Noisy Laptop Fan (Acer Swift SF314) - LFC
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video we're looking at an Acer Swift with a busted cooling fan, but when dealing with a 'noisy fan' is very important to identify if the fan is busted, or just loud. I had another job after recording this video where the customer requested a replacement fan in their laptop, but when I inspected it, there was nothing wrong with the fan, the laptop was just running hot. Don't get caught out!
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When your laptop sounds like a dirtbike XD
laptop nah DIRT TOP
2077: laptopcycle
mine does though
Mine does but only when I stick my ears and try to hear it, but my fans seem to be working just fine
Mine sounds like a dirtbike too 💀
Me: watching this video
My laptop: don't even think about it
we usually replace the paste for good measure even on Atom and Celeron CPU's, but straight forward video on an easy repair.
I just slap mine a bit till the fan starts spinning normally again. Easy fix
True
@ApoelGraffiti95 mhm
Same. Ever since i cleaned out my laptop's guts the gpu fan aint spinning right without a good thwomp.
Same that’s how I “fixed” mine
I'm going to end up punching a hole through mine i swear to god
My Dell laptop started having the same problem this morning out of the blue. As I have some experience I started looking around, but didn't find anything concrete. Your video with the brilliant demonstration of a "motorbike laptop" was exactly what I was looking for
Ye same mine randomly started this morning but the fan for my laptop is quite expensive
damm ditto same problem here.@@soggynuggetofficial4417
im watching this AND typing this while my fan is dying lol
remember to detach the battery's cable next time, even if the laptop is turned off, a small screw could cause a huge problem and can even break the whole motherboard if it falls somewhere there
I've always operated on my laptop with it turned on to trouble shoot and see live results
I am extremely grateful for this video. I want to express my profound gratitude to you, sir. I hate when I send my laptop to a repair shop and they did a shit job on repairing my laptop. I want to learn this kind of thing by myself. I do not want to get ripped off as well. Thank you, good sir. Keep on posting your videos!!!
yes, but not everyone has the right knowledge to repair computer stuff by it self. Not every computer is the same, and you can destroy quite a lot when dissambling a laptop
give examples of "shit job" they did?
what are the kinds of stuff repair shops are doing out there?
@@FeelingShred This is the most common thing, they disassemble my laptop to clean my fans and upgrade my RAM. When I received my laptop back, it had overheating issues and I heard sounds in the laptop. I opened it and found they taped where it was supposed to have screws and my fans were not cleaned as they claimed. So yeah. This is one of the examples of a shit job that happened to me a lot actually.
@@sombradeoro3005 fucking hell... publicly shame them in order to make them lose customers... they can't sue you without revealing they were wrong in the first place... scammers like that can only survive if people like you stay silent
@@sombradeoro3005 yea ,that happened to my phone too
Thanks for the tip about the wobbling fan! Didn't know that's a tell tale sign that a fan is broken
Another simple one today folks, I've got bigger stuff in the works, it's just not quite ready! However, I'm also making time for these 'basics' videos because a lot of people ask me where to start with repairs - and this is it. This kind of work is what I call 'fundamentals', just simple parts replacement jobs. Identify damaged part, locate replacement, order, replace, done. Be it a fan, a hard drive, or an LCD panel, these kinds of jobs pay most of the bills.
That fan really is noisy
Why not replace the electrical tape? Seems like it could have a measurable effect on thermals (though probably not too high), especially when the heatsink inevitably gets full of dust again, as the air might prefer to escape through the slit and out the bottom vents.
Thinking about it, it could make for an interesting video to see how much of a difference forcing the air from a fan through the heatsink could make. It could potentially be useful for taming hot running laptops
Yea it won't make any significant difference. A little bit of air will go over the top f the heatpipe instead of under it - it's still hitting the heatpipe. Macbooks don't bother directing airflow at all, as long as it's all going past the heatpipe that's what matters. You'd probably see a bigger difference on a laptop with a bigger fin stack on it, mind you, but not this dinky thing.
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5:05 RIP heatpipe
I got it
It's fine. A little crease won't kill it, a proper bend and kink will. Wasn't ideal though I'll admit - the tape was a little stronger than expected.
@@Adamant_IT A little crease won't kill it, you are correct, but it will hinder the heat exchange between the evaporator and the condenser.
Nice spot hahah
I actually missed that... I always use a small pipette with alcohol or petrol to remove the tape (a q-tip would also do). Score the tape with a blade, a couple of drops of petrol, let it work, comes right off - no force no kinked pipe.
My laptop turned into a privat jet.
My fan sounds completely fine, but every once in a while if I pick up my laptop, change position etc the fan can all of the sudden start to screech pretty loudly and it does so continuously for 10-15 seconds, then it goes back to normal. This can even happen if the laptop is stationary. I've noticed that giving the backside a "light" bang when it happens fixes it almost immediately. I don't know what the problem could be. I got an HP EliteBook 820.
I don't know much about all this stuff so here's my 2 cents. You might have a wobbly fan as described by the dude but it might not be dirty enough to be choked everytime. So it's better to take it for a quick check to an expert/professional.
this is happening to all brands these days... it's really disappointing having to give money for such shitty products... it's not like we can choose, me for example I had to upgrade for work
I do the same😂 but it sucks now
This happens yo my Lenovo Legion 5i too. I’m checking this to a service centre now, will update soon
@@masaosimanjuntak In my case it was fixed moving from Linux back to Windows 10. Linux was messing with my laptop fans (happened with the older laptop too) Fuck linux, broken mess dogshit
Also, briefly place piece of paper over the intake grill and see if it sticks 👍
That was easy one.
In some laptops you need to take entire thing completly apart to access the fan...
* Cries in Dell Inspiron *
So true, lol I used to have the Dell Inspiron, don’t get me wrong though it was an awesome laptop, but now I have a much more cooler Acer Predator
I replace my broken fan on my dell inspiron and it works well
my older 2009 "gaming" laptop (that first generation of laptops with GPUs was so badass...) had a super convenient lid over the fan, you could access the entire thing from there and even disassemble it without having to take off the cover off the laptop... and another thing: I don't recall ever seeing any hint of "double sided tape" anywhere there... we reached new levels of low these days
@@FeelingShred my father's insprion 1545 also has the panels over the fan, HDD, the whole cooling system and ram and it's very convenient when he needs to clean it.
that's replacement not a fix.. I have old laptop with no spare parts available, this "fix" doesn't help.
when you listen to the video, and you can't tell which laptop is making the noise
I relate
i have a lenovo y540 and only with this video i could figure out what it was. perfectly explained. my next step is to buy the new fan, thanks for your vid
my Lenovo Ideapad is having fan noises exactly after 1 year of use, right after warranty expires... pieces of shit
That noise was hilarious sounded like a whoopy cushion :)
that MBA is very rebellious, most macs don't ever see fan speeds half that high, but this one wanted to live
you didn't tape the fan back to the heatsink?
Who cares apple is all bullshit anyway and it is screwed in not going anywhere.
@@jackburton8352 aha an apple critic?
@@jackburton8352 That is not an Apple, it is an Acer, and taping the fan is quite important for air-flow
@@martinmalone6324 Yes i am they are overpriced and unreliable.
@@rigsbyrigged1831 The tape is bollocks and you know it if it was so important why was it not supplied with the replacement.
Reminded me of the old MFM and RLL Hard drives when, they where on the last legs & the odd Quantum IDE would make a similar sound. 👍
The cheapest fan for my MSI GS65 was about 40 USD - and that was already from china. In the end the new fan broke after 1 week. This is a real pain!
this is a serious problem with these new crappy laptops that are being built out there... ALL the brands are basically using the same manufacturing process (did you notice all of them even use the same body shape and everything?? it's insane...) In these new laptops, a fan dying out can probably mean you're unable to keep using it. When I had an older laptop that worked just fine without fan for 4 entire years. I'm afraid that's not possible anymore with this new generation of CPUs
and to be honest I don't want to find out the worse way
I Love your videos, the desktop PC ones are my favorite though. I just wanted to note, that you missed a 3 in the title.
Keep up the great work!
"There's the cheap ones from China that's more like it!" LOOOOOOOOOOL
LOL, I'd keep it for the entertainment value ....brilliant sounds! :D
it's not just the sounds btw it causes ur laptop to over heat and give less fps :(
the bent heatsink can cause a few temperature differences. wont kill it but thought id point that out. i personally did the same mistake on my lenovo ideapad z370 (rare laptop) while i was upgrading the processor. bought a new heatsink and fan from china and temps are better. no more throttling
Wow... Never heard something like that. It must be Acer Ferrari series.
5:09 most of the heat pipe’s heat transferring properties are gone because it’s bend
Rip
What do u recommend
@@albaraanajib5849 not bending the heat pipe and if the temps are higher than before changing the heat pipe
@@lordquenzo5636 thank u
my god... even that is a thing these days... we are fucked being forced to give money to these crappy things, it's not like I could wait, I needed to upgrade for work... well, "upgrade" in theory... it's not even that much better performance that I'm getting compared to a core2duo CPU... this is insane to me
Got the same laptop for a nice price (350 something USD), but it was the Ryzen one.
Been searching across TH-cam on how to increase its lifespan considering how cheap it is and I just saw this on my recommended. Thanks for the vid dude.
My 2 year old hp pavilion gaming laptop suddenly started making 'Brrrrrr' noises occasionally while playing games.
I thought it was because of the dust buildup because I've personally never cleaned them.
So I opened it up and cleaned the fans. And now the noise is even worse!
Solution?
Nice big bend you've put in that heat pipe XD
RIP
@@natelav534 Maybe you shouldn't be opening laptops, my friend.
@@natelav534 incorrect laptops are made very durable in my opinion
i came here for a solution but as soon as i put in my headphone jack the noise stopped
My fan was wobbling around. I took it apart, squeezed it together and gave it some hits. Put my laptop back together and it works again like a charm. Is this what’s called ‘hardware-repair’?
the laptop fan sound is amazing🤣🤣🤣
Bought my laptop January of 2020 I use it 24/7. I took it apart clean the dust out and the fans not wobbling. Although it doesn't spin as freely as that brand new one you got. I assume I just need to lubricate the fan. But man this laptop basically lasted a year before I saw any problems with it. I wish they made these fans last longer for the price you pay for the laptops. I would recommend anyone watching this to save up for a pc. Laptops cannot be run as long as desktop computers without constant maintenance.
this is happening to all brands these days... it's really disappointing having to give money for such shitty products... it's not like we can choose, me for example I had to upgrade for work
my lenovo ideapad too, exactly after 1 year of usage the fan started making noise, right on time for the warranty to be expired... pieces of shit bastards, criminals... I fucking hate them
and just to put in perspective, my 2009 laptop that lasted until 2020 lasted 6 years until the fan started to have problems, eventually dying out... and it was another 4 years of use after that without any fan at all, temps never above 70 C for watching videos.... we are really in a bad position these days, it all went downhill
Thanks for setting up the Discord! found out your new video was up!
Proud to say that you finished this job on my birthday last year 🤣
Why couldn't this video exist 3 years sooner when my pc experience the exact fan problem >:(
*Angerly hit the like button because its actually helpful but not at the correct time*
oh whats happend 😅
you bend the heatpipe by mistake and forgot the tape 🙈✌🏻
holy fucking shit this is exactly what I’m suffering with but not the random motorbike noises but also somewhat the same, I can’t believe this
The MacBook air when you have fault sensor or not connected it pumps the fan. Also could be the current sensor resistors that goes bad
Was going to comment something similar :) I suppose if they could get it to boot it would be worth checking if everything runs slow as hell, if it does it's almost certainly a sensor issue
You mean faulty
04:19 _It's dead Jim_ 😁
that dust build up is what sent the poor fan into working "overtime", and this is how it ends, $15 isnt that bad though to get a laptop working.
double-sided tape being used over a heat-sink... I didn't expect the bad being THAT BAD these days... holy fuck... I'm going to have bouts of anxiety over this from now on... giving money for these crappy things, I feel so cheated and fooled out
@@FeelingShred it's actually normal and dosent do shit to your performance (it's just cheaper for producers and so they can also sell it for a lower price)
one of my old HP laptops had a noisy fan, but rather than anything serious, the fan grills were so large that debree got into it and paper got in and made an annoying racket.
computer was really slow because of the bad HDD so i replaced it.
computer was almost brand new.
Get your grammar correct
It's spelt debris
tape the fan back to the heatsin
It makes basically zero difference, the fin stacks on heatsinks like these are so small that having a little air hit the back of the heatpipe is probably going to be just as effective anyway. Certainly no harm in it though.
@@Adamant_IT I'm sure you're more than correct for this laptop specifically but my Asus laptop had quite the gap between the stock fan and heatsink. So much so that the recommended fix was aluminium tape to help the airflow go through and not disperse. Made a 2-3°C difference, very noticeable when you're barely under thermal throttle on some of these smaller form factor laptops.
So for anyone else reading this, it's not a 1 size fits all solution to skip the tape.
Cheers.
I'm no expert but surely the tape help with airflow?
Yea, bigger laptops are a different case, I'll agree with you on that point. The vast majority of repair jobs I see are typically low-voltage CPUs where these kinds of optimisations make zero difference - so some discretion required then!
Good stuff tape not necessary but you should have changed the thermal paste and i tell you why thermal paste has a shelf life.The fact that the fan had issues most likely The CPU/GPU or APU would have kept the paste at an above rated temperature and you would most likely find the paste crumbly therefore not transfer heat efficiency as it should anyway great video mate from Perth WA
Bro my laptop sounds like it's screeching
looks like very similar fan thats in my razer blade 15, ive had it for probably about 3 years now great laptop but charger wears out and they aint cheap and my fan did exactly what this one did it would start vibrating when fan speed would ramp up and would stop and re start several times and be fine, i replaced them already but still waiting on new battery to come because mine was super swollen cant believe it didnt burn my house down
thanks so much for the guide! planning to change my laptop fan its been buzzing nonstop.
First time I opened any laptop was my only laptop ever and it was for fan noise. I opened and put mineral oil in fan to stop the noise created by dying out of its own oil. Which also was causing overheating obviously. I used that Dell vostro 500 over 5 years and most of its life it was always on. And it is still can work but I dont use it anymore.
I opened the lid of the laptop and cleaned it of dust, but another minute and the sound of the mixer came back
Hi there, new subscriber here. I found you via Carey Holzman. He mentioned you in a recent video. (It might have been yesterday's video, actually). Looking forward to watching your previous videos.
Everybody in the comments is like "BENT HEAT PIPE" and "YOU FORGOT THE TAPE"
Meanwhile I'm here like the chip is configured at 15w, maybe 25w and both of these things really wouldn't be an issue. Once the pipe isn't broken and the fan spins, I assume it'll be fine
Basically this. There's a time and a place when a bent heatpipe and some tape might matter. A typical internet-browser laptop isn't it. Gaming and workstation laptops that are gasping for air all the time, yes this would be far more relevant, but for most cheap laptops that the majority of people own - massively overthinking it.
@@Adamant_IT Not sure if I am also overthinking it, but seeing as this computer has an i5-8250U, the customer has minecraft installed, as well as other gaming applications and on top of that coretemp, I myself would at least have run a stress test to check temps after a fan change.
Well I have the exact laptop, this thing will run hot, even only with 15W. Replacing paste dropped temps ~20c.
@@Tsiikki that seems like a huge gap for just replacing thermal paste. Are you sure it was making proper contact with the copper pipe before?
Any tips for stripped screw on laptop fan? I cant remove mine. I wanna replace my laptop but screw stuck.
My advise for you would be, in future disassemble the whole cooling unit and not just remove the fan.(I did recheck and you have caused damage to a customers cooling assembly) Cleaning and applying fresh thermal paste would have been nice to see and also reapplying some tape (Alu' tape is max £5 a roll of 20m approx') between the fan and heat fin stack.
You mean the aluminium tape? Would it cause any problem with the motherboard because it transmitts the electricty?
Can you specify what damage he did? Because it seems I'm gonna have to do the same with my laptop and it's just replacing the fan and I don't want to damage anything in the process
@@hasantaskn5231 Yes Hasan. 😀
@@nazibkhan775 Hi Nazib, at 4 minutes 35 seconds, he unscrews just the fan and this results in bending the heat pipe upwards when he removes the fan. You should remove the whole cooling assembly and then remove the tape from the fan/heatsink assembly. When every you do work to any area of cooling, you should always clean and place fresh thermal compound to CPU or GPU.
You mean advice
This was the most helpful video ever. Thank you so much!!!
Well guess it's time to clean the fan, thanks man
Holy shit im so glad laptop fans are cheap, mine is having a similar issue with obnoxious rattling noise
I've got a HP Split X2 with a noisy fan. I'll be ordering from Ali Express as it's not available on eBay and Amazon is out of stock. Fingers crossed.
new video! great,where is my popcorn ??? great job ,respect!
you should have re-taped that fan... You fixed it, but reduced performance by not re-taping.
thank you for this great video, ive been trying to determine if my fans been to be replaced or just cleaned since i apparantly can't pay someone to do the job honestly, oh well, i guess it wouldn't hurt to just do it myself , probably cheaper anyways
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I had a similar issue with the fan in my old thinkpad. I was about to purchase a new fan. However, a dip of hot glue holding the center of the fan in place did. the job. It actually looked like it was glued in in the factory as well. so far no more issues with it
That vibration is what my fan does... but sometimes when i turn it off, unplug everything and turn it on on my lap it works fine.. also when the fan wors at slower speeds it does that too
Do we loss the data while changing the fan
Well then I decided to just smack the bottom of my laptop where my fans were and it surprisingly fixed itself, found this very hilarious
Same but it makes sound again
My laptop fan is just making whirring sound should I get it replaced or what should I do will that damage my lap if I don't get it repaired ?
My old Acer completely died recently :-(
My laptop is making a buzzing sound how do do I fix it
Thanks so much my screws were tiny so I had to get a glasses fixing kit for a small screwdriver
Exactly what i needed, very good explanation, thanks a lot!
thank you, way easier than other videos
I love your explanation
My fan makes sound only when I use graphic intensive applications. Will there be damage in the GPU?? Can I use my laptop ignoring the sound??
It's always acer laptop innit?
so when it sound like dirtbike its just running on high speed?
If a fan is so dusty that it fails, there's no doubt that the machine has been running hot for an extended period of time and this often cooks the CPU thermal paste. I will thoroughly blow out the machine and will change the thermal paste EVERY TIME in this situation. No exceptions.
Nigga I thought this shit was like a bike or sumn, da fook is that bro. I would run foh my life if I heard that on my computer 😂😂
Those Acer notebooks are cra... I've bought a new Swift 5 and I'm not using that thing because of the loud fan
New fan. It's optimal. Imagine what the client would say if a few days later they hear that noise again? Greetings.
Thank you so much! That's the computer I'm using and it's making a noise that's driving me nuts, not as bad as that one was before you fixed it, thankfully. I do have 2 cats, so maybe there's some cat hair in there and needs a clean, thank you for showing me how to pull my computer apart (the last one was more complicated and didn't come apart easily) and I already have the screw driver bit that I need.
Ahhh... Got the screws out... Still can't get the damn cover off. FUCK! You didn't show that bit.
Hey , he is like 8 hours ahead of me ! Hello to the future !
😭 the noise is so scary
Thank You very much,
My laptop has the same issue which also causes it to overheat alot and now I know what the issue is :)
Is it safe to use if the fan makes the same noise as the 1st one
Thats exactly what my Dell Aleinware laptop is doing on the right side fan.
Damn, my laptop was buzzing 3 4 months ago, Can't even take it to the computer shop because its closed thanks to corona.
im sure the fan must be jumping up and down inside, exactly like the laptop in the video.
Fan change, thermal paste change, this 2 core laptop loves to take my case.
While editing, my ancient(relatively speaking) i5-2500k stock fan does get a bit loud. Weird thing is, I LIKE IT! It sort of adds to the atmosphere, you know. Am I the only one here?
i5-2400 here. Runs butter/smooth
the problem is that a fan running constantly on max speed will eventually die sooner than intended, it reduces lifespan, it starts to "dry out", after all it's mechanical parts and with touch they generate heat and dry up over time... my core2duo laptop lasted some 6 years until the fan died, and another 4 extra years after that with no fan at all... it was a sad day when I shut it down for the last time and put in a box
that thing was a beast
Thanks for this video Mate !
I just ordered a fan for my wife's laptop
Finger crossed hoping it will work ;)
Cheers from France !
So how'd the surgery go?
@@tganims9804 perfect 👌
No more noises nor squeakings, the laptop runs smoothly with no overheat
And on top of that I added a ssd : now the 2009 laptop is going for a second life 👍🤘
@@promethee89 Huge W! Great to hear its doing great one year later
@@tganims9804 thanks for the courage you give us to do such stuffs 🙏
EVERYTHING. I needed
How much for u to fix my fan
Dude my laptop makes a worse noise, man I dont know if it's my fan or a car alarm inside, please help me, I've cleaned the fan and verything but still get this annoying sound that only fix sometimes when I slap the back of the laptop, right where the fan is but still will be SO DAMN LOUD EVERYTIME I'm crying
MacBook system not saying there is a problem, it's saying that it's getting hot and cooling needs to run at full rpm.
Reminds me of a dying PS3. When those fans ramp up cats run away without their fur.
My laptop fan makes a noise like a wire was touching the fan blades. I had to actually stick a wire there for a moment to make it pause for a moment and then resume normal speed. It happens if the laptop gets heated or if there is anyone accidentally hits the table or the laptop.
knackered is such a british thing to say about electronics.
Mine had a little loose plastic inside grinding against the fan lol
im tired, i had reached to a point where I am confienced these fans were made to make noises even after cleaning
*Rabble, Rabble, Rabble....* Sorry I was being a bit of a noisy fan for a moment there. :p