Obnoxiously loud fan noise coming from motherboard

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quiq

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For that last couple weeks I've been hearing this loud off-and-on grinding sound coming from a fan in my case.

I checked and noticed that the tiny fan thats built into the motherboard (the one in the gold housing seen in this picture http://geizhals.at/img/pix/161087.jpg) was kind of stuttering once in a while as it spun.

Has anyone fixed something like this? Is it just a matter of seeing if something is loose and tightening it. My mechanical ability sucks
 
I would suggest try to blow out any dust that may be inside the fan... From my experience, dust is the #1 fan killer.
 
Well That looks like an MSI motherboard I've owned alot of these boards and that is the northbridge fan. These motherboards have a problem with these fans and i havnt had to replace them myself but i think you can pull the pins on the corner but you have to pinch the pins from the back to pop them through.You can get a replacement fan for quite cheep.
 
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