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Hardware / Noisy HP Pavilion 1030n

« on: October 05, 2008, 11:43:26 AM »

[quote name=\'jbeck\' post=\'434597\' date=\'Jul 4 2008, 04:38 PM\']My HP Pavilion 1030n has become intermittantly noisy.  It periodically sounds like a jet engine.  The sound lasts for about 1 minute, then stops.  Sometime later it happens again.  The time between occurances varies. Is this the fan or the hard drive?  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'<_<\' />[/quote]

Problem solved! http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'B)\' /> In August, about a month after I posted this, the referred to noise become constant.  I decided to open up the PC and see where the noise was coming from.  I placed the PC box on the desk and turned it sideways so I could slide off the cover.  I immediately noitced that all the vent holes on the sliding panel were filled with dust.  I also determined that the noise had to be coming from the fan that is on top of the micro-processor.  I cleared all the vent holes with compressed air.  (I also removed the dust from othr areas in the box.)  I closed up the box, put it back on the desk shelf making sure that the side with the vent holes had maximum separation from the nearest side panel.  I turned the computer on and the noise was gone!  It's been about two months since this repair and the problem hasn't returned.  Obviously, the processor was becoming overheated and the fan (which is placed on top of the processor) was running constantly to keep the processor  cool.  Coincidently August was a very hot month which contributed to the problem.  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

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Hardware / Noisy HP Pavilion 1030n

« on: July 06, 2008, 11:39:17 AM »

[quote name=\'Matthew Ò‰\' post=\'434619\' date=\'Jul 4 2008, 09:45 PM\']When does this happen? Probably when your using higher end programs or doing something requiring lots out of your graphics card or cpu. I see the integrated graphics in your pc has only 64mb of video memory - that is low compared to the cards out there today, and upgrading is very easy, but to be sure it is not something serious you will need to post a hijackthis log for one of the admins to read.  Here is are the steps on how to do this posted by guestolo.[/quote]

Yes, it seems to happen mostly when their are graphics applications running.  Strangely enough it has quited down a bit right about the time I first posted this issue, or, more likely, for some reason the fan or the hard drive has quieted down.  In fact it just did it again while I was writing this, but not nearly as load as it sometimes gets (maybe it's not the same thing). Below is the Hijackthis log.

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Hardware / Noisy HP Pavilion 1030n

« on: July 04, 2008, 05:04:13 PM »

My HP Pavilion 1030n has become intermittantly noisy.  It periodically sounds like a jet engine.  The sound lasts for about 1 minute, then stops.  Sometime later it happens again.  The time between occurances varies. Is this the fan or the hard drive?  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'<_<\' />