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| Thread ID: 93256 | 2008-09-09 19:55:00 | Noise Issue | spadicus (14165) | Press F1 |
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| 703934 | 2008-09-09 19:55:00 | i am having problems with a loud grinding noise in my tower, here are my specs: asus SLI Deluxe Board AMD 64b 3200+ processor 1 gig ram GeForce 7600GT Graphics Card 2 Sony DVD Rom/DVD RW drives 2 200 gig Maxtor HD's Antec Truepower Trio 430 watt PSU there is a problem with noise during startup (if it hasn't been powered on in a few days it's fine for a few hours, occurs every startup if i used it the day before) the CPU fan, PSU and graphics card are new. i'm thinking it's probably the PSU because it seems to overheat easily due to insufficient wattage for my system. because i'm a digital media design student, i have to run Adobe products which probably makes this problem worse. any thoughts on troubleshooting or things to improve my tower for the future? |
spadicus (14165) | ||
| 703935 | 2008-09-09 20:27:00 | Welcome to PF1 - there are basically only two things that spin in a PC, 1 The Hard drives disks and 2 the cooling fans, so it has to be one of those. What I usually do is if a customer has a noise problem like you describe, with the PC turned off (and it has not been running) remove the side of the case. Start the PC, and when the noise starts you can generally locate where its coming from - thats the faulty part. Even though the CPU fan, PSU and graphics card are new, one still could have a faulty Fan- locate exactly where the noise is coming from other wise you can spend ages changing things and still not be working on the problem. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 703936 | 2008-09-09 21:07:00 | i've taken the case off and listened, it sounds more like it's coming from the PSU. thanks for the advice! | spadicus (14165) | ||
| 703937 | 2008-09-09 23:05:00 | I have the same problem, but mine is the cpu fan. It happens everytime I boot up during these winter months. The noise goes away after a while though, when it decides to spin properly. I guess you can't really monitor a PSU fan, for me I just ignore it since I can easily monitor my CPU fan and as long as it works after screaming for 3min, I won't be replacing it anytime soon... |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 703938 | 2008-09-09 23:44:00 | I also have a problem like this in one of my computers. It seems to be caused by the front intake fan - after a while the sound goes away. My guess: it's caused by cheap fan components and cold weather. either way I don't really care. i'm thinking it's probably the PSU because it seems to overheat easily due to insufficient wattage for my system. because i'm a digital media design student, i have to run Adobe products which probably makes this problem worse. any thoughts on troubleshooting or things to improve my tower for the future? Here's an idea for improvement: if your PSU is insufficient for your computer, then get one that is sufficient. Antec are good but I have no idea what spec your one is. Post the current ratings for the PSU (written on the sticker on the side of it) so we know if it's good or not. |
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