Strange noise

Bogun · 08 Aug 2012

Hi,

For the last week now my computer has been making a humming sounds that progressively gets louder. The strange thing is if I press my hand firmly on the side of the case the humming stops for a short time. Any ideas as to why this would happen?

Will give any specs if needed.

Thank you,

Bogan

Carl Lawrence · 08 Aug 2012

It might be normal, but please update your specs. So we can help you further.

Tiamarth · 08 Aug 2012

I would assume that it's your cooling fan working a little too hard. But, it could also be several other things, so yeah, please post your specs.

Bogun · 08 Aug 2012

It's:

Acer
Aspire M3910
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 550 @ 3.20 GHZ 3.20 GHz
3GB RAM
64-bit Operating System

Windows 7

bigmck · 08 Aug 2012

Bogun said:

Hi,

For the last week now my computer has been making a humming sounds that progressively gets louder. The strange thing is if I press my hand firmly on the side of the case the humming stops for a short time. Any ideas as to why this would happen?

Will give any specs if needed.

Thank you,

Bogan

It might as simple as taking the case cover off and finding that a screw has come out of something that moves and it is vibrating. See if you can find out what is making the sound.

Bogun · 10 Aug 2012

Hi again,

I took apart the fan and reassembled it and the noise has gone.
Thank you for the Help again SevenForums :)

Bogan