Hey Michael,

Its Olivia again My laptop makes a noise sometimes from the bottom of the keyboard...kind of a grinding noise that goes from slow to fast and so on. Do you think it could be my fan? It has happened about 3 times within the last week.

Just want to know what you think. Thanks a bunch!

Olivia

The noise is either your CD/DVD drive or the system Processor fan. Make sure there isn't a CD in your drive and see if you still hear the sound. Also, look under your laptop or on the back for where the slots are open for the fan to blow out the heat from your processor. This is the fan exhaust and you CPU fan is near to it. See if the sound is coming from that area. If it is, then it may be your fan going out. From the way you described it though, I think it's your CD/DVD drive. If you think the sound is coming from the drive and there is no CD in the drive, get your self a can of air and with the computer turned off and the drive opened, spray air around the drive area. Then get a CD/DVD cleaner which is just a CD with a small brush on the bottom, and play it on your CD/DVD drive. They sells these at the PX/BX for just a few bucks. Let me know if this helps or if you identified where the sound is coming from. If need be, you can bring me the computer again and I can take a look.