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[Fuzzy]

For some reason, about half of the times I boot up my Computer, it makes a really loud humming sound. It stops after about a minute, though. Does this indicate something wrong?

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[Skipper]

Check the fan. Depending on how long you've had it, it could be due to a lot of dust, thus causing the fan to... er, hum.
Either that, or get a can of compressed air and spray the thing down. Should clear out most of the dust and possibly fix your problem.

[Ben]

A lot of machines run the processor and power supply fans at full blast during the start-up diagnostic tests. If it takes literally a minute though, check to make sure you don't have a disc in a drive that is spinning up.

[Mitchfork]

If it's too loud, you're too old.

...or maybe your computer is too old. Yeah, you should probably check the fan, just like these two blokes suggested.

[sigtau]

My old computer used to do that. Sometimes it means you need a new ATX-compatible power supply.

Who knows? Maybe you should blow it with compressed air, like Noir suggested.

[Fuzzy]

I got some compressed air, and that did the trick. My god! There must have been a quarter inch of dust in there.