Fan Dying - Frustrated. Please Give Thoughts.Follow

Sorry for the double... first post went blank on me and disappeared off the list when I first posted it.

I had a computer built for me 3 years ago for a local computer shop. Less than a year ago, the fan started making noises. They (said) they replaced it. I have the work order from it.

Well, since then, it's off-and-on made noises when I turned the computer back on. Usually pressing on the metal grille around the fan or giving the CPU a little bang made it stop and all was well and good until I shut it off and on again. Didn't always happen then, either.

Admittedly, I leave it on almost 24/7, and only vacuum is every couple of months.

However, in the last couple days, the fan has been constantly making its buzzing "I'm dying" noises. I vacuumed it, took off the side of the CPU, vacuumed the inside of everything, and even jiggled the metal box the fan is in. Nada. Bang it, sometimes it'll stop for a while, sometimes not. This leads me to believe the fan isn't dying, but possibly loose. I had someone look at it about 6 months ago and they said they say no problem. This was a third party, who was doing some work on my other computers, not affilated with the place I got this one from.

There are three other computers in this house, and 2 of them have been on nearly as much as this one. One is about a year old, the other about 4. neither have ever needed a replaced fan. This will be my second in three years, if it is indeed the problem.

I keep my computer in a large room with a screen door open in good weather, no doors or anything, keeps air circulating, but I do have cats. They generally don't go near the CPU though. Dust does get in, like I said, and if I peek at the fan through the holes, there is that small film of grey-brown dust most computer fans get.

So, I have my work order from August 31st, 2004, and it took them until September 3rd, I believe, to get iot back to me, and the writing on the work order is illegible so I can't tell if it was actually replaced or not. I also have my original purchase forms. I called, and they said that they do warranty for 1 year, but envoirnmental causes negate it and I would have to pay.

What do you think? I think if they make me pay for it, I won't, and I'll take my computer elsewhere. No fan should be dying twice in 3 years when none of the others in the same house have ever died.

Edited, Thu Aug 4 13:03:21 2005 by AnaraWarren