Desktop making grind noise when booting

[Brandon]

when i first turn on my PC, i hear a grinding noise coming from inside the case... it is REALLY loud. there is nothing infornt of any fans (yes i checked the GPU) and i dont think its the HDs because they work fine in windows, and disk DR didnt report any errors... the noise only happens when i first turn on the PC and only for 10 sec at the most

[Hexicon]

There may not be anything in front of the fans, but might be the fan itself. I had my fan go bad and just replaced, boy what a difference. Sometimes I have to check and see if the computer is on. The fan replacement was worth the $20.00 I spent.

[AJAJ]

I thought this kinda thing happens when fans start to fail or are poorly lubricated, once they get up to speed it stops.

[Brandon]

what fan would u look @ first?.. hw do i lubercate it

[Schmoove]

I have the same thing. It is the fan of the PSU.... I just hit it and it goes away.

Have to fix it sometime, but I am just too damn lazy.

[AJAJ]

I'm not actually sure if its advisable to put lubricant on pc fans, its probably better just to replace it. I'd suspect the case fan or the cpu fan.

[.weir]

Well put it this way, you can find out what fan it is, you can take the fan out, pop it open, put some machine oil inside with the ball bearings, then put the fan back in and that should kill the noise . . . maybe . . . or you can find out what fan it is, spend $20 MAX on a nice quality fan, replace it, and never worry about the noise coming back . . . unless it's the PSU, you can either replace the fan :x ugh, that sucks, and I shocked myself doing it once, or you can buy a new PSU and a good one costs money, therefore, it also sucks.

[dreamz Veteran]

it's probably the fan. mine do that too when my room is cold and i'm just booting up. the fans are spinning at a lower rpm, so it makes that grinding sound. if it only happens when it's cold, it's not a big deal.

[Sparkler]

ah.. is it a sort of clicking sound? if so then it might be teh cables. i have that problem w/ my pc. ie the cables (loose ide, power) hit the side of the case and make a click sound. also if its only on startup then the cd-rom drive could be responsible :)

[Homer]

  Sparkler said:

ah.. is it a sort of clicking sound? if so then it might be teh cables. i have that problem w/ my pc. ie the cables (loose ide, power) hit the side of the case and make a click sound. also if its only on startup then the cd-rom drive could be responsible :)

I think you should stay in spammers central... i mean general chat.

Unplug fans in a sequence until the noise goes away, if its still there after you unplugged case fans stick yer ear next to the psu and see if thats making the noise, if it aint buy a new hsf for the cpu.

Im tired and im now going to do an effective bsod.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

[rvbfan]

if you have a floppy drive cheak that too

[Chode]

If it's a simple case fan making the noise, just get a replacement. New case fans cost $8 AUD here in Australia ;)