It could be something as simple as a cooling fan going bad. Or it could be something much worse, like a hard drive going bad. Is there a pattern to when you hear the sound? Like when your hard drive might be working, i.e. when you open or save a file. I�d say back up your files just in case. -- The HarmyBoard HarmDrive

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Date Posted: 09:08:43 08/07/07 Tue
Author: JAG Junkie (Ronda)--sneaking in at work
Subject: It could be something as simple as a cooling fan going bad. Or it could be something much worse, like a hard drive going bad. Is there a pattern to when you hear the sound? Like when your hard drive might be working, i.e. when you open or save a file. I�d say back up your files just in case.
In reply to: manette 's message, "If my computer started making a loud ARRRRRRR noise every so often does that mean it's about to explode??" on 08:44:52 08/07/07 Tue

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[> Three weeks ago my computer was making a awful sound at times. When I took it in the problem turned out to be a bad driver on my sound card. Drivers are a software fix, not hardware involved. In addition, while they had it they cleaned it where the fan and heatsink are. I got it back within a couple of hours. Back up your files and take it in, it could be something simple. -- Jeanaz8, 13:53:57 08/18/07 Sat [1]

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