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FrankieG · 09-14-2008, 06:06 PM

I use a Compaq v5000...so its a little over 2 years old. Anyways...it recently started to randomly begin humming loudly...to the point where the whole thing is vibrating a bit...and sometimes I'll start hearing ticking on the side where the humming is coming from too (same side as the fan).

When it does this, my whole computer starts slowing down to the point where things are freezing, and it has turned off on me once too. Usually, I'll have to restart a few times and it will keep doing this...though after a few restarts it seems to fix itself. Another thing I noted is that when it had been doing this, firefox would use up like all of my computer's active memory (or whatever the technical term is...100% on the alt-control-delete screen). But other programs like internet explorer didn't. Any suggestions?

09-14-2008, 06:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
FrankieG Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 20 OS: XP	Laptop Making Weird Noises I use a Compaq v5000...so its a little over 2 years old. Anyways...it recently started to randomly begin humming loudly...to the point where the whole thing is vibrating a bit...and sometimes I'll start hearing ticking on the side where the humming is coming from too (same side as the fan). When it does this, my whole computer starts slowing down to the point where things are freezing, and it has turned off on me once too. Usually, I'll have to restart a few times and it will keep doing this...though after a few restarts it seems to fix itself. Another thing I noted is that when it had been doing this, firefox would use up like all of my computer's active memory (or whatever the technical term is...100% on the alt-control-delete screen). But other programs like internet explorer didn't. Any suggestions?