Hi, guys. I've been dealing with this for the past couple months, and I'm out of ideas. First, here are my current specs:
- CPU = AMD FX-8350 (no overclock yet)
- CPU cooler = Corsair Hydro 100i
- Mobo = Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
- RAM = 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport
- GPU = EVGA GTX 760
- PSU = Corsair HX850i
- SSD = Crucial M500
- HDDs = WD Black 1TB & Seagate Barracuda 250GB
- Case = Corsair Carbide 500R
- All of my drivers are up to date
Okay, here's what's going on. This all started after an incident with my old PSU, a Corsair HX750 that I bought second-hand; it was revving up constantly and would make little whines during these moments. One day, my fan controller and all of my LED fans suddenly stopped working, so I assumed the PSU was starting to wreak some havoc. The case's front panel and PSU were both replaced.
Now here's where it starts getting weird. My GPU, which has been completely silent before this, has started to whine when under load (VSync is on); I noticed that gets quieter when I lower the frame rate. My Seagate hard drive started to make buzzing noises while reading and writing as well. In terms of speed and functioning of the computer overall, the computer runs smoothly. No lock ups or anything.
I started out suspecting that the GPU didn't like the new PSU, so put a different PSU in the computer to test it; the same sounds were still there. I returned the HX850i and got a new unit just in case, same thing still happened.
I decided to just RMA the GPU next. I get the replacement, and it still whines. By this point, I suspected the motherboard was also damaged somehow by my old PSU. I RMA it, Gigabyte gives me a replacement board, but the whining and buzz still haven't stopped.
I tested the CPU for issues, and it's completely fine; I bought the cooler while waiting for the replacement motherboard (planned on overclocking after this mess), so I'm fairly sure it's not an issue either. The only two things left are the RAM and the SSD.
Something else odd has also started happening, not sure if it's entirely related. My second hard drive, the WD Black, has suddenly been doing this thing where it reinstalls its drivers when Windows loads the desktop, and asks to restart the computer. It happens randomly though, but is most common if I have had the hard drive unplugged during the last boot.
Yeah, I'm pretty stumped. I'd really appreciate some opinions or advice.
Thanks for listening.
- CPU = AMD FX-8350 (no overclock yet)
- CPU cooler = Corsair Hydro 100i
- Mobo = Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
- RAM = 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport
- GPU = EVGA GTX 760
- PSU = Corsair HX850i
- SSD = Crucial M500
- HDDs = WD Black 1TB & Seagate Barracuda 250GB
- Case = Corsair Carbide 500R
- All of my drivers are up to date
Okay, here's what's going on. This all started after an incident with my old PSU, a Corsair HX750 that I bought second-hand; it was revving up constantly and would make little whines during these moments. One day, my fan controller and all of my LED fans suddenly stopped working, so I assumed the PSU was starting to wreak some havoc. The case's front panel and PSU were both replaced.
Now here's where it starts getting weird. My GPU, which has been completely silent before this, has started to whine when under load (VSync is on); I noticed that gets quieter when I lower the frame rate. My Seagate hard drive started to make buzzing noises while reading and writing as well. In terms of speed and functioning of the computer overall, the computer runs smoothly. No lock ups or anything.
I started out suspecting that the GPU didn't like the new PSU, so put a different PSU in the computer to test it; the same sounds were still there. I returned the HX850i and got a new unit just in case, same thing still happened.
I decided to just RMA the GPU next. I get the replacement, and it still whines. By this point, I suspected the motherboard was also damaged somehow by my old PSU. I RMA it, Gigabyte gives me a replacement board, but the whining and buzz still haven't stopped.
I tested the CPU for issues, and it's completely fine; I bought the cooler while waiting for the replacement motherboard (planned on overclocking after this mess), so I'm fairly sure it's not an issue either. The only two things left are the RAM and the SSD.
Something else odd has also started happening, not sure if it's entirely related. My second hard drive, the WD Black, has suddenly been doing this thing where it reinstalls its drivers when Windows loads the desktop, and asks to restart the computer. It happens randomly though, but is most common if I have had the hard drive unplugged during the last boot.
Yeah, I'm pretty stumped. I'd really appreciate some opinions or advice.
Thanks for listening.
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