Clicking sound

Syxx_Killer · 02-13-06, 07:06 PM

My computer is going on 1 year old now. I just cleaned most of the dust out of it today. Just before doing so, I noticed a clicking noise of sorts coming from the front fan area (been doing it for a couple days). If the bearings are starting to wear or something, do they make a "clicking" sound? When cleaning it out I forgot about the issue until I turned it on again, otherwise I wouldn't have put everything back to together. I would have unplugged the front fan to see, but now that everything is back together, I don't wanna take it apart again. :P The clicking sound isn't that loud. It is more subtle. What kind of worries me, though, is the fan is right in front of the harddrive. I don't think it could be the harddrive, could it? It is a Western Digital 250GB SATA drive. It's been running fine so far. If I put my ear near the harddrive, the sound does get louder when I move towards the fan. The fan is a Thermaltake 120mm case fan.

02-13-06, 07:06 PM	#1
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Clicking sound My computer is going on 1 year old now. I just cleaned most of the dust out of it today. Just before doing so, I noticed a clicking noise of sorts coming from the front fan area (been doing it for a couple days). If the bearings are starting to wear or something, do they make a "clicking" sound? When cleaning it out I forgot about the issue until I turned it on again, otherwise I wouldn't have put everything back to together. I would have unplugged the front fan to see, but now that everything is back together, I don't wanna take it apart again. :P The clicking sound isn't that loud. It is more subtle. What kind of worries me, though, is the fan is right in front of the harddrive. I don't think it could be the harddrive, could it? It is a Western Digital 250GB SATA drive. It's been running fine so far. If I put my ear near the harddrive, the sound does get louder when I move towards the fan. The fan is a Thermaltake 120mm case fan.