Computer making weird noise on start up.. HELP (FIXED)

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mikeisthename56

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Hey guys- this is my first post on a forum. Im sure one of you guys can help :D

But basically- I just built a gaming pc- All the parts were NEW and I took every single safety precaution before building this tower. So When I finished building it- it worked like a charm. So nothing went wrong and It ran smoothly, etc,etc. But then after 2 weeks- When I booted the pc again- it made a weird noise from the fan- it starts of slow then it gets louder- then it fades of and repeats until I log on then it stops! Its kinda annoying and I just spent alot of money on this thing! I don't think it has to do anything with overheating etc,etc. As I purchased a new side panel that has two fans installed which is connected to the cpu- I did further investigation and found out that none of the normal fans were making the noise! It was the cpu fan!
But I can't think of anything that will stop this from happening! Please help guys! Thanks <3

EDIT: Wait GUYS, its not the cpu fan- its the GPU fan!!!!! I CANT REPLACE MY GPU!! I cant afford to!
 
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Darren

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Did you make sure there aren't any cables hitting it? Sometimes a wire will get stuck in it and make the noise.

Are you saying when you login into the computer, it stops? Logging in to what, Windows?
 
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Darren said:
Did you make sure there aren't any cables hitting it? Sometimes a wire will get stuck in it and make the noise.

Are you saying when you login into the computer, it stops? Logging in to what, Windows?
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Yep logging onto my account on windows- I thought it was the wires too- but no wires in sight.

So idk what to do :(
 
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porterjw

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It's possible the bearing on the fan is bad or loose, causing it to wobble/vibrate when the fan needs to turn quicker during higher CPU load. What specific fan is it?
 
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porterjw said:
It's possible the bearing on the fan is bad or loose, causing it to wobble/vibrate when the fan needs to turn quicker during higher CPU load. What specific fan is it?
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It's a intel cpu cooler like this one: http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/1060/core_i5_hsf2.jpg

porterjw said:
It's possible the bearing on the fan is bad or loose, causing it to wobble/vibrate when the fan needs to turn quicker during higher CPU load. What specific fan is it?
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It does make an almost unoticable grinding noise when I use it normally- could that back up your theory?
 
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Intel_man

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That's most likely the bearings on the fan taking a pooper on you.

Intel's stock HSF sucks anyways... you're better off getting an aftermarket one.
 
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Intel_man said:
That's most likely the bearings on the fan taking a pooper on you.

Intel's stock HSF sucks anyways... you're better off getting an aftermarket one.
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Hmm damn.. You may be correct- I don't wanna spend any more cash yet- I know they might be cheap but I wanna be sure thats the problem! Thanks for your help :)
 
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Well, if it's a new build, you might be able to RMA your HSF to Intel. Not sure how that works though as I've never gone through an RMA process with Intel.
 
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Intel_man said:
Well, if it's a new build, you might be able to RMA your HSF to Intel. Not sure how that works though as I've never gone through an RMA process with Intel.
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Damn man- you gotta provide your phone number address and pretty much your personal information for that ( At least to do it the right way) .. I need a quick fix..
 
Intel_man

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That's usually controlled in the Bios. You can take a look in there to see where it's located. Look for something like "SmartFan" in the Bios.
 
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mikeisthename56

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Intel_man said:
That's usually controlled in the Bios. You can take a look in there to see where it's located. Look for something like "SmartFan" in the Bios.
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You won't believe what just happend man!!! Let me just give you an inside story before I tell you alright- Im no pc expert- I barely managed to build the pc- but I did a very good job.

Alright So i went into the bios- I was presented with some settings- Alright I couldn't find smartfan- so I checked other things out- I found OC tuner or Oi tuner what ever its bloody called- I enabled that - for reasons I don't know. Then my computer turned of suddenly- it tried to turn its self back on- but then turned of - this happend 3 times until it finally turned on- I quickly went back onto the bios and reset it to its old settings- but I disabled the extra performance setting- and the problems gone! But that was the worst experience EVER! i thought my computer broke- £500 was gone- but fortuantley it didn't.. OMG IM SUCH A BLOODY NOOB.
 
Darren

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I've had brand new Intel HSF's be dead out of the box. Just replace it. They're garbage anyway, your ears and air conditioning bill will thank you anyway.
 
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Darren said:
I've had brand new Intel HSF's be dead out of the box. Just replace it. They're garbage anyway, your ears and air conditioning bill will thank you anyway.
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Alright, what do you recommend for my pc? Specs are as follows:

CPU: Intel core i5 3570k @3.40 ghz
RAM: 8gb
GPU: asus nvidia geforce gtx 650 directcu top 1gb
Monitors: 2x 1920x1080 monitors
 
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