I had tape over my PC speaker (POST beep was the loudest I've ever heard) and it disabled in Windows via WPCREDIT, so it wasn't the PC speaker. There's the board, and here's the thread I was talking about, the fact that it was related to high vcore and that DFI have been known to use sub-standard components on this board (the vreg IC was rated to 1.85V, whereas the max vcore was 2V) make me pretty sure that it's either the MOSFETs or the toroid/choke/whateveryoucallthems, and seeing as prodding the toroids gently stopped the noise for me at least, I'd place the blame on them. Capacitors also start to make really nasty noises when they're on the way out - however they'll also start leaking something awful from the top, and you will notice
yes... it will say "kill steve jobs.... kill bill gates.... kill your family.... 28 days, 5 hours, 9 minutes, 32 seconds.... that is when the world will end...."
Yeah, the speaker is on the other side of the board anyway, it just occured to me that it might be set right next to one. Oh well, get me a bottle. LOL - anyway, I'll still have to buzz some hardware guys about this monday to see how crazy I am. As for capacitors going - just never seen it happen, I hate to ask what you were doing with your equpiment to get that effect - unless you are just speaking generally. Oh and still for anyone geting the wrong idea, this is the exception not the rule. Your chips aren't in there all vibrating and making some noise over the roar of even the quietest HS Fan. Well, technically, eveything is vibrating at some speed or another, but you know what I mean.
I could see why a torid wold make a noise, they have a magnetic field setup in them, inducing another field in the ferrite (duh, how they work) so when the current varies, why wouldn't the fields vary, making tiny movements. Heck in coil guns the coil can contract enough to crush the barrel, especially if it is something brittle. b=But thats just me thinking, and its late, so... I know my camera makes noises, it sounds like a hard drive accessing, but that is only when the shutter is open,(when the LCD is on, or when you press the button and hold it half way) I wouldn't think that it would be the focus adjusting since the focus locks when you hold the button half way.
Well you can make a magnet push a train - but this is just a little part with a little current, they're made of rather heavy gage wire, and secured much more than they need to be. Anyway - as I said, day after day, I have freaking MoBo's sitting out on a table - right next to me - not in any case - for years and years, literally hundreds of MoBo's from virtually every manufacturer - never had a peep out of anything except the fans/speakers/motors.
It only happens in certain games, max payne 1 and 2, NFSU and I expect its happening because its underload. I removed my CD-ROM drive, soundcard and placed the PSU away from the shuttle and the noise still occurs. I think its a small component on its way out
Its a high pitched whining kind of noise? Its pretty normal. both my SocketA boards do it (more so the ASUS then the Abit) and i have a Radeon 9200 which whines aswell under load.
Yeh, kinda high pitched winning sounds. It doesn't do it on the desktop, loading games. Just in game and in the menu of the game. It doesn't do it at all with the game, The Thing.
since it is only happening in games i think it may b ur CPU fan or gfx fan spinning up for better cooling
the whining may b the fans spinning faster on the CPU/mobo/gfx card since it mainly does it during games
Its not the fans. Should I lower some voltages in the BIOS, that might stop that annoying winning sound? Any other reccommendations?
i notice a kind of hi pitch hissing asif high pressure air was escaping from a very small hole, when i turn the power switch on on my old rigs 350W PSU.. and when i turn it off it stays for a second but the pitch lessens, as if the pressure is lowering.. obviously its not air being pushed out of something.. but thats what it sounds most like.. anyone shed light?
