Grinding and clicking noise

[aatif120158002da]

Hi.

Please help with the below issue I use my laptop for work and gaming but mainly work and I’m freaking out.

When I turned my laptop on, it started making a really loud ‘grinding/wiring’ noise that lasted a few seconds and repeated a few times. Thereafter I logged in and my laptop was then making a clicking sound (approx 3 clicks) and continuously repeating with a few seconds intervals. Take note that my laptop seemed fine, didn’t lagged at all and was functioning as normal. I then opened up task manager to see the status my hdd and after like 30 seconds the grinding sound reappeared but in a much more aggressive and non stop way. I then proceeded to shut off the laptop as I was scared of causing further damage. I did record a voice note of the sounds but I can’t seem to figure how to upload the voice note on to this forum.

Please help

 

[dvair]

Possibly a fan hitting against something.

 

[aatif120158002da]

Possibly a fan hitting against something.

So what do you suggest I do?

 

[aatif120158002da]

My laptop is out of warranty, I do hold bcomsci degree so I am familiar with opening pcs but not laptops….

 

[dvair]

Out of warranty, I would take out the screws on the bottom and carefully open it up to see if it is the fan and if something rubbing against it.

 

[constellationage]

Its a fan shaft that died out due to high temperatures. A very common occurence in msi laptops. You have two options. 1 - buy a new fan. 2 - take out the fan and clean the shaft with compressed air. Put some machine oil into the fan's shaft - a very tiny drop.
Both solutions make your fan last for a long time.