LogFAQs > #910277629

Buy some ice cream if you don't already have it. It must be under 10 degrees for ice cream to stay solid.

If the Ice cream isn't solid, your freezer is warming up.

9/10 times, the cooling all happens in the freezer and the air is circulated to the refrigerator (on more expensive models they each have their own cooling)

IF you are hearing a sound, it is probably one of two things:

1) the fan in the freezer is being blocked. Probably (usually) by ice build up. Of course, fans also go bad, but they don't usually make noise if they go bad.

2) the compressor is starting to crap out. You probably have a leak in the system and have lost most of your refrigerant, so the compressor has had to work constantly to try and keep it cold. Might as well buy a new fridge if this is the case.