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Thread ID: 100686 2009-06-17 01:35:00 PSU Problem Tuneznz (13203) Press F1
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782923 2009-06-19 02:55:00 Yea have got a new 500W on the way, playing tha gamble that the price of the bigger supply will drop $40 by the time I go to buy it. Tuneznz (13203)
782924 2009-06-19 07:44:00 That was my understanding too... looked to me like he was recommending exactly the same thing as pctek.

Obviously I meisread that - sorry Blam.........Grovel.......:blush:
pctek (84)
782925 2009-06-22 07:40:00 Ar I have fixed it, Got a new psu, put it in and still made the sound, I swore. So I went through everything ram, hdd, gpx. Wasn't any of those, then I saw the case speaker, riped it out and BLISS!

This was a blessing in hiding because it allowed me to find the broken fan in the psu and possibly save another problem to happen.

Cheers Tunez
Tuneznz (13203)
782926 2009-06-23 04:22:00 But why was the case speaker making the noise? There may be some other problem here also..

Probably, a cheap crap capacitor in the cheap crap raidmax PSU burst from overheating due to the failed fan. Ripple filtering then goes out the window, and we all know how much motherboards love high ripple.

And of course, ANY time your PSU or any other parts make a "pop" noise (or any other strange noises) you should always turn it off straight away. By this I mean rip out the power cord. Better to loose your game of AOE than have your PSU burst into flames taking several hundred GB of data along with it for a fiery ride to hell
Agent_24 (57)
782927 2009-06-23 05:40:00 Yea I have a new one now and the case fan its sitting on the table next no me. Tuneznz (13203)
782928 2009-06-23 09:52:00 Speaker* Tuneznz (13203)
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