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    Posted: 28 Apr 2014 at 4:49am
Its happened a couple of times but whenever i shut my pc off sometimes and then turn it back on afterwhile, the first couple of minutes i hear a grinding like kinda noise but it goes away after a few minutes and won't happen again until i turn off my pc and turn it back on hours later. Is it possible the fans are causing the issue and i will need to replace them eventually?

Edited by ArkansasWoman777 - 16 Jul 2015 at 8:36pm
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Hey, Arkansas.   Sounds like a fan to me also. Just have to figure which one.   Some power supplies turn on their fan, initially on boot, and then shut off until needed.   Most fans you can stall for a few seconds with your finger or whatever to help isolate the issue or unplug them one at a time. You have the case fans, psu, cpu cooler and video card.

Good luck and let us know what you find.
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Ah the process of elimination oh joy...lol. I don't think its the video card so that rules that out. I going to have to let it be until we get some money saved up. Now do i have to buy coolermaster fans or can i buy other fans? Any recommendations?
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I imagine you have the led sickleflows you are talking about? You could replace them with the exact same fan or go with corsair AF series fans. I use noiseblockers in my cases for case fans, ton of airflow and pretty quiet. Little pricey but i like them.
But like i was mentioning before in different  posts, coolermaster fans have a major reputation for going out very fast especially if they are mounted horizontally. I know it comes down to luck as well, but after i have switched out all the led coolermasters, i havent had a fan come right out of the actual mount and dangle from the wires. lol true story.
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Originally posted by kernols

I imagine you have the led sickleflows you are talking about? You could replace them with the exact same fan or go with corsair AF series fans. I use noiseblockers in my cases for case fans, ton of airflow and pretty quiet. Little pricey but i like them. But like i was mentioning before in different  posts, coolermaster fans have a major reputation for going out very fast especially if they are mounted horizontally. I know it comes down to luck as well, but after i have switched out all the led coolermasters, i havent had a fan come right out of the actual mount and dangle from the wires. lol true story.



I think the led fans i got are the 120mm On/Off LED Computer Case Fan that cooler master has listed in their store. But i will most definitely probably go on the corsair site and bookmark the link or go on Amazon and get a couple

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That's where i do most of my shopping, corsair fans come in 2 packs different speeds for the AF series. The quiet edition ones are LED for the 120mm


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Originally posted by kernols



That's where i do most of my shopping, corsair fans come in 2 packs different speeds for the AF series. The quiet edition ones are LED for the 120mm



I'll probably wind up just getting the regular quiet edition ones because i hardly ever turn on the led lights on the front. What are the colored rings for anyway?
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The colored rings are for looks.    Color coordinate. Big%20Smile
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If it's your fans, try pushing the fans into their wheel hubs to try to re-align the bearings. If that does not help, it could be a bad bearing in one of the fans.

OR, if your system is liquid cooled, double check your fluid level, make sure it isn't 25% full, as you may hear such noises if the pump is not getting enough fluid.
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Originally posted by Alex

If it's your fans, try pushing the fans into their wheel hubs to try to re-align the bearings. If that does not help, it could be a bad bearing in one of the fans.

OR, if your system is liquid cooled, double check your fluid level, make sure it isn't 25% full, as you may hear such noises if the pump is not getting enough fluid.


Let's pray it's not the low fluid Alex is talking about. Pumps can burn up so quickly.
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Lol i'm not even water cooling
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So i may have found what is causing the sound, i'm pretty much positive its the top 200 mm fan that is making that noise when the computer is off for quite awhile, but it always goes to back to normal after a few minutes. I assume that it just takes awhile for it to warm up??

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Originally posted by ArkansasWoman777

So i may have found what is causing the sound, i'm pretty much positive its the top 200 mm fan that is making that noise when the computer is off for quite awhile, but it always goes to back to normal after a few minutes. I assume that it just takes awhile for it to warm up??


Eventually it will probably start making the noise longer or do it  random times after its been running for a while. Same thing happened to my fans on my old machine. Id just keep an eye on it when it gets pretty bad just replace it.
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Hi Arkansas...  I would, if you haven't already, try setting the top fan control to max or min and see if anything changes.    Integrated fan controls have a habit of going bad and the fan speeds vary.   See if the front LEDs on the front fans vary in brightness, a sign the fan control might be going bad.  

Not sure if this would cause any noises, but if the fans are slow to spool up, ya never know.
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Originally posted by Alex

If that does not help, it could be a bad bearing in one of the fans.



This has my vote. It will probably make more and more noise until it's a constant whine, then seize. You still got some time with it, but getting it replaced is in your future... (or a dab of 3n1 or wd40 if you can get to the bearing).
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The fan controller works fine, i think when i get a chance i'll just replace the top fan and see if that fixes the issue.


Or would it be alright if i just removed the top fan and not bother with it

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Unplug the fan and check temps. With the right cooler and video card, both blowing out the back, it might not do so much. I ran my ODE 600t without the top 200mm fan for a couple of weeks waiting for the fan control and saw no difference.   But it was winter, also.

I would change it just because.   
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Originally posted by bprat22

I would change it just because.   
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So instead of creating a new post i figured i would revive this post since one of the two front fans were beginning to make noise and were probably going to die eventually. I bought in replace two Cougar 120mm pwm fans. Here is a picture of one.


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Nice fans.   
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I think you meant dying in the title ;)
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I think you meant dying in the title ;)



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