Weird sounds

[Pressure]

When I first got my computer back in October it never really made any noise except for the fans that are on it. About two weeks ago it started making a sound like something was rattling inside of it. That got really annoying and fast. I checked to see what it was but it was nothing that I could see. It stopped after about a week. I was like ok the sounds gone. Then about a week ago it started making this noise that kinda sounded like a fan running really fast and it was louder then my normal fans. I looked and all the fans and stuff were fine. About two days ago it stopped making these noises. Now today after I get home from school its making a different kind of noise. The sound volume is about the same volume as the fan but its hard to desribe what it sounds like. Its really starting to piss me off. I don't know what it is but if my computer keeps making weird noises it'll drive me insane. As far as I can tell nothings wrong with the computer yet. Should I call the company up that I bought it from and ask them to come check whats making all these weird noises?

By the way my comp stats are:

Abit IC7-G I875PE
P4 3.0 Ghz 800 FSB HT
Corsair 1024mb DDR400 PC3200(2x 512)
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb w/ 4.1 Catalyst
Western Digital 80gb HD 8mb 7200RPM
Creative Sound Audigy 5.1 w/ 1394 IEEE
CD-RW 52x24x52x
DVD rom 16x
1.44mb Floppy drive
3 com 905 BTX NM 10/100 NIC
XP Home Edition

Tell me if you know if any of these might be causing these strange noises.

 

[The Mullinator]

The fans on computers often have problems where they start making really loud and unusual noises. Open up your case while the comps running and gently tap each fan you have access too (you probably won't have access to the power supply fan.) You can't really tell by looking if its the fan thats the problem so you kind of have to touch it yourself and listen to what happens.

If it is one of the fans then you simply have to replace it and everything should be fine, although if its the fan in the power supply im not sure how to get at it.

 

[RandomPING]

If it's the power supply fan you can usally get at it with a skrewdriver, i hear it's not too hard, though you will void the warrenty of the fan, and if you do it haphazzardly you could skrew up the wiring, the best bet is to get an entirely new PSU if that's the case.

To test if it's the power supply fan, you can usally stick a pencil in the hole to stop the fan for a second, if it's only for like 5-10 seconds you're definatley not gonna do any damage.

Otherwise if it's none of the fans try listening to the hard drive really close and see if that's what's making the noise while it's on.

 

[The Mullinator]

Ya the only things it could really be are the harddrive, or fans, or CD-Rom drive since those are really the only moving parts in the computer.

 

[Pressure]

This new sound isn't the fans I know that much.

 

[63]

I think that you better give me your videocard...that'll fix it

 

[The Dark Elf]

It probably isn't the same thing, but I once had a weird rattling sound on a machine, narrowed it down to the PSU, opened that up and found it was a small label (one of those across some of the electronics sometimes) that had come loose a little and was catching the fan just enough to make a funny noise. Kinda like putting playing cards on bikes so they catch the spokes. Like I say, probably isn't that but you never know, hopefully it is (cause its easy to fix and not something expensive broken)

 

[Pressure]

Hm you know on older computers how when you load it makes that one noise. I think this is what my computer is doing but constantly and my high pitched kinda soundin like hitting a hollow wooden tube with a drum stick. Its really hard to describe.

 

[psyno]

Hm you know on older computers how when you load it makes that one noise. I think this is what my computer is doing but constantly and my high pitched kinda soundin like hitting a hollow wooden tube with a drum stick. Its really hard to describe.

Erm... back up valuable data immediately, just in case it's the hard drive. Generally when an HDD starts making funny noises, it's a sign of impending doom.

That said, when I hear this problem, the first things I've learned to check are the optical drives. Specifically, I remount them in the drive cage. It has resolved the problem in each of the three instances I can think of right now (being three different machines).

 

[Pressure]

I think I'm gonna call up the copy I bought it from and get them to come over and check it out.