Just had to take apart my ROG

Tim_G

The left fan was making a weird noise... kind of like the sound a tiny speaker makes when you get your cell phone too close. Perhaps the bearings or something going? I don't know.

I took the back cover off. The fans were not really dusty at all (surprisingly). I still blew them out with short bursts of breath, carful not to get any moisture in there.

Turned on the computer with the back cover still off, fan still made the noise. Blew some more when the fan was off, it spun the other direction, fan came back on and the noise stopped.

It's been good now for about 10 minutes, hopefully the issue doesn't come back. This ASUS has been great for me so far... thin, light, powerful, stable for the most part.

dafyre

I dread having to take apart my Acer to get at the fans... I literally have to fully disassemble the laptop to get to the fan.

Tim_G

@dafyre said in Just had to take apart my ROG:

I dread having to take apart my Acer to get at the fans... I literally have to fully disassemble the laptop to get to the fan.

Yeah I don't like those lol.

The serviceability of the Asus ROG seems pretty good. If I had to end up replacing the fan, I don't think it would be any worse than a Dell Latitude or similar.

scottalanmiller

It's only like two months old, right?

Dashrender

Is it a bad bearing?

Tim_G

@scottalanmiller said in Just had to take apart my ROG:

It's only like two months old, right?

No, I ordered it from Amazon and got it in August 2016. It's just under a year old. It's been okay since this morning. But I think Asus only gave a year warranty (at least, maybe it's more).