CPU or Cooling system noise?
As of yesterday I just finished building a new desktop. The specs are:
Gigabyte H67 chipset mobo
i5-2500 processor
4gb corsair dominator 1333 ram
TX750 Corsair PSU
Liquid cooling system
nvidia geforce 9800 GTX+ oc graphics card
The problem I'm having is that the system is making a ringing? sound or like a high frequency sound sometimes.
Here's what I know so far:
-When I open the case while it's running I think the noise is coming from the CPU/place where the liquid cooling system attaches.
-When the computer is under a heavy workload, the noise stops. When I close all programs and it's "idling" it starts immediately.
-Also, if I have a game open like League of Legends the noise stops. If I minimize LoL but don't exit it, the noise starts until I restore LoL to where I can see it displayed.
-It's not just games either, but when I install programs the noise stops (when the system is under a workload) and when the installation stops, the noise starts back immediately.
-Basically, unless I have a semi-heavy resource using program open on one of my monitors, the noise persists.
Thank you in advance.
I'm quite at a loss for this problem and I'm not sure what it is or what to do to troubleshoot. I'm praying that it's not something wrong with my CPU.
Gigabyte H67 chipset mobo
i5-2500 processor
4gb corsair dominator 1333 ram
TX750 Corsair PSU
Liquid cooling system
nvidia geforce 9800 GTX+ oc graphics card
The problem I'm having is that the system is making a ringing? sound or like a high frequency sound sometimes.
Here's what I know so far:
-When I open the case while it's running I think the noise is coming from the CPU/place where the liquid cooling system attaches.
-When the computer is under a heavy workload, the noise stops. When I close all programs and it's "idling" it starts immediately.
-Also, if I have a game open like League of Legends the noise stops. If I minimize LoL but don't exit it, the noise starts until I restore LoL to where I can see it displayed.
-It's not just games either, but when I install programs the noise stops (when the system is under a workload) and when the installation stops, the noise starts back immediately.
-Basically, unless I have a semi-heavy resource using program open on one of my monitors, the noise persists.
Thank you in advance.
I'm quite at a loss for this problem and I'm not sure what it is or what to do to troubleshoot. I'm praying that it's not something wrong with my CPU.
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Googling around, I came across a video and it's the closest I could find to what I'm hearing. It actually seems to be almost an exact match, except that my noise is coming from around the CPU.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYmJz1DuOlQ
I did this exact thing to determine that it was coming from right at or near the CPU.:(
Most VRMs are hidden under the heatsinks around the CPU socket, but if your board doesn't have them covered (haven't looked) they'll look like little black cubes with many of them in a row.
That may give you a place to take a closer look. Don't rule out the power supply, either.
This is exactly why I suggested him to turn off power saving. Quite a few new boards seem to whine like that with it enabled as it causes the VRM's to hit the right note.
Yea, but I'm a real knob when it comes to obvious subtlety.
Try looking for c3/c6
This may be a little premature, but you sir have fixed my problem. I disabled the c3/c6 option, started Windows, let the computer idle and it has not made the noise so far. However, usually it begins on the login screen when it's waiting for me to enter my password.
That being said, is this something that I should get fixed? Meaning, is disabling c3/c6 just a temporary fix for something that should be fixed promptly?
Now I just wish that my ears would quite ringing due to the uncommon peace and quiet in my office
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