fan noise

Forum discussion tagged with fan noise.
  1. dhruvjain

    Question Laptop making intermittent noise (Dell XPS 9370)

    Hi, My laptop is Dell XPS 9370. Under some load, it starts making weird intermittent noise such as grinding. Noise is very sharp and is not from fans. Its towards right of the mouse. (Highlighted in the image) Does anyone has any idea about what component it might be and what can be done for...
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    Solved! Laptop Fans Running Harder than Necessary

    I have a Lenovo Thinkpad x230 with fairly high specs: an i7 CPU, 16 GB RAM, and it runs with a single SSD in the mSATA slot. This is an Ivy Bridge era machine, so it isn't exactly new, but it has been well kept and is clean, physically and software wise with a relatively recent full...
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    Buying a silent laptop for a little gaming

    Hey Just by i... Tomshardware. How are you all? Im looking for a laptop that will run some newer games and wont sound like a vacuum cleaner. Size and looks are secondary. 1. What is your budget? 1.500-2.000$ 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15.6" 3. What screen...
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    Headphones picking up fan noises.

    So I have Turtle Beach X12's and I'm trying to do a recording, however ever since getting the new PSU and GPU when the computer heats up and the fans kick on I can hear the fans or hardware in a kind of staticy sounding way through the headphones and it goes into my recordings as well. Now I'm...
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    GTX 870m 80-90 temperature

    I have an MSI GT70 and the temperature rises up to 80 quite easily on even fifa 15, thus turning on the cooler booster 2 and making a really annoying sound that even wearing a headset could not avoid. Is this considered normal? Any help would be appreciated.
  6. Man1ac123

    Is this temperature safe?

    So i recently installed Core Temp because i game on my laptop ( link dont know if this works since its a portuguese link) and the surface gets so hot that i cant even touch it and im scared. For example when im using it for watching videos its on the 50-60ºC, if i plug my pc to the tv to watch...
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    Alienware M14x Overheating.

    My M14x gets insanely hot even on idle. The noise is so loud that i am ashamed to bring it to class because the fans go nuts even when im just taking notes. My friends playing a game on an i5 laptop has virtually no fan noise and the temp was just a bit higher than 30C i'd say. Me playing the...