Ticking sounds in my cpu
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BlankInsanity
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you sure it's your CPU? sounds like that usually come from a hard drive when its under alot of load
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could be a fan but the fact that it only does it on boot suggests it is a hard drive. fans spin up during gaming pretty hard.
photonboy
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On many of the PC's I built the fans initially spin up on boot then settle down to a much lower speed.
I'm sure he can easily figure it out with the side off. A "fast ticking" noise could be several things really. If it was the hard drive I would have expected it to make noise later on as well when being accessed but it's not impossible that it's quite noisy when loading Windows especially if it's old or defective.
BlankInsanity
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Your hard drive is asking that it's time to put it down. I'd suggest backing up your files and soon as possible before your hard drive itself may die on you
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