04-08-2004, 11:14 AM | #1 |
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I posted a few weeks ago about the strange noise I periodically get when booting one of my computers. Consensus was (based on what info was available) that it was probably the CPU fan.
Well, I replaced the CPU fan, and on the first boot, it made the nasty whirring sound again. It ain't that... so I'm looking for ideas. I'm down to a hard drive or the power supply fan. And I've got a new behavior this morning... spontaneous reboots. Happened at least three times, and since I was looking at the internal diagnostics (temperature monitor, etc.), I could see that everything was within appropriate limits (well below the listed maximums). Any suggestions? I think I'm en route to pick up a new power supply at lunch, but I'd welcome any input. Thanks.
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04-08-2004, 12:32 PM | #2 |
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IRQ problems for the random reboots perhaps? I had random reboots just cause I added a card and windows seems to screw up even the easiest thing because of m$ logic. Have you changed or added any cards since you got those reboots
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04-08-2004, 12:53 PM | #3 |
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I had funny noise from my Pc that turned out to be the video card fan and called Nvidia about it. They said that this was a common problem with the fan on the GeForce 3 and sent me a new fan free.
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04-08-2004, 01:15 PM | #4 |
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Monitor the temperature inside the computer Bungleau. Perhaps something is getting a tad too warm. speedfan is a nice tool. Otherwise disable the fan on your video card and see if the noise disappears. If you have adquate ventilation of your computer you don't need that fan anyway.
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04-08-2004, 03:54 PM | #5 |
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The last time it rebooted, the side of the computer was wide open, so that's about as temperature friendly as I can imagine.
I haven't added anything in that would cause IRQ conflicts in at least a month... and that was a new vid card. And that new vid card doesn't have a fan, so there's no point in disabling it [img]smile.gif[/img] Although I could rip off the heat sink... naaaaahhhhh.... My wife just rebooted, and it started making noises again. I just narrowed the source of the noise down to the power supply (sound, and moving the supply slightly changed the sound), so I'll be replacing it with a new one shortly. Discovered at lunch that my favorite local PC supply store is closing up shop. Bummer! Well, at least I can be a good vulture and pick up whatever bargains are there. I've been looking for a new machine... Thanks, all.
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04-08-2004, 04:32 PM | #6 |
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Does the hard drive make a strange noise when rebooting? It's just that I used to have rebooting issues, but mine was cos of a defunkt Hard drive. Just an idea...
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04-08-2004, 04:44 PM | #7 |
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My friend's Ati video card made a strange noise from it's fan. He called Ati and it's a common problem, but they won't fix your card.
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