Cooling fan sounds like a cricket

[superhearing]

We just bought a new Gateway which is awesome except the cooling fan sounds like a cricket living in the cpu. They sent us a new fan but it sounds just the same. HELP!!!!!!

[Force Flow]

Welcome to PCMech, superhearing

Are you sure it's the fan and not the HDD or CD drive?

[superhearing]

well, when we stop the fan, the noise stops

[Force Flow]

Guess it's the fan then

Which fan is it? CPU fan, rear fan, or PSU fan?

Can you see if the fan blades are scraping against anything?

[Cricket]

Originally posted by superhearing We just bought a new Gateway which is awesome except the cooling fan sounds like a cricket living in the cpu.

Gee, how'd I get in there in the first place?

Try loosening the screws that's holding down the fan. Maybe the plastic fan body is warping causing the blades to hit something.

Cricket

[superhearing]

Good one, Cricket. Well, the fan blades aren't scraping against anything, I really think it's the motor in the fan. When I press against the motor to make it stop rotating, the noise stops. We're going to buy a new fan today and see if it's any different.

By the way, it is the rear cooling fan.

[QuickSilver]

Ya, just get a different brand of fan.

[Cricket]

Originally posted by superhearing By the way, it is the rear cooling fan.

It's a case fan? I'd still try to loosen the screws. I had a fan making funny noises in a cheap case once. When I loosened the screws a bit (on a suggestion by a co-worker), the noise went away. Seems the case was warped and installing the fan straightened the case a bit, but that put some stress on the fan body. Loosening the screws let the case ease up on the fan body and the noise went away.

Cricket

[QuickSilver]

Cmon Cricket, it's a Dell, LOL.

[Cricket]

Originally posted by QuickSilver Cmon Cricket, it's a Dell, LOL.

I thought it was a Gateway?

Cricket

[bigandy]

LOL. It is a Gateway, Cricket .

[superhearing]

Hey all. New fan bought. Problem solved. Thanks!