Crackling from laptop fan

[HelpAppreciated]

Hi, hope you can help.

Occasionally my laptop makes a loud crackling noise from the centre, kind of like heavy rain or a fire, that sort of irregular popping and crackling. I am almost certain its the fan as it stops when the fan stops. The sound is loud enough to feel it on the top and bottom of the laptop. Obviously this is quite concerning and any suggestions of how I could fix it myself would be great. I am slightly worried my computer fan might be robo-wars style chopping up the inside of my laptop lol. 

While im not a total fool and quite comfy doing software repairs, I have no experience with hardware repairs (which I reckon this needs) and there are no hp certified repair shops near me so I am not sure if I should bring it to a local repair place or if it is worth making the journey. Any advice on this would also be appreciated. 

🙂 

[Nal_NR]

Hi @HelpAppreciated

Welcome to the HP Support Community.

I understand that you are getting cracking noises from your notebook. I'd like to help!

What is the current OS you have on your computer? Windows 10 or 11?
Kindly click this link here and select the operating system and update the Bios and see how it goes. 

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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[Nal_NR]

Hi @HelpAppreciated,

Hope I was able to fix the issue. If you need further assistance, feel free to reach out to us. 

Give us some reinforcement by clicking the Accepted Solution button, that'll help us and others see that we've got the answers and did reply to you!

[Nal_NR]

Hi @CHelpAppreciatedSS700,

I'll be closing this case for now. Hope I was able to fix the issue. If you need further assistance, feel free to reach out to us.