The same thing happens to me if I have something in the CD drive. I think it's the fan that does that, hopefully cleaning it will do it for you. |
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I have an 8.16 year old desktop, and for the first few minutes when I turn it on it sounds like its growling really loudly. It sounds like the noise is coming from the CD drive (which doesn't work) but when I open the CD case while it's making the noise it doesn't stop. |
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The same thing happens to me if I have something in the CD drive. I think it's the fan that does that, hopefully cleaning it will do it for you. |
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Computers start growling at 8.15 years, so 8.16 is too old |
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Open it up. Look at the fan. Give the fan a good dusting, and stuff, it is probably jammed with dust, or something else. |
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It's not the hard drive, but if you haven't already, back everything up. With a hard drive that old, it's going to die sooner rather than later, and if you aren't backed up, you've just lost your data. External hard drives are very cheap, is could be less than $50 for a 500 GB hard drive. DVDs are also cheap, but I recommend the hard drive over DVDs. |
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lol my friend once had a modded pc built by his dad (who works for IBM) and to turn it on there was an ignition switch where you inserted a honda key and turning it would turn it on. He had it rigged with a small sound device so that it would also play the sound of a powerful car starting up and revving, it was also inclosed in a custom honda case. Bad ass setup but the computer was shitty for todays standards. |
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Thanks for the replies. It hasn't growled in a few days but I still plan to clean it this weekend if it's sunny outside. I have a newer computer but I can't get over my love for old CRT screens over LSD screens. I feel like LSD breaks too easy....Too fragile for a clumsy person. |
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You can use a CRT with a new computer - you might need to buy a connector cable to do it, but it is doable. |
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