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    Grinding fan...

    Discussion in 'HP' started by GeneralScott, Sep 17, 2011.

  1. GeneralScott

    GeneralScott Notebook Guru

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    Yeah, so here I am again. The fans in my computer are making a grinding nose, even at idle. It's really loud and it just started happening for no real reason at all. I know it's the fans, not the HD, because when the fans get louder the noise changes a lot, and vice versa. How would I take it apart to see what's up? Just undo the screws on the bottom or lots of crap. For the record my laptop is less than a month old, but RMA period is over. The laptop seems to be running fine temperature wise (played crysis for a while and temps were normal even though the noise was super annoying).
     
    GeneralScott, Sep 17, 2011
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    Look at the owner's lounge page and find the pdf for your model and it has some pictures that may help in your dis-assembly.
     
    fcw0, Sep 17, 2011
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  3. dirtyfingers

    dirtyfingers Notebook Consultant

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    Its more than just a few screws on the bottom. If your not sure what your doing there are a few good videos on YouTube that show a complete disassembly.
     
    dirtyfingers, Sep 18, 2011
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    Got the same issue a while ago, sent it for repair they changed the fan.
    Already got a HDD problem sorted, now the fan, and they bent my keyboard by taking it apart so they are sending me a new keyboard too...

    Oh and they forgot to send me back my battery.

    That's a bit much for a 2 months old computer.
     
    cesc21, Sep 18, 2011
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    Mine has been doing that too. =\
     
    debee1jp, Sep 19, 2011
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    sparkj Notebook Geek

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    why do u need to dissassemble?
    call warranty n tell them to fix it
    better than if u broke something n cant claim warranty cuz u were trying to clean ur fan....
     
    sparkj, Sep 20, 2011
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