Very loud ASUS fan thing.

Hello,



My computer has been louder than usual recently, and I thought it was a hard drive because it sounds like the chirping of a hard drive when it's very busy, but when I went to get the hard drive's serial number, I found that the noise was clearly coming from somewhere else. From this ASUS thing:



http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...mation/fan.jpg



I'm not sure what it is. Can I get any recommendations for how to quiet the fan a bit? I proved the noise is coming from there because sticking a soft eraser into the left fan causes the noise to stop for a bit. It's very very loud. It's mostly continuous, but it fluctuates sometimes. When it calms down for a second, it's like ahh..relief. Then starts up again. Any recommendations would be appreciated.



Thank you

thats your video card.i would just take it out, maybe clean the fans a bit..use some compressed air you can buy at compusa,staples.. ...check it out a bit make sure everything is tight when you have it off..

i'd like to avoid taking it out, but maybe only because i'm scared of the inside of the computer. i can get a can of air and blow it while it's inside, right?
thanks

See this screw :



Unscrew that, pull lightly and your card is out.

what card is it? cos pci-e usually have a little catch on the end of the slot right? you will have to make sure that the catch isnt holding to in

DONT BE SCARED..MAKE SURE YOU TURN ALL POWER OFF..MEANING UNPLUG YOUR COMPUTER 1ST.. then take out the card.

i would be scared if someone shouted DONT BE SCARED at me in capitals

haha. its early and dont want him to make a mistake

does anyone know what the card actually is? i want to look at other photos of it lol.

can anyone tell just from the look of it?

not really sure what kind it is..kinda looks like a 7900...does asus make those?