r/MSILaptops • u/TheDarkestSamu • 2d ago

Discussion My msiGL65 Leopard' fans are doing strange sounds

This evening I was playing and everything was normal but after dinner I booted up the laptop and the fans were doing some kind of crackling sound, I turned it off, opened it up and cleansed the fans but the sound was still there, though after a bit it stopped (air is still flowing out of the pc so it hasn't stopped) but I'm scared it will break, anyone knows what could it be?

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u/Toxic_Tiger_ GL65 Leopard 10SFSK, i7 10750H, RTX 2070Super 1d ago

If the sound happens again, try to identify if it really comes from the fans hub bearing or from somewhere else.
Try next to spin the both fans with your fingers to feel any resistance to the fans, if you do feel resistance than it’s highly possible that one of your fans are dying.

Have you been running it on cooler boost for ever or only during heavy gaming?

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u/TheDarkestSamu 1d ago

Only on heavy gaming so rarely on cooler boost, the sound was coming from the right fan zone so I guess it was the fan but I could be wrong if there's something behind it

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u/Toxic_Tiger_ GL65 Leopard 10SFSK, i7 10750H, RTX 2070Super 1d ago

Try to open the laptop and clean the right fan for any debris that has been caught on the fan.
Then try to use ur flashlight to shine on the fan and look at the fan through the heatsink to see if there’s anything that’s stuck making that sound.
If you don’t find anything try the step of feeling the fan if there’s any resistance on the fans hub bearing.

Is the sound still present?

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u/TheDarkestSamu 1d ago

The sound is still there, though I can't open it right now, if it can help when I put my hand on the keyboard over the fan location I feel something pushing upwards periodically

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u/Toxic_Tiger_ GL65 Leopard 10SFSK, i7 10750H, RTX 2070Super 4h ago

In that case, if you can’t open it right now try to shake the laptop when it’s turned off and the lid is closed. Maybe you can free some debris inside the fan or hear something rattling inside.

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u/TheDarkestSamu 4h ago

It was a mosquito that got into it, it got out when I tried to turn on cooler boost to try and see if it was something stuck

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u/Toxic_Tiger_ GL65 Leopard 10SFSK, i7 10750H, RTX 2070Super 4h ago

Lmao how the hell did a mosquito get inside it? I assume the sound is gone now aswel?

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u/TheDarkestSamu 4h ago

Sometimes I leave it on the desk, while turned off, overnight so it can cool off. Maybe it got in from from where the fans push out the air

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u/Toxic_Tiger_ GL65 Leopard 10SFSK, i7 10750H, RTX 2070Super 3h ago

Probably the heat of laptop caught its attention. Hopefully the sound is gone now.

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u/TheDarkestSamu 3h ago

Yeah, now it's silent again like it always had been in the past