound that sounds more electronic than a fan whirl. I'm assuming thats OK and just the CPU noise coming through the speakers. Yes it changes pitch as you scroll or use the HDD.

    Well, I had another high pitch sound too, but it was coming from the secondary fan that cools the graphics card (located under the keyboard). Turns out it was vibrating against the keyboard (rather annoying) possibly because of the dust/fluff that had accumulated on it so I removed the keyboard and cleaned the fan.

    The primary fan you speak of occasionally gets dust/fluff on it as well, so I unscrew and remove the fan module and clean it from time to time.[8D]

    Pentium M 1.7Ghz Inspiron 8600
    128Mb Radeon 9600 Pro
    1920x1200 WUXGA 15.4" TFT LCD
    1 Gb RAM
    80Gb Hitachi HDD
     
    Chips, Feb 12, 2005
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