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Recently, two of my noctua A12x25 start to make faint ticking noise. 

 

I have read some posts saying that pwm ic will produce ticking sound.

 

Is it normal for A12x25 to make such noise? or do I get defective units?

 

Switching to Voltage control from PWM doesn't seem to make a difference.

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28 minutes ago, ThiccSmough said:

Recently, two of my noctua A12x25 start to make faint ticking noise. 

 

I have read some posts saying that pwm ic will produce ticking sound.

 

Is it normal for A12x25 to make such noise? or do I get defective units?

 

Switching to Voltage control from PWM doesn't seem to make a difference.

 

I had that problem because 3 NF-A14 PWM were on a 3 pin fan hub, i used a PWM Y splitter that I owned, plug it to a 4 pin header on the motherboard and no noise since then.

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19 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

 

I had that problem because 3 NF-A14 PWM were on a 3 pin fan hub, i used a PWM Y splitter that I owned, plug it to a 4 pin header on the motherboard and no noise since then.

I plugged A12x25 directly to the motherboard 4 pin PWM, but it still produce same ticking noise :/

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Intel I7-10700KF stock - Noctua NH-D15 - A15+A12x25 

Micron Ballistix Sport LT 4133MHz CL17-21-21-40 @1.45v

GIGABYTE AORUS 3090 Xtreme 1905MHz@0.919v/2010MHz@1.063v +900/750 memory clock

Seasonic PX-1000

Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh 

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1 minute ago, Plouffe said:

Does it happens all the time or only when it's spinning slowly, rapidly ? Mine was when it was spinning slowly.

The ticking noise frequency increases or decreases with fan rpm.

Intel I7-10700KF stock - Noctua NH-D15 - A15+A12x25 

Micron Ballistix Sport LT 4133MHz CL17-21-21-40 @1.45v

GIGABYTE AORUS 3090 Xtreme 1905MHz@0.919v/2010MHz@1.063v +900/750 memory clock

Seasonic PX-1000

Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh 

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5 minutes ago, ThiccSmough said:

The ticking noise frequency increases or decreases with fan rpm.

So you have that in Voltage and PWM settings, did you try auto ? What is the Fan speed too (silent, manual, auto, full speed) ?

 

Edit : Did you try another header ?

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Just now, Plouffe said:

So you have that in Voltage and PWM settings, did you try auto ? What is the Fan speed too (silent, manual, auto, full speed) ?

I run fan at constant 1600 rpm with PWM.

 

I tried using voltage control, but ticking noise persists.

Intel I7-10700KF stock - Noctua NH-D15 - A15+A12x25 

Micron Ballistix Sport LT 4133MHz CL17-21-21-40 @1.45v

GIGABYTE AORUS 3090 Xtreme 1905MHz@0.919v/2010MHz@1.063v +900/750 memory clock

Seasonic PX-1000

Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh 

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5 hours ago, ThiccSmough said:

I run fan at constant 1600 rpm with PWM.

 

I tried using voltage control, but ticking noise persists.

Time for RMA then.

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5 hours ago, ThiccSmough said:

I run fan at constant 1600 rpm with PWM.

 

I tried using voltage control, but ticking noise persists.

Did you set to Auto or PWM in BIOS, because I have experienced something similar when using auto.

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Make sure there aren't any cables too close to the frame. Check the fan cables that's inside of the fan frame to make sure it's flat. 

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2 hours ago, DoctorNick said:

Did you set to Auto or PWM in BIOS, because I have experienced something similar when using auto.

I set to PWM in BIOS.

 

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Micron Ballistix Sport LT 4133MHz CL17-21-21-40 @1.45v

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15 hours ago, ThiccSmough said:

I set to PWM in BIOS.

 

Try another PWM header, if you have then RMA.

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