Maybe if I smack my computer with a tin of tea, it'll stop making funny noises

Well, may as well try.

Ow! Dammit... I accidentally hit my hand on the computer. And it's still being noisy... maybe if I actually hit it properly with the tin, though?

Nope, still grinding away.

Hmm...

Bang on it a few more times...

Damn. Still being noisy.

Or maybe... I should just take out the fan. Yeah, that'll do it. If I can get the side off... er, where's my crowbar?

Agh! How...? Oh, power cables... and they only go to this fan. Perfect. Yank them out, and... yeah, that solved that... although now there's dust all over the desk and the side the computer case has a crowbar impaled in it...

Oh well. Least it's quiet, now.