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redpoint5 · 07-30-2014, 01:53 AM

Most noises coming from a laptop are due to the cooling fan(s).

I'd blow out the heatsink in that thing as I'm sure it's full of animal fur. If the air exiting the laptop is very warm or even hot, then that could mean the heatsink is gunked up. If the fan runs at near full speed and little to no air exits the cooling vent, that certainly means it's gunked up.

The heatsink is accessed on most laptops by removing the screws that hold the keyboard, and then removing the keyboard. A temporary solution to overheating is to blow the lint away from the heatsink with a can of compressed air.

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