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G74SX Bad Fan?

cyberiumc0re
Level 7
I've had my G74SX-BBK7 for about 7 months now and as of yesterday, I have a very loud noise coming from the upper right part of the keyboard.

My temperatures have increased as well. I'm idling at 2400 RPM CPU Fan with all cores above 58C. (Even my GPU is idling at 58C.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d0nq8k157g

That is a video I recorded of the sound. Does anyone have any idea on what I should do? Would a manufacturers warranty be an option?
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Boosted_R
Level 8
If your getting a noise, and temp is high also. Sounds like a fan issue, and would be covered by warranty.... how does the air flow feel ? ( keep in mind 1/3 of the rear vents is blocked off for the battery)
GL702VSK / GTX 1070 / M.2 960 EVO

HTPC MINI-ITX / FRACTAL CORE 500 / GIGABYTE GA-AB350N / GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC 4G / RYZEN 5 1600 3.9GHz / M.2 960 EVO / G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 3200MHz
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ASUS G74SX-XC1 / INTEL 7260 AC / Samsung 850 PRO / TUNIQ TX-4 / BIOS 203 / 335.23

dstrakele
Level 14
Have you ever blown out your fan exhausts with a can of compressed gas? That might be all you need at this point.

In your video, your recorder is very close to the keyboard. You need to move it back where your head would normally be after the closeup. You also do not speak in a normal voice to give a volume reference, so it is difficult to judge the severity of your fan noise issue.
G74SX-A1 - stock hardware - BIOS 202 - 2nd Monitor VISIO VF551XVT

Boosted_R
Level 8
it sounds like a bad bearing.... the fans shouldn't make any noise like that, only thing you should hear is the air flow...... that how mine are still, and I am at 9 months..... I haven't cleaned my vents, only a 2-3 degree increase (would vary with dust environment of course) in temp. For it to be dust, it would increase over a gradual period. RMA it ( if compressed air doesn't fix) , PM mason@ASUS if u have any issues with RMA. Good luck with it.
GL702VSK / GTX 1070 / M.2 960 EVO

HTPC MINI-ITX / FRACTAL CORE 500 / GIGABYTE GA-AB350N / GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC 4G / RYZEN 5 1600 3.9GHz / M.2 960 EVO / G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 3200MHz
OLD
ASUS G74SX-XC1 / INTEL 7260 AC / Samsung 850 PRO / TUNIQ TX-4 / BIOS 203 / 335.23

Apologies for not speaking and keeping it further away in the video.

I just got done blasting the vents with compressed air and dust was spewing out. I still have the buzzing noise however.

I'll PM mason@ASUS about my RMA; they gave me a number but no email with instructions on how to do so. Thanks.