Wierd Fan Noise.. almost sounds like it is colliding with something.
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Only 3 days ago I purchased myself a new computer. SYX SG 130.
Specs:
Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz Liquid Colling
16 GB of Ram
Asus P8Z68-V LE ATX Mother Board
2 Radeon HD6770 V3 1GB
850 Watt 80 Plus Silver Modular Power Supply
This noise only happens every 10 or 20 minutes, and it happens for about 3 or 4 minutes. It sounds like the fan inside is hitting or just clipping the metal gridding on the computer. The sound...sounds... like it is coming from the front of the computer. The weird thing is, is when I lift up the computer, just the front, it stops. But twice already I have lifted it up to much and the computer actually shut down. I think I've debugged that problem because the power cable seems really sensitive and it must be hitting something when I lift it up. I am just looking for some suggestions on what it could be and what I could do to fix it or attempt to solve it. I do have a 1 year warranty and I heard SYX has great support.
Its just vibration, open up your case and look for yourself.
Is it harmless? Because its pissing me the fuck off.
Fiddle with the fans a little, but it should be harmless.
Open the case and make sure that there is nothing close to the fan (or any fans) and make sure they are spinning alright
[editline]5th June 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Zerokateo;36213545]Its just vibration, open up your case and look for yourself.[/QUOTE]
Vibration is never good (means something is loose)
Alright will do. Thanks for the support guys, and quick response.
[QUOTE=jordguitar;36213728]Open the case and make sure that there is nothing close to the fan (or any fans) and make sure they are spinning alright
[editline]5th June 2012[/editline]
Vibration is never good (means something is loose)[/QUOTE]
Yeah but with fans its not a big problem.
[QUOTE=Zerokateo;36215707]Yeah but with fans its not a big problem.[/QUOTE]
When a fan starts vibrating, it's the beginning of the end of the fan. The bearings will start getting ground to pieces and the problem gets worse until the fan fails completely.
[QUOTE=bohb;36216272]When a fan starts vibrating, it's the beginning of the end of the fan. The bearings will start getting ground to pieces and the problem gets worse until the fan fails completely.[/QUOTE]
Still not a major problem since fans are only $5 - $20.
[QUOTE=bohb;36216272]When a fan starts vibrating, it's the beginning of the end of the fan. The bearings will start getting ground to pieces and the problem gets worse until the fan fails completely.[/QUOTE]
9 out of 10 times it means the lubricant is dried out. When that happens, pieces of plastic will shave off due the friction. At that point you will have to clean the fan. You can pull them apart by removing the sticker and the white blocking-ring so you can clean the contents and the pin. Afterwards you can drip in some new lubricant. Takes about 5 mins work and good as new.
[QUOTE=Zerokateo;36216857]Still not a major problem since fans are only $5 - $20.[/QUOTE]
Not doing anything soon is not a good idea anyways.
[QUOTE=Drumdevil;36220947]9 out of 10 times it means the lubricant is dried out. When that happens, pieces of plastic will shave off due the friction. At that point you will have to clean the fan. You can pull them apart by removing the sticker and the white blocking-ring so you can clean the contents and the pin. Afterwards you can drip in some new lubricant. Takes about 5 mins work and good as new.[/QUOTE]
The lubricant doesn't dry out, the friction in the sleeve causes it to burn and turn into carbon dust. The dust then grinds on the walls of the sleeve and fan shaft and makes it useless, depending on how long you let it happen.
That stuff you think is plastic is carbon dust, there is no plastic inside the sleeve bearing. To properly clean the fan, you have to remove the fan shaft completely and use a pipe cleaner to remove all debris from the sleeve and wipe down the fan shaft before re-lubricating everything.
Dust it, if the fan gets stuck it could be fatal.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;36219590]But it can cause so much heat hassles if your components aren't ventilated properly due to failing fans.[/QUOTE]
Yes that is true but its not like you can't make a temporary fix till you can order some new fans. Like take a household fan and remove your sidepanel. I'm not saying he shouldn't fix it at all I'm just saying its not a major ordeal and its nothing he has to severely worry about.
Alright sorry for the late update, but I opened it up as it was making the sound and it appears to be an awkwardly placed fan in the front of my computer, which I can't reach because there are components in the way. I am planning to unplug it and check it out very soon.
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