GX660R Fan Noise Problem

I have a new MSI GX660R-060US that I purchased from Newegg. The laptop is great and I am very pleased except for the fact that for the past couple of days I have been really noticing a very annoying noise coming from the internal fan. Can any other GX660R owners comment on the fan noise they have?

I have used lots of different laptops and I don't mind fan noise if it is just the noise of the air moving, but the noise I am hearing is a high pitched noise like you hear from a cheap fan or a fan that is going out. If I place my ear close to the left exhaust port, I can hear the noise change in pitch and it is a variable noise. This noise is heard when the laptop is idle and I am not playing games or pushing the CPU or GPU in any way.

I believe I just got a faulty internal fan but I wanted to check and see if any other GX660R owners were having any problems with fan noise. I would like to hear from owners that have had their GX660R for a couple weeks or more if possible.

Thanks all.

 

It does seem like a faulty fan. Can you open it up and check nothing is loose on the fan itself?

I use mine on office for about 2-3 hours per day and I don't even hear the fan on idle and office work.

 

My fan is also silent until I start playing games then you can hear it ramp up and move some air.

 

I don't know if it's related, but I have occasional electronic thrums or whines coming from near the SATA port under the left palmrest. It's not the HDD I have installed, either, since the drive in that port is an SSD.

I'm wondering if that's what you're hearing. My fan is quiet like the others, unless I stress the computer.

 

Might be the processor.

intermittent whining sound on my old Asus m50vm

 

I called Newegg and got a RMA so I will be returning the laptop for a replacement. I just really hope the replacement laptop does not have the same problem.

It is going to be rough being without this new, powerful gaming machine for a week and a half as I am super pumped for Civilization V next week. I will have to play it on my old laptop until I get my new one back .

I don't see how it could be the processor. From the video reviews I have seen, there is no fan on the processor. Does anyone know if there are any fans inside the GX660R other than the big, main fan? I don't believe there are.

Where do you believe this sound is coming from? I am pretty sure the sound I am hearing is from the fan. One thing about the sound I am hearing is that it is variable. This morning when I turned on the laptop I listened again and there was one high pitched sound that was constant and then I could hear a different high pitched, repetitive sound every 0.75 seconds or so.

I am just going to get the laptop replaced and hope the replacement laptop does not have this problem.

My old, 2 1/2 year old laptop (Gateway P-6831FX) is still totally quiet. The only sound I hear is the air moving, which is much less annoying than the high pitched noises I am hearing from the GX660R.