Toshiba Satellite u300 makes grinding noise when starting

Mine is Toshiba Satellite u300-11v. I have it for the past 2 years. I never carried it anywhere. It is making huge grinding noise when starting it for the first time, now a days it is making noise even when starting it from hibernation. I don’t know exactly weather fan or hard drive makes noise. [...]

HP laptop and keeps crashing for no apparent reason

I have HP laptop and it keeps crashing for no apparent reason. The fan always get going loud and fast then it crashes just siting on a desk. I figure it has to do with over heating but it doesn’t seem to be hot on the bottom. it will not restart without letting it sit [...]

Replacing cooling fan on a Toshiba Tecra S2

I saw your website on how to pull apart my Toshiba Tecra S2 it was perfect as I knew what to expect as I was pulling it apart… The reason I pulled it apart was because my fan would not stop running and the laptop was running extremely hot… I could only hold my hand [...]

Fan on my HP laptop making noise. Can I change the fan myself?

I have an HP dv8000 and I am having a lot of problems with the fan making noise and the laptop shutting down while playing games. I know its a bad bearing in the fan and I don’t want to send it in to HP or even have them come to me. Is there a [...]

The fan on my Dell Inspiron 9200 was making a lot of noise. Here’s how I fixed this problem.

I have a dell inspiron 9200 and about a month ago, when I turned my PC on, the fan (not hard drive) started making this huge noise and the whole computer slowed down. After taking the whole thing apart (I was so proud cos I’d never done that before…I did desktops but never my precious [...]

My laptop started making a loud grinding noise

My laptop makes a loud grinding noise, it’s HP Compaq nx5000. This laptop is about three years old. It’s been in for repairs multiple times, for everything from a dead LCD backlight to a destroyed keyboard (which, by the way, was my father’s fault; HE’S the one that sprayed it down with water). In fact, [...]

I have a Toshiba Satellite A60 laptop and the fan is pretty much dead

I have a Toshiba Satellite A60 laptop and the fan is pretty much dead. The computer shuts off after 15 minutes of use. Can you tell me the model number for this fan and is there a guide to replacing it? First of all, make sure that the laptop shuts down because of a dead [...]

Toshiba Satellite A15 has a loud fan. Can I tighten the fan?

I own a Toshiba A15 Satellite laptop, and I have owned it for about two years. For the past couple of months every time the laptop is on the fan becomes annoyingly loud like it is loose or something, I was curious on how do I tighten the fan; I use this computer everyday, and [...]