LG GRAM 13.3 I7 Cliking noise HELP!

[sacamoises]

after watching the video on the LG GRAM I got one but a couple of seconds after the first boot it started doing some clicking or ticking noises. because the laptop has no moving parts besides the fan (that I know of) I figured it might be the fan but IDK. Linus did not mention that. the noise is a little subtle and it comes every 5 seconds and it lasts for like 3 seconds.

[CuriousWe]

Same issue with my LG Gram 13Z980. Did you ever discover the cause or the solution?

 

LG Call Center says they have no knowledge of this ever happening, but Google has many reports of this issue

 

LG Tech support would need to have my laptop for a month to review and maybe fix, so I welcome any assistance or advice you can offer!

 

Here’s link to the sound.. https://share.icloud.com/photos/0RNWkxA_C1_OO-DcMCpT_SKKQ#San_Francisco,_CA

[Silent93x]

On 4/20/2018 at 1:53 AM, sacamoises said:

after watching the video on the LG GRAM I got one but a couple of seconds after the first boot it started doing some clicking or ticking noises. because the laptop has no moving parts besides the fan (that I know of) I figured it might be the fan but IDK. Linus did not mention that. the noise is a little subtle and it comes every 5 seconds and it lasts for like 3 seconds.

It could be the fan, try this, run a test (try aida64), and notice if with more CPU stress it kicks in. I don't own one, but if it last for not so much and is subtle, it could be that the fan is spinning faster or touching something or both. Notice if there is correlation with CPU stress, and if there is you have nothing to worry about. When you do the test pur an update

[Silent93x]

8 hours ago, CuriousWe said:

Same issue with my LG Gram 13Z980. Did you ever discover the cause or the solution?

 

LG Call Center says they have no knowledge of this ever happening, but Google has many reports of this issue

 

LG Tech support would need to have my laptop for a month to review and maybe fix, so I welcome any assistance or advice you can offer!

 

Here’s link to the sound.. https://share.icloud.com/photos/0RNWkxA_C1_OO-DcMCpT_SKKQ#San_Francisco,_CA

Watching the video I think it's the fan touching something, I don't reccomend taking it apart by yourself if you are not secure, but at least in your case, it's the fan touching

[Super Spartan]

I had a clicking sound also upon every reboot on my Alienware Area-51M laptop. I was so puzzled as it was still brand new but I ignored it. When I upgraded the 2TB HDD that it came with to an SSD, the sound went away so it was the HDD doing it.