Macbook Air making rattling noise possibly because of fans

Question

In my somewhat more recent model Macbook Air, OS X Yosemite, I heard a loud rattling sound in the upper left corner of the keyboard. I pressed down on the upper left corner, near the esc key. That appears to be where the sound was coming from. Is there software to fix this or is this a hardware issue?

Solution

Yep that's the fan. No software could fix this.

You could try using compressed air to blow dust out the fan unit.

Comments

[Registered User]

I tried that, it didn't work. I also tried punching it forcefully (not breaking it of course) but it didn't work. thanks for your suggestion