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| Thread ID: 122352 | 2011-12-16 22:37:00 | Computer dead but whistles | david1000 (7485) | Press F1 |
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| 1249023 | 2011-12-17 22:20:00 | Could be what it says here the last post (www.tomshardware.com) The whistling noise is coming from the 5V standby power supply transformer, because of lose lamination's. It is nothing to worry about Switch mode power supplies can be noisy but if the noise is annoyingly loud the only cure would be to replace the power supply. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1249024 | 2011-12-17 23:24:00 | What is your PSU and have you tried another? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1249025 | 2011-12-18 01:21:00 | If I unplug the discs, then nothing works; but at least the whistle stops! There's a big clue. Care to elaborate further? Discs (plural)? What if you unplug only one disc or the other? If it's a screaming HDD then it's the HDD that is stuffed... although that shouldn't normally be enough to suppress the start of the boot sequence. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1249026 | 2011-12-18 04:15:00 | I mentioned listening through a tube, it sounds silly but it can help you pinpoint a sound. And yes as Paul mentioned it could well be the drive that has failed try and isolate which one it is. | dugimodo (138) | ||
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