Something is squeaking in my PC

[Kanna]

The title has the context I feel worried something is wrong my PC squeaks like high pitch

[Guest]

Either a mouse is trapped in the case or you hear some coil whine.

 

Nothing to be alarmed about. The current simply becomes audible at certain frequencies. 

 

[Slottr]

Deadmau5

 

Could just be a crappy bearing. Why don't you crack it open and try to narrow it down

 

Could also be coil whine as @ShrimpBrime said

[Kanna]

Just now, ShrimpBrime said:

Either a mouse is trapped in the case or you hear some coil whine.

 

Nothing to be alarmed about. The current simply becomes audible at certain frequencies. 

 

Can coil whine come from nowhere?

[Kanna]

Just now, Slottr said:

Deadmau5

 

Could just be a crappy bearing. Why don't you crack it open and try to narrow it down

Don't have my screwdriver on me RN and no I don't have any fitting one

[Guest]

My question is....

 

Is it a constant squeel where the sound pitch raises and lowers?

 

The 2 major components that usually produce the most audible "whine" would be a GPU or Power supply.

My 1Kw really screams when I'm benchmarking. Very audible. I've had the PSU some 10 years now. It's always done it.

[Kanna]

Just now, ShrimpBrime said:

My question is....

 

Is it a constant squeel where the sound pitch raises and lowers?

 

The 2 major components that usually produce the most audible "whine" would be a GPU or Power supply.

My 1Kw really screams when I'm benchmarking. Very audible. I've had the PSU some 10 years now. It's always done it.

What about HDD? 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Kanna said:

What about HDD? 

Well as @Slottr had mentioned, bearings can get noisy too. If it's an old spinner, then yeah they can make some noise. 

And if an old spinner starts making noise, you get your data off it and replace it asap. 

 

Can you pin point the noise?

[Kanna]

Just now, ShrimpBrime said:

Well as @Slottr had mentioned, bearings can get noisy too. If it's an old spinner, then yeah they can make some noise. 

And if an old spinner starts making noise, you get your data off it and replace it asap. 

 

Can you pin point the noise?

No I can't pin point it, the HDD is not old at all maybe 1 year almost

[Guest]

Just now, Kanna said:

No I can't pin point it, the HDD is not old at all maybe 1 year almost

Well, you want to find the location of the sounds. Then you'll know what it is.

 

Till then, if the PC seems to work normal, then don't worry about it until you can open the case and get a closer ear.

[Kanna]

Just now, ShrimpBrime said:

Well, you want to find the location of the sounds. Then you'll know what it is.

 

Till then, if the PC seems to work normal, then don't worry about it until you can open the case and get a closer ear.

I can tomorrow should I quote you then?

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Kanna said:

I can tomorrow should I quote you then?

For sure! 

[Kanna]

Just now, ShrimpBrime said:

For sure! 

But it's a seagate drive but it should last atleast one year I hope

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Kanna said:

But it's a seagate drive but it should last atleast one year I hope

Then it has warranty.

But if the system isnt acting strange and you can read write from the drive without issues, the drive is probably ok.

 

When a drive fails, it usually makes the system act up.

[Kanna]

Just now, ShrimpBrime said:

Then it has warranty.

But if the system isnt acting strange and you can read write from the drive without issues, the drive is probably ok.

 

When a drive fails, it usually makes the system act up.

Systems seems fine games also run fine, probably coil whine

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Kanna said:

Systems seems fine games also run fine, probably coil whine

Does it whine more when gaming then?

[Kanna]

1 minute ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Does it whine more when gaming then?

Not sure since csgo is CPU dependant

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Kanna said:

Not sure since csgo is CPU dependant

For maybe 2 whole cores....

Test with some other games maybe?

[Kanna]

Just now, ShrimpBrime said:

For maybe 2 whole cores....

Test with some other games maybe?

Does GTA V and watchdogs 2 work?

 

[Guest]

Just now, Kanna said:

Does GTA V and watchdogs 2 work?

 

On my PC yeah they work great!!

Oh, you mean for testing... lol.

 

Yes. Leave the volume down to see if the sound changes during game play.

[SolarNova]

38 minutes ago, Kanna said:

The title has the context I feel worried something is wrong my PC squeaks like high pitch

Either a Fan or Coil Whine

 

[Kanna]

41 minutes ago, Abyssal Radon said:

I have a couple of much older external Seagate drives and they are about 20+ years old, still works. My guess is if it's a high pitched squealing noise, probably coil whine. Once you get your system open and you can pin point the location then you'll be satisfied lol. Anyway, my 980 Ti whines when loading a game, but then stops when playing. 

Yeah I have a whole box with older seagate drives some isn't working tho but they are for a project

[Kanna]

16 hours ago, ShrimpBrime said:

On my PC yeah they work great!!

Oh, you mean for testing... lol.

 

Yes. Leave the volume down to see if the sound changes during game play.

So it stopped

[pm128]

I think you used wrong type of mouse

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Kanna said:

So it stopped

record an audio next time, it might give us some clues from the pitch