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Originally Posted by Gareth
If it's only a year old, then is it still under warranty? If so, take it back to wherever you bought it, and get them to deal with it.
Did you check the PSU (the power supply unit), as swoop suggested? The first few I've used have been pretty noisy, so I ended up buying a new silent model. A PSU is much much easier to replace than the CPU fan, if this is the cause of the problem  |
I don't think the place i bought it from has a warrenty, its a place where you can buy all the parts seperatly and then if you ask nicly, they put it all together for you. They arnt that professional anyway, i had to lug it all the way back to the shop twice in the first 2 weeks, one they didnt connect the back fan to the motherboard, and my motherboard didnt like that much, then when i got home after that i went to plug everything back in it to boot it up and the eejits hadnt put the backplate on right and it had covered up my network cable slot, so no internet for me and back to the shop!
I'm not sure how to test the PSU...I have an old pc, i could take it out and test it in there, but the voltage is a lot higher than my old computers one, i dont want to blow them both up!
The noise doesn't sound like its coming from the PSU tho' definately around the motherboard area. I've had PSU's go that way before and it sounded more muffled.
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Originally Posted by Lee
In my experience the graphics card fan is always the first to go! (Yes such a little fan can make such a noise!)
Problem is replacing the fan is usually impossible.
Does the noise go away once the PC 'warms up'?
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Argh my expensive graphics card! i hope not! The noise is pretty much constant, it doesnt stop once the pc is up and running. One an old psu it used to make similar noises on start up then stop when it warmed up, but not this one.
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Originally Posted by Raistlin
Get yourself a length of tubing / a straw and put one end to your ear.
Point the other end at various components, you can use the tube/straw a bit like a stethoscope and it will help you isolate which component the sound is coming from.
Don't use anything metal though and (if it's a nylon straw) don't touch any of the components with it.
You never know, it might help.....
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Wow, i never would of thoguht of that! What an idea! Y'no its quite a good idea! I'll go home soon, get some stuff from maplin and a straw! I'll find that problem, it'll be like Sherlock Holmes, but without any crimes....
