sankenbisha
06-22-2003, 07:33 PM
Hello all! I have a HP Pavilion N3478 bought almost two years ago. For the
past few months the fan seems to make awful sounds if it's been on for more than a minute or two. I know it's not the HD making the noise as the HD makes more or a creaking sound. The fan comes on once in awhile and whirrs normally, then it sounds as if it's about to die with as it makes horrible grinding wirring noices, then it stops, but comes on at a later time. Is this serious or do I just need to replace it somehow? Can I do such a thing or is a techie dude needed?
Next question: recently, when I click on start then pick the restart option, the computer just freezes: the black screen comes up and a curser (well, a little line) appears near the top left then that's it. It doesn't continue to restart so I poke that emergency shutdown button under the notebook, then power up again after a minute. I've reinstalled the OS and software twice recently but the restart option still works only one in three tries. Why is this and how can I fix it?
Or is my notebook junk and is about to die soon? LOL!
Thank you VERY much, in advance, for your response.
Cheers,
Sankenbisha.
past few months the fan seems to make awful sounds if it's been on for more than a minute or two. I know it's not the HD making the noise as the HD makes more or a creaking sound. The fan comes on once in awhile and whirrs normally, then it sounds as if it's about to die with as it makes horrible grinding wirring noices, then it stops, but comes on at a later time. Is this serious or do I just need to replace it somehow? Can I do such a thing or is a techie dude needed?
Next question: recently, when I click on start then pick the restart option, the computer just freezes: the black screen comes up and a curser (well, a little line) appears near the top left then that's it. It doesn't continue to restart so I poke that emergency shutdown button under the notebook, then power up again after a minute. I've reinstalled the OS and software twice recently but the restart option still works only one in three tries. Why is this and how can I fix it?
Or is my notebook junk and is about to die soon? LOL!
Thank you VERY much, in advance, for your response.
Cheers,
Sankenbisha.