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Expert: Karl Zick Date: 7/5/2008 Subject: Annoying noise
Question Hi.
I have a simple or dumb question.
I have a DELL Optiplex GX260, Pentium 4 with Windows XP Professional. My computer works well , I don't have major problems. Lately I've observed that anytime I am watching an online video, such as movie or live streaming it makes a lot of noise, annoying sometimes, and quite loud since my computer is apparently quite. It feels as if my hard drive or fan is spinning without stop. It makes me wonder why this is happening, if some hardware is going bad or if it's normal. As I said in the beginning it may be a dumb question and eve if it is, I'd like to know if you have an answer.
Thanks a lot.
Sonia
Answer Hi Sonia,
If it is a 'vibrating' kind of noise, check your CD player to make sure you haven't left a disk in it.
CPU fans and hard drives don't usually get noisy - but that doesn't mean they can't. If it is one of those, it could lead to serious problems. I would take the side off the computer case and see if you can isolate the source.
