It used to happen at rare occasions in the past and at a quieter level. But since I got my New ATI 6970, it's more common. Specificly playing GTA 4 or Dead Rising 2 sometimes.
What sound may you ask? This bastard.
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKl_sTh0oHE[/MEDIA]
Could it be something to do with the power strain that my new card is putting on something?
Jesus christ the noise is unbearable, help.
Specs :
MS Windows 7 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz 52 °C
Yorkfield 45nm Technology
RAM
4.00 GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 400MHz (6-5-5-17)
Motherboard
Packard Bell BV MCP73PVT-PM (CPU 1) 27 °C
Graphics
N20WB (1680x1050@60Hz)
AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Hard Drives
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-22A7B0 ATA Device (SATA) 45 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
Gah, you don't need 59 seconds of that irritating sound, my ears are bleeding.
As for where it's coming from, it's probably coil whine either from the PSU or the video card. Coil whine is caused when a signal frequency passed through the coils causes them to resonate (vibrate). Most of the time this frequency is out of range of human hearing, but sometimes it can be low enough where humans can hear it.
To stop coil whine, you need to stop the coils from resonating. Manufacturers of PSUs do this by putting a glob of epoxy across the larger coils, which most of the time stops the problem. Coil whine on a GPU can be harder to fix since the inductors are so small and generate lots of heat, which can burn the epoxy.
That's a fairly normal sound for computers under load. My motherboard emits a similar sound just by moving the mouse (though my CPU is pulling 142W so not surprised)
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;31633190]That's a fairly normal sound for computers under load. My motherboard emits a similar sound just by moving the mouse (though my CPU is pulling 142W so not surprised)[/QUOTE]
That's caused by crosstalk on the bus, which means the board wasn't designed properly.
[QUOTE=bohb;31633139]Gah, you don't need 59 seconds of that irritating sound, my ears are bleeding.
As for where it's coming from, it's probably coil whine either from the PSU or the video card. Coil whine is caused when a signal frequency passed through the coils causes them to resonate (vibrate). Most of the time this frequency is out of range of human hearing, but sometimes it can be low enough where humans can hear it.
To stop coil whine, you need to stop the coils from resonating. Manufacturers of PSUs do this by putting a glob of epoxy across the larger coils, which most of the time stops the problem. Coil whine on a GPU can be harder to fix since the inductors are so small and generate lots of heat, which can burn the epoxy.[/QUOTE]
Thanks mate, i'll attempt to put some epoxy on the inductors then?
My 5870 used to do this at very high FPS 1000+. It no longer does this. So I would give it time and it might eventually go away.
[QUOTE=bohb;31633139]Gah, you don't need 59 seconds of that irritating sound, my ears are bleeding.
As for where it's coming from, [B]it's probably coil whine either from the PSU[/B] or the video card. Coil whine is caused when a signal frequency passed through the coils causes them to resonate (vibrate). Most of the time this frequency is out of range of human hearing, but sometimes it can be low enough where humans can hear it.
To stop coil whine, you need to stop the coils from resonating. Manufacturers of PSUs do this by putting a glob of epoxy across the larger coils, which most of the time stops the problem. Coil whine on a GPU can be harder to fix since the inductors are so small and generate lots of heat, which can burn the epoxy.[/QUOTE]
Hm. I was wondering what that noise coming from my PSU was.
[editline]10th August 2011[/editline]
In retrospect, that makes sense.
Daddykins thinks its a heat issue, which would make sense due to the new gfx card making it happen more often, going on GTA ect.
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