My computer in making a irregular noise. It's a spinning noise that increases,and decreases. If I go ((off the air)) for awhile,it will be that the computer went out on me.

I hope that it re adjusts. I hope that it settles down. It may be a fan,or disk. BF

If it is not covered by any warranty anymore-

You can look up how to clean the fan & internal parts, it isn't hard to do, but easier if you look up How to do it online- than if I try to type it out..
there are videos on youtube of how to do it too.

If you have pets or even carpet near the computer- the hair, lint & extra dust can wrap or stick to the inside parts.

If the noise is due to dust/dirt , lint it will quiet down after cleaning, and if not then it might be the hard drive making the noises. or the fan bearings going out.

Sometimes if you can listen carefully you can pinpoint what area it is coming from.
then open the case if desktop (de static yourself) and see what is in that location of the noise.

Or you can Google images on that brand/make/model to find internal images that might help you to figure out what might be the noise maker location, if you don't want to open anything up.

you are alot braver than I am!
hubby is the computer go to guy in the house here. he has changed the motor board and added memory to the computer easy stuff but I am intimidated by that stuff. I have not figured out how to get my pictures off my card and put them on to the computer! I have asked him twice and he has showed me both times how to do it...it is not sticking.
ugh!
bizi
sorry for your computer woes steve hope it is nothing serious.

bizi,
usually you can pull the card out of the camera if you have a slot on the computer that it will fit into. laptops usually have them on the sides somewhere.

or a cord with connectors computer USB on one end & connects to camera on the other end..

then it might pop up a screen on the computer automatically and then you click which ones to transfer and where they should go etc..

or you might have a program on the computer - with the camera brand name - Kodak , Canon, etc
that you open and it helps you do it..


Or look up videos on how to do it, it isn't hard once you figure it out and do it a time or two.
Unless it is a weird camera or computer set up (my disclaimer LOL)

thanks jomar,
I have a card reader that i sitck the card into it then than jumpdrive goes into my port on the computer.
real simple. it is the actual moving of the pictures from the folders to my desk top that is frustrating me. jeff just dragged them off the page to my desk top.
I just need to work with it some more, maybe I will do that tomorrow.
bizi

Jeff sounds like he's handy to have around. I think that one of the two fans in the back of my computer is either affected by dust,or it's possibly going bad.

I worked on the dust inside the computer again,but the lower fan is still fluttering.

Thanks for all of the help,and recommendations. It's much appreciated. Thank you Jo*mar. BF