After install, louder fans and strange hum
I recently replaced the Hard Drive in my iMac desktop and have noticed increased noise that comes and goes from time to time. It swells in volume and then slowly decreases and goes away completely, but it gets loud enough for me to worry. I'm hopping it is something that simply needs to settle. Any ideas? Maybe a fan is not balanced or needs oil? I did attempt to vacuum the two fans that were visibly very dusty, but I didn't get too rough with them. When trying to pinpoint the noise, it seems to come from the left hand side of the screen when facing the display side.
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Quick update: The computer is running great again and noise seems to have gone away. I hope it does not mean a dead or frozen fan. I've notice that after leaving the computer idle for a few hours, the majority of the heat coming out of the rear top vent is from the left while the right is considerably cooler with hardly any air escaping (DVD drive side). This could be normal though as I have never really check this computer for proper ventilation prior to this. Any thoughts would still be appreciated, thanks!
by Tyler Timpe