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The title isn't click bait (unfortunately). I sold my EVGA 3080ti to a coworker recently. He's had it for about a week and a half. It's been running without any problems until last night. 

 

He said around midnight he woke up "the card literally started screaming, woke up everyone in the house, louder than any TV I've ever had at full blast".

 

I have never heard of this happening. I'm not sure if he might have had a power surge that freaked out his system, or if it's something else entirely different. 

He said he restarted the computer and it's no longer doing it.

 

I'm at a loss though on whether it could actually be the GPU doing it or something else. The warranty on the card is still good until June at least. I'd appreciate some help in troubleshooting or where to go from here to figure out the cause. I don't want to send the card into EVGA if it isn't the card doing it.

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Ask him if after powering down the screaming slowd down, as in a wire touching a fan.
Accidents during install happen.
Let him re-check the cabling.

Also because of the fact it happened at night i doubt the loudness, it might've felt like its loud but really isnt.

Just one of the possibilities. 🙂

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Just now, leclod said:

I need some explaining.

How can a shut of computer produce any noise ?

In case it somehow wake up, why wouldn't that noise originate from speakers ?

I was assuming it was turned on. As kinda the OP text describes.

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2 minutes ago, leclod said:

"He said around midnight he woke up "the card literally started screaming"

 

11 minutes ago, GamerTrem said:

He's had it for about a week and a half. It's been running without any problems until last night.

Its the 2nd sentence.
Its easy to ignore things to strengthen ones argument, but in the end it never works. 😄

Im just guessing also, so we'll have to wait. 🙂

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34 minutes ago, HanZie82 said:

Its easy to ignore things to strengthen ones argument, but in the end it never works. 😄

"He's had it for about a week and a half. It's been running without any problems until last night. "

I can't see where you find your information.

It seems to me you ignore and strengthen plenty yourself

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17 minutes ago, GamerTrem said:

The title isn't click bait (unfortunately). I sold my EVGA 3080ti to a coworker recently. He's had it for about a week and a half. It's been running without any problems until last night. 

 

He said around midnight he woke up "the card literally started screaming, woke up everyone in the house, louder than any TV I've ever had at full blast".

 

I have never heard of this happening. I'm not sure if he might have had a power surge that freaked out his system, or if it's something else entirely different. 

He said he restarted the computer and it's no longer doing it.

 

I'm at a loss though on whether it could actually be the GPU doing it or something else. The warranty on the card is still good until June at least. I'd appreciate some help in troubleshooting or where to go from here to figure out the cause. I don't want to send the card into EVGA if it isn't the card doing it.

No.  A GPU can't make that amount of noise.  The fans can whine but not that loud  The electronics can coil whine but not that loud.

 

There isn't anything there to make that noise.  Not like a car's belts what can rub and screech.

 

He is exaggerating, and pretty badly at that.  Or outright lying.

 

Did he mention giving the card back to you, and getting his money back at all?  🙂

 

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33 minutes ago, GamerTrem said:

The card is under warranty, he asked for the warranty information so he could send it in. He hasn't asked for his money back. 

I'm clarifying the power state with him. Whether it was in sleep mode or awake. I had assumed it was awake.

are there cables hitting the fans?

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1 hour ago, GamerTrem said:

the card literally started screaming

No, it didn't.

 

I know that people being loosey-goosey with "literally" is a losing/lost battle at this point, but Jesus Christ, nothing makes me see red more than people using vague, hyperbolic, anthropomorphized language to describe computer problems. 

 

"My PC is tripping bro!"

 

"All of a sudden my computer just started going crazy!"

 

Nothing in a GPU is capable of making the type/level of noise he describes. 

Corps aren't your friends. "Bottleneck calculators" are BS. Only suckers buy based on brand. It's your PC, do what makes you happy.  If your build meets your needs, you don't need anyone else to "rate" it for you. And talking about being part of a "master race" is cringe. Watch this space for further truths people need to hear.

 

 

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21 hours ago, leclod said:

It's been running without any problems until last night. "

So it was turned on, until it was 'last night'.
Even tho English isn't my first language this looks pretty obvious?
I'm sorry i cannot make it any clearer then this.
But lets not pollute this topic with our misunderstanding. 🙂

 

 

21 hours ago, GamerTrem said:

The card is under warranty, he asked for the warranty information so he could send it in. He hasn't asked for his money back. 

I'm clarifying the power state with him. Whether it was in sleep mode or awake. I had assumed it was awake.

Yeah tell him, if he wants solutions he needs to be as precise as he can, without the exaggeration as that helps no one.
Make him check to be sure there are no cables around that can fall onto the fan blades, as that can be somewhat loud.
Altho the sound that was described, that's almost a physical impossibility, for the hardware to do so, unless something was added like a speaker and amp. 😄

When i ask for more specs, don't expect me to know the answer!
I'm just helping YOU to help YOURSELF!
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Not willing to capitulate to the ignorance of the masses!

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8 hours ago, HanZie82 said:

So it was turned on, until it was 'last night'.
Even tho English isn't my first language this looks pretty obvious?
I'm sorry i cannot make it any clearer then this.
But lets not pollute this topic with our misunderstanding. 🙂

I disagree (again) " It's been running without any problems until last night.  " this can be a generalization. Who has it's desktop running 24h/24h every day ? not me, and my desktop has been running without any problems for months.

"He said around midnight he woke up" why would the computer be turned on while he's asleep. I understand it's possible of course but it isn't obvious to me. I thought mining was over.

"I'm clarifying the power state with him. " OP isn't sure himself.

Since the beginning you're condescending, as if you owned the truth. Which clearly you don't 🙃.

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5 hours ago, leclod said:

"He said around midnight he woke up" why would the computer be turned on while he's asleep. I understand it's possible of course but it isn't obvious to me. I thought mining was over.

I never turn my PC off at night.

 

Regardless, can't you two just let this drop? 

Corps aren't your friends. "Bottleneck calculators" are BS. Only suckers buy based on brand. It's your PC, do what makes you happy.  If your build meets your needs, you don't need anyone else to "rate" it for you. And talking about being part of a "master race" is cringe. Watch this space for further truths people need to hear.

 

 

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