Re: Loud cpu
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:27:22 -0700 from Ken Blake, MVP
<kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
I'm sure that the CPU is not making any noise at all.
The CPU is a small chip within your computer, not the computer itself.
It has no moving parts, and can not possibly make any noise.
I believe that's an oversimplification. Quite a lot of electronics
equipment makes a 60 Hz hum. My own CPU makes a distinct whining
sound when doing certain operations. (I know what the fan sounds
like, and it's not the fan.)
But if the OP is hearing something louder than an old air
conditioner, even allowing for rhetorical exaggeration, I suspect
it's the fan, with a bad bearing.
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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
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