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do u have gpu coil whine

Eclipse247

Do u have gpu coil whine?  

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  1. 1. Do u have gpu coil whine

    • yes and I just deal with it
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    • no i have never had it
      5
    • yes I have had it before but had to rma
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I have coil whine on my gpu and was wondering what ur guys experiences were with it and if you've ever had it? If you have do u just deal with it or did u find it too annoying so u rma/returned it?

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Last about 5 graphics cards of  mine have made the coil whine noise.  GTX 1070, Vega64.

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3 minutes ago, Eclipse247 said:

so u rma/returned it?

Most manufacturers don't accept coil whine as an RMA as it technically isn't a manufacturing error.

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10 hours ago, Eclipse247 said:

so u rma/returned it?

pretty sure you can't rma a card for coil whine, that's the case with most brands. 

 

10 hours ago, Eclipse247 said:

what ur guys experiences were

i do, in fact it's normal, and can't be avoided, nothing wrong with the card it's just a noise that occurs when the coil moves essentially. 

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6 minutes ago, gloop said:

Most manufacturers don't accept coil whine as an RMA as it technically isn't a manufacturing error.

Yeah ik I talked to gigabyte e support team and they said they wouldn't cus its normal but I just wanted to know if other people got other results

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I used to have a PowerColor R9 285 that had pretty bad coilwhine under load, but that had a pretty under-powered cooler, so you couldn't really hear it over the fans.

Recently I haven't though.

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4 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

pretty sure you can't rma a card for coil whine, that's the case with most brands. 

 

i do, in fact it's normal, and can't be avoided, nothing wrong with the card it's just a noise that occurs when the coil moves essentially. 

Yeah at the start it just scared me because I'd never heard that noise before coming from a pc so it just put me on edge

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6 minutes ago, Eclipse247 said:

Yeah at the start it just scared

Perfectly normal..

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The more quiet I make my machine (fan curves, watercooling, etc) the more noticeable that the coil whine becomes.

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Just now, TofuHaroto said:

Perfectly normal..

One more question as I'm not very good with this technical stuff but if they wanted to could this be fixed with a better quality coil or is it just inevitable?

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Tbh never had coil whine neither my 1060 or 960

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1 minute ago, Kanna said:

Tbh never had coil whine neither my 1060 or 960

From the poll u seem to be one lucky person 😂

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Just now, Eclipse247 said:

From the poll u seem to be one lucky person 😂

I guess so fun thing my gtx 960 looks never than my 1060

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1 minute ago, Kanna said:

I guess so fun thing my gtx 960 looks never than my 1060

Sorry I dont really understand what u meant there?

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Just now, Eclipse247 said:

Sorry I dont really understand what u meant there?

just a little off topic

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1 minute ago, Kanna said:

just a little off topic

Oh no worries 😂

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10 minutes ago, Eclipse247 said:

if they wanted to could this be fixed

You can't sadly. Nothing is really to fix it's perfectly normal. 

 

10 minutes ago, Eclipse247 said:

with a better quality coil or is it just inevitable?

Even with a better pcb with better coil there will still he coil whine. You can try undervolting but again. It's perfectly normal. 

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34 minutes ago, Eclipse247 said:

did u find it too annoying so u rma/returned it?

I had a ROG RX580 with coil whine, returned it and bought a Nitro RX580, it has coil whine too. Changed the PSU from G3 550W to SP11 650W, coil whine is still there. Put a ferrite bead on the PCIe power cables cuz JonnyGuru gave that advice, it got worse.

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Just now, Ralf said:

I had a ROG RX580 with coil whine, returned it and bought a Nitro RX580, it has coil whine too. Changed the PSU from G3 550W to SP11 650W, coil whine is still there. Put a ferrite bead on the PCIe power cables cuz JonnyGuru gave that advice, it got worse.

Man I feel bad for u man that really makes me think an rma process for coil whine isnt worth it

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14 minutes ago, Eclipse247 said:

One more question as I'm not very good with this technical stuff but if they wanted to could this be fixed with a better quality coil or is it just inevitable?

https://www.howtogeek.com/297166/what-is-coil-whine-and-can-i-get-rid-of-it-on-my-pc/

 

It's a physical property of a coil. The current causes a magnetic field, which causes the wires to move/vibrate. In some cases the vibration is in a range audible to humans. It's not a question of quality. You can try to dampen the noise by preventing the coil from vibrating, but that could have undesired side effects if you're not careful.

Remember to either quote or @mention others, so they are notified of your reply

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Just now, Eigenvektor said:

https://www.howtogeek.com/297166/what-is-coil-whine-and-can-i-get-rid-of-it-on-my-pc/

 

It's a physical property of a coil. The current causes a magnetic field, which causes the wires to move/vibrate. In some cases the vibration is in a range audible to humans. It's not a question of quality. You can try to dampen the noise by preventing the coil from vibrating, but that could have undesired side effects if you're not careful.

Out of curiosity what are the ways that u can dampen the noise of the coils?

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6 minutes ago, Eclipse247 said:

Out of curiosity what are the ways that u can dampen the noise of the coils?

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I just started hearing a whine on my desktop lately.  😬

I was very hot here last week. 🥵

It is very annoying when I'm gaming.

At first I thought it was my graphics card but then I remembered that the graphics card in that machine is a low profile card that has no fan. 🤔 😄

I've never had coil whine before even though I've had a bunch of different cards and fans in that desktop over the years.

I thought it might be a sign that what ever fan is doing it would soon fail?  🗯️

 

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8 minutes ago, Intergalacticbits said:

I just started hearing a whine on my desktop lately.  😬

I was very hot here last week. 🥵

It is very annoying when I'm gaming.

At first I thought it was my graphics card but then I remembered that the graphics card in that machine is a low profile card that has no fan. 🤔 😄

I've never had coil whine before even though I've had a bunch of different cards and fans in that desktop over the years.

I thought it might be a sign that what ever fan is doing it would soon fail?  🗯️

 

no from what ive learned its just coils vibrating in your gpu and it cannot cause any harm to your card so u have nothing to worry about 

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