Cooling Fan Rubbing Sound

[zenvo2015]

I have this problem with my 2 year old lapop that everytime the cooling fan is spinning, there is an unusual sound that seems to come underneath the left side of the keyboard and sounds like a static sound, its hard to describe but it sounds as if there is a thin piece of metal rubbing  against the spinning fan and is quite annoying. If I hold the laptop at an angle it goes away but if i keep it flat on a table it comes back.

The fan itself seems to be fine, my laptop doesn't overheat and I can feel the air coming out of the side. I tried to blow the vents with a compressed air can but it doesn't seem to fix the problem.

The problem is that this laptop is very hard to open with a risk of damaging something, i have to pry the whole top half just to access the fan which I think is too risky.

What is this sound and how can I get rid of it??

[visruth · Accepted solution]

Hi,


Do a hard reset:
https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c01684768

Seems like hardware (fan) issue.

You may have to try replacing the cooling fan:
Part No: 732068-001
Description: FAN

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-for-HP-Pavilion-736278-001-732068-001-736218-001-cpu-cooling-fan-4-wires...

Get help from certified technician.

Manual: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04763947


Regards

Visruth

[zenvo2015]

Thank you very much this was just the thing I was looking for

[visruth]

You're very welcome 🙂