Computer external fan buzzing...

~Maximum-Ride14 Nov 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

So Theres my computer and the fan it has. Then there is the fan that sits underneath my computer to cool it down. But when I plug it in each time I use it, it hums very loudly. It has some dust but then I cleaned it off and still hums.. Its been like this for a while. Is it just old or something wrong?

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*pyrohmstr Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

It's one of two things:

Either the laptop is heavy enough to push the plastic into the fan, causing the fan to buzz as it hits the plastic repeatedly.

Or the bearings on the fan have gone bad. They do that after time

Either way, your best bet is to buy a new laptop cooler.

~Maximum-Ride14 Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Maybe...
Darn.

Drat.

~hastsmak Nov 26, 2012 General Artist

My mothers does that even though she doesnt have it on a flat surface

~Maximum-Ride14 Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

so maybe I try to put it on a flater surface.

~PR-Imagery Nov 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

So a cooling pad?
How old is it?

~Maximum-Ride14 Nov 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

yeah a cooling pad.
A few years. Its a Belkin laptop cooling stand.

~PR-Imagery Nov 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Probably just time for a new one.

~Maximum-Ride14 Nov 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Ohh..

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