W7 64 chipset high pitch noise

[patricedaragon]

Since I've installed W7 64 bits, there's a weird intermitent highpitch noise, coming from the chipset (or so I think...)

Here's the noise recorded with a HQ microphone about 2 inches from the CPU.

w7 64 chipset high pitch intermitent noise

It's not a fan noise, nor a HD running, it's something else.
Very anoying, considering I'm working in a music studio...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Just info@patricedaragon.comemail meif you have any suggestions.
Have a very nice day.

My config:
Intel i7 920 2.66GHz
MB Intel DX58SO
6 GB RAM Kingston valueram ddr3-1333
Windows 7 professionnal
NVidia GeForce 8400 GS Silent
Velociraptor 150GB
PSU Corsair TX 850W

 

[popatim]

sounds like vibration noise between the cooler and the cpu. does it go away if you press down on the cooler slightly?

 

[patricedaragon]

Thank you for answering so fast.

I verified the cooler and the cpu, but it's not the noise's source.

Strangely, this noise is only present when I run W7 (64 bits). If I boot with my other hard drive (WinXP 32 bits), there's no such noise.

Any thoughts?

Thanks again.

 

[mattimeo005]

I would check all of your fans and make sure its not one of them vibrating against their mounts. Make sure all your screws are tight. If those all pass your examination, then I would move on to the HDDs and much absolutely certain that its not one of them making the noise.

Your note about booting from one HDD or the other makes me thing almost certainly that it has to be your HDD, even though you say its not. Double check to make absolutely sure.

 

[Shadow703793]

Are your speakers on? If so, it could be some driver issue. It could also be your Velociraptor as Win 7 may be accessing it much more frequently.

 

[patricedaragon]

First of all, I wanna say that all your comments are greatly appreciated. I've been searching for months and was about to give up...

I'm too busy right now to look into it, but I'll make a more thorought search this weekend, with your suggestions in mind, and try to pinpoint the exact source of this noise.

Will come back to you very soon.

Thanks again guys.

 

[notsonoobPCguy]

I know what that sound is. Its your CPU down-clocking. My AMD Phenom does the same thing, its some sort of voltage regulator buzzing on the motherboard. It usually happens when Cool and Quiet slows my CPU to 910MHz down from 3.5GHz.

 

[patricedaragon]

Can I ask you notsonoobPCguy, do you find this noise anoying and even disturbing? Or is it just my "too aware ears" that are complaining for nothing?

Did you find a cure to this noise problem? To me, doesn't seem to be normal this kind of CPU noise, especially since it was absent while running windows XP 32bits. Is 64-bits OS that demanding? Shouldn't the noise stop while I'm working on a plain txt file for 20 minutes???

I'm kinda lost here...

Million thanks again. Appreciated.

 

[notsonoobPCguy]

To answer you first question, yes, I got a new motherboard but it wasn't because of the CPU sound. The MSi board i just got is a lot quieter then my old ECS one but i can still hear some sort of buzzing if i either listen really carefully or have my case open. The sound matches what some Blue LEDs on the mobo do, they are some sort of Cool and Quiet option. About it not happening in 32Bit XP, maybe XP doesn't wont let the CPU down clock? Just a guess. You might want to try disabling EIST or SpeedStep in your BIOS. Its the C&Q equivalent for Intel. Also, have you taken off the metal PCI extension covers? Those could be leaking sound.

 

[notsonoobPCguy]

Check this out http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/672338-intel-core-i7-wierd-sound.html Someone has the same problem. A use mentioned in a post that it was a squealing capacitor. Does you motherboard have an on-board video chip? I would try removing your 8400 and seeing if its that making the noise. Or just try to boot with as little hardware as possible.

Also No problemo its a forum were here to help

 

[notsonoobPCguy]

Sorry to bump this again but i found this on the other forum i posted "It's weird, because when I use Prime95 on full load, the sound disappears." Once the CPU cant down clock or slow down it goes away. The same thing happens to me it just a whole load quieter. So its totally a CPU thing. Your best bet is to disable EIST or SpeedStep in your BIOS.

 

[notsonoobPCguy]

I doubt it though. I used to have the same problem. Its a mobo situation.

 

[patricedaragon]

SOLVED!!!

I never though I'd say this but... "Ding, dong, that noise is gone!"

Thanks to all your good advice, here's how I got rid of it:

On my Intel DX58SO BIOS, in the "power" section, there's 4 switches to mess with:

SpeedStep: I left it ENABLED
CPUC State: I left it ENABLED
QPI Power management: THIS IS THE ONE I TURNED OFF (DISABLED)
C1E: I left it ENABLED

So if anyone experience this same noise, try switching this QPI thing OFF, may solve the problem.

Just so you know, the noise was coming from an exact place on my mobo, near the CPU.
This image shows the exact source of the noise (negative), located with a cardboard paper towel role (thanks to PDXMark at overclock.net):

Gotta say: Tom's hardware forum rocks.

 

[notsonoobPCguy]

Great I'm glad you found the solution. I had a feeling it would of been some sort of CPU clock thing Funny thing is, i have a old Power Mac G4 that has the same sound whenever you do something CPU intense. I guess the problem is universal