Randian

Just a bump, My next step is to try to purchase a new fan for a replacement, but I can't seem to find the same fan. Information listed on the fan: Asetek, Serial: 23443161207204046 Product key: B63 VOltage: 120C Power: 2.0W Any suggestions on how I can find the same fan, or otherwise find something to replace it with? I'm not very good at these type of things. Also, if there's any other ideas on what to try, I'm all ears. Thanks!

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Oh, apologies. It's the CPU cooler fan. EDIT: The fan in the top left w/ the red box around it is the fan in question.

Hey everyone, I am looking for some insight on a hardware problem I am having. HARDWARE: I have the HP Omen Desktop. PROBLEM: Yesterday I decided to move my desktop tower around in my room. Setting it down I ran into an issue: one of the fans is extremely loud. I've joked to my roommates my desktop is preparing to fire itself into space. I have not had this issue before. The fan will become extremely loud even when I'm idling on the desktop. WHAT I'VE ATTEMPTED: I have attempted to do a full system restore to see if a setting was changed. It did not resolve the problem. I opened the desktop and blew out the dust. No resolution. I didn't bump my computer when I moved it, so I'm not sure if the fan somehow got moved around? WHAT I NEED HELP ON: I don't have any experience on these issues. Should I attempt to open the fan port and tighten screws? If that's how that works? I'm not too sure where to start, or if there's other things I can check. Thanks everyone!

Well, alright. Thanks to both Nimrodor & camohiddendj. Spot on. I half expected to come back in a few days or so and see an answer. But nope. You both replied same day w/ the answer to the problem that worked like a charm. That was extremely easy to do. Who would have thought: some random file by a major program was causing me all of these problems... You guys rock. Thank you!

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some help on an ongoing issue I have had on my computer for about ~two weeks. Issue: While in-game (Starcraft, Battlefield, etc.) periodically every ~45 minutes, my game will minimize and I will see a popup of a screen load for a split second before closing itself out. It is too quick for me to pull up a control-alt-delete to see what program it might be. This is causing a lot of frustration for me as I sit back to play a game, and then with no explanation my game minimizes as a consequence of a mysterious program. I've attempted to hunt through the windows event viewer under application logs, but I am not showing anything (unless I am using it incorrectly, which is VERY possible). What I've done so far: I have ran anti-virus scanners, searched through events event viewer, ran crap cleaner and turned off non-essential startup services and I am still getting the issue. It seems most relevant to this topic: Though, I couldn't find a solid answer that worked for me in that topic. Solution I'm looking for: a) I want to know what program is causing this issue, and b) how to correct it. I am not a fan of having my game minimizing while I'm in the thick of it. Thanks everyone for any help/guidance!