Switched Motherboard Weird Sounds

[videodood]

Hey there,

Just came back from overseas again and another motherboard died on my Windows 7 64 computer. I swapped motherboards, and luckily it booted up made a number of changes in drivers but seems ok.

The issue is not that when i'm drawing on the computer resources to play a 3d game among other things I'm hearing weird snaps and pops about everything 15 seconds.

Any advice for this situation? Do I need to do a complete windows 7 reinstall or do you think the motherboard is faulty?

thanks!

 

[wanamingo]

You seem pretty savvy, i would remove the cover (put on your armadillo helmet and some protective glasses just in case something explodes......) and try to listen to where the sound is coming from. It could be you applied too much thermal gel / processor heatsink isnt on correctly. Or something on the motherboard is leaking dangerous chemicals.....

 

[skaz]

Yeah man. Snap, Crackle, and Pop should not be inside your case. Power down the rig and make sure your PSU is correctly connected to your mobo.