I need someone who knows alot about Dell comps

[JPR]

I have a year old Dell XPS 400 and now about once a week there will be a loud hum coming from what sounds like the fan in the front of the computer. Weve cleaned all the dust out and it still dose it anyone know if this is bad or what the hell it is

JPR Reviewed by JPR on 11-21-2007. I need someone who knows alot about Dell comps I have a year old Dell XPS 400 and now about once a week there will be a loud hum coming from what sounds like the fan in the front of the computer. Weve cleaned all the dust out and it still dose it anyone know if this is bad or what the hell it is Rating: 5

[imitator]

Its possible the ball bearings on the case fans you have are going out. It will make alot of racket when that starts happening.

Only other thing that would be likely is your hdd, but you would be noticing other things happening as well if your hdd was starting to go out and make enough noise that you could hear it. Its more likely that one of your fans is starting to die, which isnt all that uncommon, especially if they use cheap fans.

You are talking at best, $15 to replace the fan, and thats including shipping.

[JPR]

kool man thanks i can get pretty loud but it dosnt effect the preformance of the computer looks like im in the market for a new fan

[imitator]

kool man thanks i can get pretty loud but it dosnt effect the preformance of the computer looks like im in the market for a new fan

The company I work for has almost nothing but Dell computers, and they order new computers from Dell, and we end up having to replace the fans more then anything else.

I guess they are just putting shitty fans in their cases, although I cant imagine they save that much from doing so considering how cheap fans are to begin with.

[JPR]

about how much would it cost for a local repair shop to put it in i dont wana fuck it up

[imitator]

No clue, depends on how much they want to rape you for, tbh.

Its pretty hard to fuck up putting in a new fan. I know it can be intimidating to do work on a PC if you dont have alot of experience, but installing new fans really has little to do with the actual main parts of the PC. You could have that fan completely stop working and 9 times out of 10 you wouldnt even know.

Id open the case and take a look inside, find the fan, and trace the power cord it uses to where it plugs in at. Unplug it, unscrew the fan from the case, screw in the new one, and plug the power cable back in. Total it should be about 5 minutes worth of work, max.

If you have any questions about it let me know, and Ill see if I cant find the schematics for your computer and show you exactly what I am talking about with pictures. =)

[JPR]

thanks man

[JPR]

ok it started making the sound again so i opened it up to see whats doing it. Its coming from a box at the top of the back of the computer that the main power cord from the wall outlet goes into is there a fan in there

[imitator]

That would be your powersupply, and yes there is a fan in there.

If that is going out, you will need to just replace the powersupply.

That will run you anywhere from $30-150 depending on what quality you want to get, and how powerful it needs to be to run your system.

On the side of the powersupply, and hopefully the side that is easily visable by you, it should have a label on it. If you can find out how man watts that powersupply is, I can find you some links to some quality replacements for it.

If/When the powersupply goes out, depending on the quality, it will either stop working because it detects the fan is dead, or it will keep running and you will run the risk of overheating and possible powersurges when something inside does fail to heat, so its in your best interest to replace the powersupply, if the noise is indeed coming from there.

As far as how long you would have until it needed to be replaced, its a crap shoot to be honest, it could not go out until you get a new computer, or it could go out five seconds from now, so whenever you get a chance I would replace it.

[JPR]

ok ty it was hot back there when i turned off the computer and took the pannel off and i can see the lable