more computer trouble...

[beau]

this time with my dell dimension 3100...

turn it on all fine, few hours later, it starts to errr vroom/hum slightly louder, kick the side and it stops for an hour or so, does this for few more hours then it starts doing it more frequent and ends up doing it non stop, will stop when i kick it but starts again 1 second later.

what is it? lol fan? its all super clean inside so not dust its not original dell fan its a led one, but its clean as anything, no dust.

 

[serin]

id say kicking it might be what caused it :chin:

but who would be silly enough to do that

oh no, wait.........

 

[SkinzCinqSporting]

kick it until it stops

 

[beau]

need to get it fixed asap, its annyoing it will be going the same way as my ipod went... :devil:

 

[SkinzCinqSporting]

kick it more

 

[Si]

Could either be you have left a CD/DVD in the drive and it's spinning up and causing vibration or it could be the hard drive. Take the side panel off and listen.

Or of course feel free to keep kicking the crap out of it and make the problem worse, least then you'll probably be able to diagnose it quicker.

 

[JonnyBoy]

Bin all the fans and replace them. Fans cost f***-all; hard drives cost more, and hard drive WILL die if you keep kicking it...

 

[smokeyjoe03]

this time with my dell dimension 3100...

turn it on all fine, few hours later, it starts to errr vroom/hum slightly louder, kick the side and it stops for an hour or so, does this for few more hours then it starts doing it more frequent and ends up doing it non stop, will stop when i kick it but starts again 1 second later.

what is it? lol fan? its all super clean inside so not dust its not original dell fan its a led one, but its clean as anything, no dust.

I had the same problem with my old HP.
Replace the power pack, buy new fans, replace battery on mother board.

Whats happening is that the computer is not ventilated enough so the fan is working over time to compensate, which takes its toll on the power pack. This extra power outage to the fan means your boards are getting less, so the battery (little flat one that keeps ROM alive, and ur system clock ticking ) will be drained.

By hitting it your just stopping your fan from turning so the noise stops, thing is that it goes quiet but is making things worse inside.

If it hasn't been happening long just take the fans off and give them a good clean. I would still replace power pack though.

Thing is its dell so they may be hard to come by, (read my comment on your other computer trouble post) Dell really are best avoided.

 

[beau]

if its not getting enough air with the dell fan and 3 other l.e.d fans i fitted in there then its being too greedy! lol is really cool in there! just opened the case, is blooming dusty in there though! lol its the extra fans taking air in from the back and making it dusty!

 

[soap_dodger]

if its not getting enough air with the dell fan and 3 other l.e.d fans i fitted in there then its being too greedy! lol is really cool in there! just opened the case, is blooming dusty in there though! lol its the extra fans taking air in from the back and making it dusty!

Two ways to clean dust:

You can use a hairdryer if you have a COLD setting, if not get some canned air from your local computer shop for about £5 , it's costly because it doesn't contain water vapour, which kills your computer.

Jamie.

 

[smokeyjoe03]

if its not getting enough air with the dell fan and 3 other l.e.d fans i fitted in there then its being too greedy! lol is really cool in there! just opened the case, is blooming dusty in there though! lol its the extra fans taking air in from the back and making it dusty!

Although it may have many fans, if the computer is contained in an enclosed space within the computer desk the fans will still be restricted.

 

[Si]

Beau you have set the fans so that air gets sucked in one side and air gets sucked out the other side? Having them all sucking air inwards is useless!

 

[smokeyjoe03]

Beau you have set the fans so that air gets sucked in one side and air gets sucked out the other side? Having them all sucking air inwards is useless!

Lol i did that once and mounted them backwards. DUH!

 

[beau]

HELP

the sound is now louder and doesnt stop when kicking now.

its now making a loud tapping noise every 2 seconds like tapping my finger on a piece of wood or plastic.

also its deffinatly not the fans, hard drive it appears.

its now displaying this-

 

[Si]

Oh dear, I'd say your hard drive is f**ked!

 

[Venters]

Oh dear, I'd say your hard drive is f**ked!

Less of the technobabble please! in english if you don't mind!

 

[Si]

Translation:

Beau's constant kicking of his machine combined with Dell's poorish desktop build quality has resulted in the mechancial failure of said hard drive. Windows has naturally detected this error and has advised the said user never to touch PC's again

 

[Liam]

General Protection Fault if I'm not mistaken?

Where do you assume it's the hdd from?

RAM and CPU but more commonly just glitches cos this IMO, fresh install time.

Liam

 

[beau]

well what ever is making it making a humming noise and then tapping noise

 

[Liam]

Check the hdd for errors then.

Liam