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R9 290x High Heat when watching Youtube and coil whine

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September 30, 2014 7:43:52 AM

I have two problems with my R9 290x. So three months in to using it a coil whine started (a buzzing noise when gaming) after a thunderstorm. I eventually RMA'd it and when I got it back it still had a coil whine. I asked the guys at XFX and they said that it may be my power supply because of low wattage so I upgraded it and it still persisted so I am thinking it may be that my motherboard is damaged. Second I have a high heat problem with my GPU, it gets up to 90+ when watching you tube but my fans don't change speeds. I am forced to use MSI Afterburner but I am not sure why this is happening. Does anyone know a solution to this? Has this ever happened to you guys?

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September 30, 2014 7:51:24 AM

I had a coil whine with Asus 290x after BSOD i just ran CCleaner to clean registry..then Advanced system care that found 2 windows 8.1 updates so i restarted pc they installed and then it stopped.and about that Fans does not change the speeds could be that the drivers got installed wrong it happens sometimes..new ones came it yesterday try them out http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Window... Im playing watch dogs last days and the max temp i got was 71C but its always on like 65-68C i also have a fan graph in msi afterburner that i needed to use because of dead rising 3 super bad optimalization so here it is : http://gyazo.com/8bbcfa4503046b00ed25f7bf9fa254f9
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September 30, 2014 10:14:34 AM

Well I used CCleaner a couple of times but it didn't really do anything for the whine. I also installed the drivers again yesterday for the fans but same thing occurred. However I haven't used advanced cleaner so where can I access it? Also can a motherboard be causing this?
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September 30, 2014 10:50:13 AM

Just google advanced system care download it and scan everything...
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September 30, 2014 11:15:06 AM

Thanks Will try it however I doubt it will fix my issue..
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September 30, 2014 11:16:27 AM

And also try another PCI-E slot...
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September 30, 2014 1:33:53 PM

Sounds good will try it.
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September 30, 2014 2:17:12 PM

what tool do i use?
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October 1, 2014 7:16:50 AM

What 290x do u have actually?
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October 1, 2014 7:19:28 AM

79 C is pretty normal for 290x tbh the stock cooler was running it on 95C
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October 1, 2014 10:41:14 AM

I have an XFX normal card
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October 1, 2014 10:46:10 AM

Its pretty warm for the relatively little load on it. And it certainly shouldn't get that hot on youtube
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October 1, 2014 11:38:36 AM

Well the guy on youtube may have better case with better cooling im playing Shadow of mordor now on my asus 290x and the max temp i got was 70C but mostly it is on 65-68C the Temps changed since i switched the intel stock cpu cooler for XIGMATEK Dark knight i have corsair 300r With 1 140MM noctua fan on front 1 120mm on back and 1 on cooler all are noctuas..it can be that you just have bad airflow in case the hawaii core is pretty hot so...but its good to keep it under 80C with fan control..im running stock fan settings.
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October 1, 2014 11:43:10 AM

I dont know the XFX cooler so...but can be that its just too hot and the airflow isnt that great ..
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October 1, 2014 1:25:54 PM

my fans aren't changing so that is probably why.. Im gonna install the new drivers released yesterday
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October 1, 2014 1:57:58 PM

Thats should be it try to run them on like 40% if theres a difference.
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October 1, 2014 2:00:18 PM

I run them on afterburner a around 60 and they make a huge difference.
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October 1, 2014 2:02:29 PM

Ill try the new drivers
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October 1, 2014 2:03:01 PM

U can stand the noise?:D DD
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October 1, 2014 2:58:26 PM

Its honestly one of the most annoying noises I've heard and most of the time I have one ear with headphones and the other without.
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October 2, 2014 1:02:02 AM

M4DCRUSH3R said:
Its honestly one of the most annoying noises I've heard and most of the time I have one ear with headphones and the other without.


I cant hear a card till like 45% fan speed so..the most noise is making the fan on the back of the case cuz i have holes on the upper part of the case so theres no sound isolation so i hear everything but ive been running the card on like 60% fan speed and it was destroying my brain.
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October 2, 2014 4:43:22 AM

I'm now kind of forced to run the fans at 60% due to the heat rise and without afterburner my fan speeds will not go up even in uber mode. At idle the fans are at 20% but at gaming loads the fans only speed up to about 24% which is really what my main problem is. I'm sure that it is normal for my GPU to get that hot because the fans won't speed up. I was also thinking of water cooling my system soon so it won't be a problem as well as changing my motherboard but I am looking for a solution to this right now so I don't have to worry anymore.
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October 2, 2014 8:47:29 AM

M4DCRUSH3R said:
I'm now kind of forced to run the fans at 60% due to the heat rise and without afterburner my fan speeds will not go up even in uber mode. At idle the fans are at 20% but at gaming loads the fans only speed up to about 24% which is really what my main problem is. I'm sure that it is normal for my GPU to get that hot because the fans won't speed up. I was also thinking of water cooling my system soon so it won't be a problem as well as changing my motherboard but I am looking for a solution to this right now so I don't have to worry anymore.


No need to worry.the 290x is one hot biatch but its very powerful..just keep an eye out on fans you can do the graph in afterburner to custom it and not be forced to run it at 60% all the time..like 70C-50% fan speed,50C-30% fan speed for example just play with it its easy..:) 
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October 2, 2014 10:45:17 AM

I do use the fan graph
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October 4, 2014 6:54:46 AM

Don't worry about the heat problem anymore because I believe that it is the cooler that was causing this as for the coil whine still needs to be fixed.
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October 5, 2014 7:28:08 AM

I don't want to do a closed loop, I rather do a custom loop.
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October 5, 2014 8:47:35 AM

M4DCRUSH3R said:
I don't want to do a closed loop, I rather do a custom loop.


Just run the cooler on 40% - 50% when gaming and 20-30% when idle for best noise/performance and youll be fine with the xfx cooling also..
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October 6, 2014 7:03:23 AM

I may as well just run the cooler as the temp goes up. Noise is not an issue since it will be gone in a while and I rather hear fans the coil whine.
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October 6, 2014 7:12:21 AM

What do you mean gone? how gone?
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October 9, 2014 12:06:55 PM

I will be moving to watercooling so I won't have a loud card anymore but the coil whine is the biggest issue now.
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October 9, 2014 12:40:39 PM

RMA it if you can coil whine is really bad thing..so annyoing.
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October 10, 2014 8:10:00 AM

I did and got a new one but it continued so it can't be that and it was the same noise.
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