Is this a fan, hard drive or gpu?

[PadPlays]

I'm haveing trouble with my computer making sounds, don't know if it's hardrive related or fan related, it sounds like whur.......whur...... whur, I'm trying to get a recording of it

[Guest]

Just now, PadPlays said:

it sounds like whur.......whur...... whur

Yeah better record it. Discinnect hdd and boot it up and see if sound persists. I can't tell you much by that description

[Bradl79]

are there any cables rubbing against ur fan? mine was having an issues like that and it was a cable vibrating agains the fan

[PadPlays]

11 minutes ago, PadPlays said:

I'm haveing trouble with my computer making sounds, don't know if it's hardrive related or fan related, it sounds like whur.......whur...... whur, I'm trying to get a recording of it

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you have to listen really closely 

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[NumLock21]

Does it also do this?

 

[NoxiousOdor]

1 minute ago, PadPlays said:

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you have to listen really closely 

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Hey @PadPlaysdon't to tag people so you know you replied to them it works if you type @ and then their name or you can click the quote button and it will notify them.

 

For @Bradl79 and @deXxterlab97

[PadPlays]

1. 17 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Yeah better record it. Discinnect hdd and boot it up and see if sound persists. I can't tell you much by that description

Listen really closley

IMG_2394.MOV

[Bradl79]

did u disconnect u HDD and see if it made the noise, if that does not work try to disconnect the fans and listen, then u will have to power off and plug in fan one by one to see which one it could be, it didn't really sounds like a HDD though, most HDD failures will whine,  last step if its not the fans, unplug ur gpu and boot and see if that is it. unless u can go into ur bios and if it will allow u to test ur fans

[PadPlays]

2 minutes ago, Bradl79 said:

did u disconnect u HDD and see if it made the noise, if that does not work try to disconnect the fans and listen, then u will have to power off and plug in fan one by one to see which one it could be, it didn't really sounds like a HDD though, most HDD failures will whine,  last step if its not the fans, unplug ur gpu and boot and see if that is it. unless u can go into ur bios and if it will allow u to test ur fans

Here's the problem, it's a prebuilt, and I have a 3 year warranty, so I can't open the  case

[Bradl79]

oh ok, well since it seems like a hardware issues then there is really nothing u can really do, contact manufacture or point of sale and have the replace it, does everything boot fine, if so i will would get an external HDD and create a system image with macrium reflect or another imaging software, so if u have to get a full replacement u will not lose anything

[Techstorm970]

8 minutes ago, PadPlays said:

Listen really closley

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Highly doubt that is your hard drive.  I have an old iMac (Mid 2010) that makes a similar sound.  The sound stops for a few seconds when I smack it.  The sound eventually returns, but still.  If the hard drive in the Mac were making the noise, smacking it wouldn't have done anything.

 

I would say that the noise is coming from a fan.

[Techstorm970]

7 minutes ago, Bradl79 said:

it didn't really sounds like a HDD though, most HDD failures will whine,

I agree with this.  Failing hard drives may also make a rapid clicking noise, almost as if someone were using a jackhammer off in the distance.

[Techstorm970]

27 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

I think it's trying to communicate.  

[mattl115]

In my experience could be a couple of things, either there is a lot of dust in the CPU cooler fan or any fan for that matter causing it to be off balance, or the fan controller is throttling a fan irregularly. But if you can't open the case to troubleshoot, you'll just have to contact whoever your warranty is with and deal with it that way.