The fan in my sister's laptop is making a weird noise?

dbryan94

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For the past couple of days, the fan in my sister's Asus X501A laptop (same as my one) has been making weird noises. It's only occasional, but she thinks something is up.

She's had this laptop for just over a month, but she thinks something suspicious is happening. She said that her fan is making a moderately loud 'clicking' noise. She also described it as "something going inside of the fan" when there's nothing there. I checked it for dust and no dust was there.

What could be causing this?
 

bharathbigb

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It maybe not the Fan but it may be the HDD.I am assuming as you said you hear Clicking noises.Observe the Hard disk and see for any unusual Sound.If you are hearing the Click from there,Replace it with a Good SSD like SSD 850 EVO or a Used 830 IMMEDIATLY or you will lose all the data.The click is known as the 'Click of the Death' on HDDs.

BUT...

If you are NOT hearing the click from there,Check your Fan,Sockets,Pins,Connections and Wires.Replace a faulty hardware.

Thanks