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#1 Edited By The_Laughing_Man

Hello all giant bombers. I am having laptop issues. About 20 mins ago my laptop started to make a strange sound that comes from where the fan is. The sound is sort of like a eletric razor. I would call HP tech support however they put me though to some women in India I can not understand. And when I asked for someone I could understand I was just connected to another women with a thicker accent.

Any ideas of what might be up?

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#2 Edited By NakAttack

how long have you had the laptop

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#3 Edited By shirogane

Turn it off and check out the fan, something is probably in there.

ACtually, don't use it until you find out what's stuck in there. Or fix the fan. That's gonna do some bad stuff.

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#4 Edited By The_Laughing_Man

@nk19 said:

" how long have you had the laptop "

Barely a year.

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#5 Edited By NakAttack

@The_Laughing_Man: do you have a target near you?

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#6 Edited By Vinchenzo

Hmmm, when this happened to me a few weeks ago it just made a unusual, constant sound. After a few minutes it just turned itself off. I am expecting it shut down from overheating, but I'm not entirely sure. I would say turn it off for a few minutes, then come back once it has a chance to cool down.

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#7 Edited By The_Laughing_Man

@Shirogane said:

" Turn it off and check out the fan, something is probably in there. ACtually, don't use it until you find out what's stuck in there. Or fix the fan. That's gonna do some bad stuff. "

Thing is...the air flow is fine. I just gave it a firm smack to the....fan...and its quiet now. Im still real mad about the tech support thing.

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#8 Edited By Video_Game_King

I'd imagine dust. Try opening it up and taking a hair dryer to that.

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#9 Edited By The_Laughing_Man

@Video_Game_King said:

" I'd imagine dust. Try opening it up and taking a hair dryer to that. "

Might have been cat fur. My cat loves to hide behind there. Anyways. It is staying quiet for now. Thanks for the help.

On a side note. Anyone know why my Firefox Themes/addons arnt staying?

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#10 Edited By NakAttack

@Video_Game_King said:

" I'd imagine dust. Try opening it up and taking a hair dryer to that. "

its more than likely this, just go to a target and get an air duster and blow it in to your computer were the fan is (be sure to follow directions!!)

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#11 Edited By Video_Game_King

@The_Laughing_Man:

Because foxes don't like cats?

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#12 Edited By The_Laughing_Man

@Video_Game_King said:

" @The_Laughing_Man: Because foxes don't like cats? "

Firefox is now acting up. Maybe i just need to pull out COD or MAG and take out my anger.

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#13 Edited By shirogane

@The_Laughing_Man:
Not being able to hear it, it could be dust or fur like everyone else said, or maybe something hard, and now it's no longer there or something.
It shouldn't affect the air flow, but it'll start damaging your fan if it's like that too long, well, if it ain't just dust or something.

And HP support isn't too great. Hell, tech support in general isn't. Dell is pretty bad too. Tech support is like a bad joke, the customers hate it, the people who do it hate it.

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#14 Edited By The_Laughing_Man

@Shirogane said:

" @The_Laughing_Man: Not being able to hear it, it could be dust or fur like everyone else said, or maybe something hard, and now it's no longer there or something. It shouldn't affect the air flow, but it'll start damaging your fan if it's like that too long, well, if it ain't just dust or something. And HP support isn't too great. Hell, tech support in general isn't. Dell is pretty bad too. Tech support is like a bad joke, the customers hate it, the people who do it hate it. "

I do not mind waiting 30 mins for help. But give me someone i can UNDERSTAND! Even if its that stupid computer gen voice.

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#15 Edited By shirogane

@The_Laughing_Man:
Ha, i called Dell sales to see what was happening with my order, 30 mins hold. And the damn thing put me through to the wrong line, it put me through to tech support, when i obviously called the Sales line. Dude with indian accent gives me a number and extension to call for sales. I call, wait for 30 mins, get a guy i can't understand at all, who gives me almost no informatioin, then proceeds to hang up.

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#16 Edited By The_Laughing_Man

Well the laptop is still quiet. The air flow seems fine. Maybe the fan was off center. Who knows. But now I am happy....maybe ill go make a angry blog post about out sourcing.

14 years ago