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Compu serious noise
Name: dad1wood Date: February 24, 2004 at 04:53:07 Pacific OS: win98se CPU/Ram: cyrix/256
Comment:
Infrquent serious humming/vibration noise at startup(and continues)until i 'rap' the tower somewhat against the wall, then stops. Is not CD, and fan runs smoothly too. Cannot make it do this either, with cover off. Stopping fan quickly makes no changes. Appears to come from the 'side' of the tower unit; not power supply in rear or anywhere else...
Name: steigrafx Date: February 24, 2004 at 05:28:45 Pacific
Reply:
Check for loose parts, wires and cables that may be vibrating. It can be annoying and hard to track down.
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Response Number 2
Name: angrymen2001 Date: February 24, 2004 at 05:44:44 Pacific
Reply:
How old is your hard drive? Noise could sound as its coming from one place, but really be in another. Keep your cover off until you hear the noise. When noise starts up again try to trace root location. Hard drives will start making vibrating noise as they go bad.
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Response Number 3
Name: dad1wood Date: February 26, 2004 at 04:32:16 Pacific
Reply:
THANKS...TRYING BOTH SUGGESTIONS ALREADY..IS LIKE A BAD CAR, DOESNT DO IT WHEN THE MECHANIC TAKES A LOOK..FORTUNATELY I FIX MY OWN CARS TOO....
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