Hello everybody,
I have been having a huge problem this last month with my computer, which I hope someone will be able to help me with.
The problem:
A high pitch “squeak” sound is coming from “inside” my PC. It appears to be coming from my graphics card or somewhere above on the motherboard. I am not a hardware geek at all, so in all honestly I really do not know. I am almost sure it is NOT coming from my fans or my PSU, though it does sound like a voltage problem.
Here is a VIDEO I filmed of my PC making the annoying sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TjjVh-ov6w
The facts:
• The noises are random – and not related to anything. They will appear when I’m doing nothing, and they will appear when I’m doing loads of stuff.
• The noises last between ~1-7 seconds
• The noises started occurring AFTER I installed my new SSD: http://ocz.com/consumer/vertex-3-sata-3-ssd - I had never heard them before. I cannot RMA it, unfortunately. After installing my new SSD, I formatted my PC and installed Windows and that drive. Note: I am almost 100 % sure that the sounds are not coming from the SSD or HDD.
• NO sounds during startup or in BIOS
• People can hear the sound through Skype, EVEN WHEN MY MIC IS MUTED (!!) I find this very odd, and I hope it might be something to help locate the problem.
• Some days there are sounds all the time, but I have tried going 5+ hours without sounds.
What I have tried already:
• I have tried unplugging my secondary HDD.
• I have tried disabling EIST mode in BIOS – read it somewhere on a forum.
• I have tried cleaning my PC of all dust.
• I have tried to make sure that all cables are properly connected.
• I have tried connecting the PC directly to a wall socket, to see if it had anything to do with that.
My PC specs:
Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40 GHz
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Motherboard
8 GB Memory – Kingston HyperX DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
So, that’s the specifics of my problem – I really hope someone will be able to help me with this.
Best regards
Rasmus of Denmark
I have been having a huge problem this last month with my computer, which I hope someone will be able to help me with.
The problem:
A high pitch “squeak” sound is coming from “inside” my PC. It appears to be coming from my graphics card or somewhere above on the motherboard. I am not a hardware geek at all, so in all honestly I really do not know. I am almost sure it is NOT coming from my fans or my PSU, though it does sound like a voltage problem.
Here is a VIDEO I filmed of my PC making the annoying sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TjjVh-ov6w
The facts:
• The noises are random – and not related to anything. They will appear when I’m doing nothing, and they will appear when I’m doing loads of stuff.
• The noises last between ~1-7 seconds
• The noises started occurring AFTER I installed my new SSD: http://ocz.com/consumer/vertex-3-sata-3-ssd - I had never heard them before. I cannot RMA it, unfortunately. After installing my new SSD, I formatted my PC and installed Windows and that drive. Note: I am almost 100 % sure that the sounds are not coming from the SSD or HDD.
• NO sounds during startup or in BIOS
• People can hear the sound through Skype, EVEN WHEN MY MIC IS MUTED (!!) I find this very odd, and I hope it might be something to help locate the problem.
• Some days there are sounds all the time, but I have tried going 5+ hours without sounds.
What I have tried already:
• I have tried unplugging my secondary HDD.
• I have tried disabling EIST mode in BIOS – read it somewhere on a forum.
• I have tried cleaning my PC of all dust.
• I have tried to make sure that all cables are properly connected.
• I have tried connecting the PC directly to a wall socket, to see if it had anything to do with that.
My PC specs:
Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40 GHz
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Motherboard
8 GB Memory – Kingston HyperX DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
So, that’s the specifics of my problem – I really hope someone will be able to help me with this.
Best regards
Rasmus of Denmark
I still have no clue how to fix it.
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