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Hey guys wanted to give me quick opinion of my laptop sound is this normal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8U [...] AAAAAAAAAA

Iv been long time pc user but switch to laptop and not very into this thing yet so to ask ya.Some say its perfectly normal,but i dnt recall hearing this when bougth the laptop week ago.Its acer aspire 5750g i3 2.10ghz 4gb ram 500HDD

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Sounds like your fan. May be its not set right or is loose or bearings are shot. Try and take a look at your fan, it should be accessible, see if you can see anything not right. If not, go back to Acer and see if they can help.

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i have to open the whole laptop so to look at it.

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Hello atSizzlers;

It's certainly seems to be coming from that upper left quadrant where the cooling fan is probably located.

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The sound puts me in mind of a fan blade rubbing up against a foreign item (a piece of cardboard or other debris?). Or maybe something internal in the laptop near the path of the spinning fan blade - a wire drifting over near the fan?

A bright light and a visual inspect of the exhaust port before diving into the internals?
http://www.notebookcheck.net/uploads/pics/ansicht3_36.jpg

Acer Aspire 5750G Notebook review (not an identical model)

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Strangly i hit it a lill bit on the fan and noise aint so constant as it used.I suppose somethink is inside rubbing on the fan.So im gonna open it and check it

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*makes a note of that troubleshooting tip* "Whack the laptop"

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hahah :D now sound is less noticable when not playing game or watching video.Lol myself was afraid to open the laptop since its all electronics in there.So i blow up nicee air on it and seems it is part gone.

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I'd get to studying up on how to get at the fan if I were you.
In the long term, I'd worry if it's some internal wire rubbing on the fan.

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Yea but if it was a wire wouldnt be non stop rubbing atm i hardly hear it.Btw i would study but older acers got it easier while on mine i must remove the whole back to check the fan

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Any rubbing on a wire is not a good thing.
'hardly hear it' isn't the same thing as 'not rubbing'.

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I cant find anywhere on how to disamble 5750 series mate,not videos anywhere

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Still under warranty?

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I'd give Acer a chance to help you out. Nudge them a bit.
See if you can get the service manual or fan access instructions from them.

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Nah im not americano mate so this acer is far from me,the company i bougth from ima go tommorow and ask em to open it for me and check it.Stil thx for replying

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No problem. Most tech's who work on laptops on a regular basis can handle that type of job.

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