# Computer Fan and/or disk drive... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 26, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488 "2009-02-26T07:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/1 "2009-02-26T07:17:57Z")
… shut the motherfucking hell up! Just stop it. Now!!! If not, I will take your Acer piece of stinky shit, and stuff it up your ever-loving Acer ass. Either that, or I will fucking kill myself. But seriously, what the fuck is going on here? It’s whining like my last girlfriend when I didn’t fuck her ass hard and fast enough. Ah, screw it, I can’t think of any more insults that wouldn’t get me banned from here. I am now going to take my crappy Acer computer, with fuck-all crappy Vista, and hurl it out the fucking window. Nice knowing you all… ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/2 "2009-02-26T10:45:12Z")
For some reason my Dell fan gets really loud and annoying too. I don’t know what thats about. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/3 "2009-02-26T14:55:49Z")
It’s a laptop, right? Sounds like it’s overheating. A quick blast of compressed air should clean out the dust nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/4 "2009-02-26T15:11:37Z")
Doesn’t sound like anything that a good, hard smack couldn’t fix. Note: The above is not to be construed as actual advice. While there is a chance it would work, there is an equal or better chance you’ll just fuck shit up royally. Violence and technology do not make good bedfellows. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/5 "2009-02-26T15:14:40Z")
Make sure nothing’s loose. And along with the compressed air suggestion, check the airflow and your thermostat. If the room’s too warm it may not be able to cool itself efficiently. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/6 "2009-02-26T15:47:25Z")
It’s not a laptop. My room stays around seventy-five in the winter. I assume I should blast the fan with the compressed air? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/7 "2009-02-26T18:46:20Z")
Is there a heating vent that’s blowing directly on the computer? ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/8 "2009-02-26T21:20:09Z")
Anytime my computer starts making unseemly noises I just open her up and do some dust removal maintenance. Some compressed air, light vacuuming, a little alcohol and q-tip for the hard to reach spots, and the noise invariably goes away. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/9 "2009-02-26T21:28:24Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > For some reason my Dell fan gets really loud and annoying too. I don’t know what thats about. The fan on my Dell desktop (Dimension 8300) sounded like a jet engine spinning up. It was incredibly loud. I kept meaning to replace it, but never got around to it. Luckily, it forced my hand when it died about 12 months after i got the computer. I replaced it with a $10 aftermarket fan, which i can hardly hear at all, and which has run flawlessly for the last 3+ years. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/10 "2009-02-26T22:42:49Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Is there a heating vent that’s blowing directly on the computer? No. I would think that if it’s dust and such, it would make this sound all the time, but it doesn’t. It’s somewhat random. I just checked resource manager and Opera is running at 33% CPU. Is this why the fan is running so fast? Yeah, I think that’s it. Opera went down to around 5%, and the fan stopped. But Opera wasn’t doing anything. Beats me. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/11 "2009-02-27T00:16:39Z")
Don’t diddle the fan and maybe it won’t sound like your girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-fan-and-or-disk-drive/487488/12 "2009-02-27T01:54:26Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Doesn’t sound like anything that a good, hard smack couldn’t fix. > Note: The above is not to be construed as actual advice. While there is a chance it would work, there is an equal or better chance you’ll just fuck shit up royally. Violence and technology do not make good bedfellows. It worked for Arthur Fonzerelli, but granted, it was a jukebox.