My computer is howling like a wolf? help please...?

Question

alright, so i know it sounds odd, but every so often my computer will howl like a wolf. i've done some research on it, but the only thing i can find is stuf about mac OS computers, and i have a dell running xp. anyone know how i could make it stop? thanks in advance...

Answer 1

There's no mystery here. It just yearns to be free and answer the call of the wild.

Unplug your peripherals and set it in your backyard to be free to explore the world and play with all the other PCs.

Of course I kid. I did a little research and found nothing that could help, but I DID have a good laugh.  It could be a moving part such as a whining fan, a hard drive going bad, or an optical drive having trouble spinning a disc. Is the sound coming from your speakers? Why don't you try control+alt+delete, go to the task manager, and list all of your active processes? If it's coming from the speakers then I have a suspicion it's a program either minimized to the tray or running in the background. It could also be a web page you're visiting.

Answer 2

That happends when the fans are too dirty, get a compressed air bottle and spray the h**l out of all fans in you CPU BOX. They will stop howling.  I like wolfs though! lol! hope that works and by the way keep it away from the floor put it on a table!

Answer 3

there are a couple things to check, first check and see if the fans are howling, also check the cd/dvd drive (see if it howls while the disc tray is open) also is possible your hard drive is failing.  Good Luck.