A friend of mine suggested that the rattling sound might be caused by the fan being dusty. He told me to get a can of compressed air, and with the computer off, blast a jet of air into each end of the cooling duct (since there'll be an intake and an exhaust end), alternating between the two openings until I didn't see any more dust being ejected out.
He told me that in most notebooks, the fan only comes on if the temperature gets high enough inside (has a thermostat). He said if my computer was well ventilated and I wasn't overworking the processor and hard drive, the fan should stay off.
He said most computers don't need to be cleaned out this way, his current one doesn't, but he had tried it once and it worked. He told me it was worth a try.
So, since I had a can of air on hand, I turned my laptop over and with the red straw on it, I sprayed in each end of every thing on the back of it that looked like a vent. I didn't see anything come out, but . . . it must have worked! I haven't had anymore problems. It was either that or whatever was making the noise stopped for another reason.
I hope this helps you. It really made me feel better. I was afraid the fan was broke or something.
I've been having the same thing. It's fairly new, so I don't think there is anything rattling around in there... I almost thought it could have been coming from a Flash ad linked to the computer's gyroscope but couldn't find the ad in question... Did you ever work out what it was?
A friend of mine suggested that the rattling sound might be caused by the fan being dusty. He told me to get a can of compressed air, and with the computer off, blast a jet of air into each end of the cooling duct (since there'll be an intake and an exhaust end), alternating between the two openings until I didn't see any more dust being ejected out.
He told me that in most notebooks, the fan only comes on if the temperature gets high enough inside (has a thermostat). He said if my computer was well ventilated and I wasn't overworking the processor and hard drive, the fan should stay off.
He said most computers don't need to be cleaned out this way, his current one doesn't, but he had tried it once and it worked. He told me it was worth a try.
So, since I had a can of air on hand, I turned my laptop over and with the red straw on it, I sprayed in each end of every thing on the back of it that looked like a vent. I didn't see anything come out, but . . . it must have worked! I haven't had anymore problems. It was either that or whatever was making the noise stopped for another reason.
I hope this helps you. It really made me feel better. I was afraid the fan was broke or something.
Soccerox
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December 29th, 2011 19:00
I have the same problem. Did you ever figure out what was wrong?
kookykathy
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December 29th, 2011 22:00
A friend of mine suggested that the rattling sound might be caused by the fan being dusty. He told me to get a can of compressed air, and with the computer off, blast a jet of air into each end of the cooling duct (since there'll be an intake and an exhaust end), alternating between the two openings until I didn't see any more dust being ejected out.
He told me that in most notebooks, the fan only comes on if the temperature gets high enough inside (has a thermostat). He said if my computer was well ventilated and I wasn't overworking the processor and hard drive, the fan should stay off.
He said most computers don't need to be cleaned out this way, his current one doesn't, but he had tried it once and it worked. He told me it was worth a try.
So, since I had a can of air on hand, I turned my laptop over and with the red straw on it, I sprayed in each end of every thing on the back of it that looked like a vent. I didn't see anything come out, but . . . it must have worked! I haven't had anymore problems. It was either that or whatever was making the noise stopped for another reason.
I hope this helps you. It really made me feel better. I was afraid the fan was broke or something.
osolon
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January 2nd, 2012 07:00
I've been having the same thing. It's fairly new, so I don't think there is anything rattling around in there... I almost thought it could have been coming from a Flash ad linked to the computer's gyroscope but couldn't find the ad in question... Did you ever work out what it was?
kookykathy
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January 2nd, 2012 12:00
A friend of mine suggested that the rattling sound might be caused by the fan being dusty. He told me to get a can of compressed air, and with the computer off, blast a jet of air into each end of the cooling duct (since there'll be an intake and an exhaust end), alternating between the two openings until I didn't see any more dust being ejected out.
He told me that in most notebooks, the fan only comes on if the temperature gets high enough inside (has a thermostat). He said if my computer was well ventilated and I wasn't overworking the processor and hard drive, the fan should stay off.
He said most computers don't need to be cleaned out this way, his current one doesn't, but he had tried it once and it worked. He told me it was worth a try.
So, since I had a can of air on hand, I turned my laptop over and with the red straw on it, I sprayed in each end of every thing on the back of it that looked like a vent. I didn't see anything come out, but . . . it must have worked! I haven't had anymore problems. It was either that or whatever was making the noise stopped for another reason.
I hope this helps you. It really made me feel better. I was afraid the fan was broke or something.