PC Making Buzzing Noise

Msuni · May 15, 2019

So I have had this problem for a while. I dusted my PC the other day, including cleaning the fans, but the buzzing still continues. I have no idea how to figure out what the buzzing is or anyway on how to stop it. Any help is much appreciated. : )

ZeouLs · May 15, 2019

Does it also happen on idle?

What you could do is unplug all your fans and boot up with only the cpu cooler and then plug in the fans one by one to figure out if and which of the fans make the noise.

Msuni · May 15, 2019

2 hours ago, ZeouLs said:

Does it also happen on idle?

What you could do is unplug all your fans and boot up with only the cpu cooler and then plug in the fans one by one to figure out if and which of the fans make the noise.

I mean my PC always has a game running when it's on, so it's never really idle

And yeah unplugging them all is actually a genius idea, thanks! : )

LogicalDrm · May 15, 2019

I would guess its HDD vibrating. Could be fan, but my own experience says buzzing is from vibrations, not air moving around.

Msuni · May 22, 2019

On 5/15/2019 at 4:32 PM, LogicalDrm said:

I would guess its HDD vibrating. Could be fan, but my own experience says buzzing is from vibrations, not air moving around.

Appreciate to reply and apologies for the late reply from me.

Anyway, that would actually make a lot if sense because if I lift the from if my PC off the ground the buzzing stops. Would a solution be just make sure the HDD is secured properly?

LogicalDrm · May 22, 2019

14 minutes ago, October22nd said:

Appreciate to reply and apologies for the late reply from me.

Anyway, that would actually make a lot if sense because if I lift the from if my PC off the ground the buzzing stops. Would a solution be just make sure the HDD is secured properly?

There are rubber o-rings you can use to reduce vibrations. There are also actual kits, and they do work. But require you to have 5.25" mount also. Then, if its not HDD directly, but vibrations are causing another part of case to rattle, like removable dust filter, you need to check if you could remove that filter or secure it better. The dust filter is actually issue I have. HDD vibrates and makes it to rattle, so its currently just laying under the case. Means more dust, but less noise.