unhealthy spluttering noise at startup

[John Kinkade]

Recently when I turn my PC on, I've been get an unhealthy wheezing and
spluttering noise as if ithe PC is struggling to get started, a little
bit like the noise a car sometimes makes when you try to start it on a
cold day. After a minute or so it settles down and it doesn't seem to
affect how the PC boots up.

Is this something I should be worried about ?

I built the PC myself, just over a year ago. All I've done so far to
try to sort the problem out is open up the case and fiddle around with
the wires.

 

[Rod Speed]

Recently when I turn my PC on, I've been get an unhealthy wheezing
and spluttering noise as if ithe PC is struggling to get started,

That is just the lung cancer you gave it by smoking when using it.

a little bit like the noise a car sometimes makes when you
try to start it on a cold day. After a minute or so it settles
down and it doesn't seem to affect how the PC boots up.

Is this something I should be worried about ?

Hard to be sure since its hard to say from your description what is making that noise.

I guess you could describe a failing fan bearing like that.

Try sticking something insulating in the power supply fan to stop it
from spinning and see if that stops the noise. Dont stop if for long,
just enough to see whether its that particular fan making that noise.

Do the same with any other case fans if there are any others.

Dont try it with the cpu fan.

I built the PC myself, just over a year ago. All I've
done so far to try to sort the problem out is open
up the case and fiddle around with the wires.

Its likely a fan bearing problem because it wouldnt go
away so reliably if it was the hard drive recalibrating.

 

[DaveW]

It sounds like either a cooling fan or a harddrive having difficulty
spinning up to speed.

 

[Noozer]

Recently when I turn my PC on, I've been get an unhealthy wheezing and
spluttering noise as if ithe PC is struggling to get started, a little
bit like the noise a car sometimes makes when you try to start it on a
cold day. After a minute or so it settles down and it doesn't seem to
affect how the PC boots up.

Probably bearings in a fan wearing out. Next time you go to turn it on, take
the side cover off and see if you can determine which fan it is.

 

[VanShania]

I think its just kony choking on his own words

 

[VanShania]

I think its just kony choking on his own words

 

[VanShania]

I think its just kony choking on his own words

 

[kony]

I think its just kony choking on his own words

I'm sorry to see you are so upset. Did it occur to you that
acting childish isn't going to do anything but waste your
time?

 

[VanShania]

Okay Rod. I'm the one upset. What ever you say man

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[Rod Speed]

Okay Rod. I'm the one upset. What ever you say man

So stupid it cant even manage the basics on headers, or anything else at all, either.

 

[VanShania]

now now kony, lets not start using harsh language on this site filled with
gentle people who love to post comments

--
Love and Teach, Not Yell and Beat
Stop Violence and Child Abuse.
No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.
It is violent/abusive/neglectful parents that churn out the serial
killers/murderers/child molesters etc.

A64 3500+, Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939,AIW 9800 Pro 128mb
MSI 550 Pro, X-Fi, Pioneer 110D, 111D
Antec 550 watt,Thermaltake Lanfire,2 Gb OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5
2XSATA 320gb Raid Edition, PATA 120Gb
XP MCE2005, 19in Viewsonic,BenchMark 2001 SE- 19074
Games I'm Playing- NFS: Most Wanted, Civ 4