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Ticking sound on Q6600

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zhuoyan   12-27-2008 at 04:01:07 PM

Occasionally my Q6600 CPU chip makes some ticking sound, does anyone know what is causing it?

I'm currently overclocking it @ 3Ghz. And it's running on Asus P5Q-PRO

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jitpublisher   12-27-2008 at 04:47:33 PM
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Your CPU won't make noise. It is more likely the fan on your heatsink.
Are you sure it is coming from the CPU area?
A ticking sound from inside a computer case is most always the sound of a hard drive getting ready to die, very soon.

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roadrunner197069   12-27-2008 at 05:08:14 PM
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+1 for HDD. To tick you need moving parts, a CPU has none, maybe a fan or HDD like jtpub said.

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