Hi everybody. Okay, this is finally taken care of! Dell sent somebody out because my machine was still under warranty, barely. I had forgot that I had purchased the extended warranty. Anyways, he updated the bios and replaced the fans and the motherboard as well as the burned out CDR DVD rom combo drive. My machine had two fans and one of them was totally dead. This is why it sounded the same because I was under the impression I had a single fan and not a pair. The replacement motherboard he installed was a reconditioned one from tell so hopefully it will last. Anyways, so thanks for the help everybody. I really appreciate your troubleshooting suggestions. Thanks, Cameron.