Bit of help required please

matthudson4 · 02-26-2007, 12:30 PM

Hi, the internal speaker in my PC is beginning to play up a little bit, and I'm not sure why. It keeps making a 'drilling' noise if I run more than two programs at once, and it does this again and again before it switches itself off. I think that it may be because of overheating, but the cpu temp looks ok.
Any help or insight would be gratefully appreciated!

Thanks,
Matt

**Terrister** · 02-26-2007, 12:39 PM

Next time it does this, try unplugging the keyboard. If the sound goes away, you have a stuck key.

POlease post make and model of the computer.

matthudson4 · 02-26-2007, 12:59 PM

Thanks, I'll try that out and see what happens.

Matt

matthudson4 · 02-28-2007, 01:21 PM

Hi, Ive just tried that and it still comes up with the 'drilling' sound. Upon taking a closer look, it appears that the fan has somehow detached from the graphics card (god knows how that happened!) do you think that may have something to do with it? I'll need to do a bit of research into the computer as I'm not too technical and it was specially built for me.
But I am starting to think it may be due to overheating now. what does everyone else think?

Thanks,
Matt

**Terrister** · 02-28-2007, 05:27 PM

That fan being off can be a big problem if you have a fast video card.
Remove all power from the pc. Open it and inspect all the fans. Let us know what you find.

02-26-2007, 12:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
matthudson4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp	Bit of help required please Hi, the internal speaker in my PC is beginning to play up a little bit, and I'm not sure why. It keeps making a 'drilling' noise if I run more than two programs at once, and it does this again and again before it switches itself off. I think that it may be because of overheating, but the cpu temp looks ok. Any help or insight would be gratefully appreciated! Thanks, Matt

02-26-2007, 12:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Next time it does this, try unplugging the keyboard. If the sound goes away, you have a stuck key. POlease post make and model of the computer. __________________

02-28-2007, 05:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	That fan being off can be a big problem if you have a fast video card. Remove all power from the pc. Open it and inspect all the fans. Let us know what you find. __________________

02-26-2007, 12:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
matthudson4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp	Thanks, I'll try that out and see what happens. Matt

02-28-2007, 01:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
matthudson4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp	Hi, Ive just tried that and it still comes up with the 'drilling' sound. Upon taking a closer look, it appears that the fan has somehow detached from the graphics card (god knows how that happened!) do you think that may have something to do with it? I'll need to do a bit of research into the computer as I'm not too technical and it was specially built for me. But I am starting to think it may be due to overheating now. what does everyone else think? Thanks, Matt