Squealing coming from pc when gaming

[WaavinHicks]

I spent this morning overclocking my cpu, ran a few stress tests and all went well. decided as my gpu was under water i could give it a go, i followed a youtube video of what to do in msi afterburner and gave my 780ti the slightest bump to see if what i was doing was right, think it was like +10 mhz, and now when the gpu is under load my computer squeals, im assuming its the gpu doing it as its only when gaming or running a program like valley benchmark. i deleted the overclock profile and ran it at stock and same thing. I have since uninstalled afterburner and its still doing it. Have I ruined a gpu? I have no idea whats happening :unsure:

[Jamdog]

It's called coil whine and unfortunately there's not much you can do about it - there's nothing wrong with the GPU it's just something that can happen.

[WaavinHicks]

It's called coil whine and unfortunately there's not much you can do about it - there's nothing wrong with the GPU it's just something that can happen.

Is their anyway to fix it? Thats what I figured it was but I read it doesnt develop its just always there

[Toxicable]

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You havn't ruined your GPU.

Coil whine is just a part of GPS's it comes from the copper coils rubbing against each other, so when you put more load on the GPU you increase the power it draws which increases the noise.

However, some GPU's have it, others don't. Sometimes it goes away (with ware) and sometimes it stays.

If it's really bad then you might be able to RMA if it's under warranty.

[Tetters]

Is their anyway to fix it? Thats what I figured it was but I read it doesnt develop its just always there

sadly, there appears to be no fix, you could try returning it to stock clock speeds and see if that helps. Its also worth bumping up the overclock to see if that akes any difference too.

[WaavinHicks]

You havn't ruined your GPU.

Coil whine is just a part of GPS's it comes from the copper coils rubbing against each other, so when you put more load on the GPU you increase the power it draws which increases the noise.

However, some GPU's have it, others don't. Sometimes it goes away (with ware) and sometimes it stays.

If it's really bad then you might be able to RMA if it's under warranty.

RMA isnt an option unfortunately as I took the stock cooler off to watercool. I was planning a GPU upgrade as my next upgrade sometime this year, so its not a big issue i guess aslong as it wont kill the gpu randomly on me

[crystal6tak]

It's possible you never noticed it before your overclock. And you noticed it when you were overclocking cause you were looking for issues. Now that you noticed it, it's difficult to "un-notice" it. Along with the idea that your brain will exaggerate things if you try to look for them so the coil whine is more noticeable now. 

 

If this is the case, then unfortunately you'll just have to ignore it and hopefully your brain will filter it out. Being aware of the coil whine will make it sound louder than it is. Like the tick-tocks of a clock. You don't hear it unless you look for it.

[WaavinHicks]

It's possible you never noticed it before your overclock. And you noticed it when you were overclocking cause you were looking for issues. Now that you noticed it, it's difficult to "un-notice" it. Along with the idea that your brain will exaggerate things if you try to look for them so the coil whine is more noticeable now. 

 

If this is the case, then unfortunately you'll just have to ignore it and hopefully your brain will filter it out. Being aware of the coil whine will make it sound louder than it is. Like the tick-tocks of a clock. You don't hear it unless you look for it.

The other thing, I spent a few hours tweaking fans to get a happy medium for silence and temps, so now my PC is near dead quiet. Just filter it out with fan noise again lol

[Toxicable]

It's possible you never noticed it before your overclock. And you noticed it when you were overclocking cause you were looking for issues. Now that you noticed it, it's difficult to "un-notice" it. Along with the idea that your brain will exaggerate things if you try to look for them so the coil whine is more noticeable now. 

 

If this is the case, then unfortunately you'll just have to ignore it and hopefully your brain will filter it out. Being aware of the coil whine will make it sound louder than it is. Like the tick-tocks of a clock. You don't hear it unless you look for it.

This is very true. Since it's exactly what I've experienced.

I've worked around it by putting on some music and drowning it out, untill I sold the part, letting them know of the coil whine of cause. 

[SlayerOfHellWyrm]

You havn't ruined your GPU.

Coil whine is just a part of GPS's it comes from the copper coils rubbing against each other, so when you put more load on the GPU you increase the power it draws which increases the noise.

However, some GPU's have it, others don't. Sometimes it goes away (with ware) and sometimes it stays.

If it's really bad then you might be able to RMA if it's under warranty.

It is not from coils rubbing against each other. It's caused by the fact that electromagnetism means electricity can generate magnetic fields, and magnetic fields can generate electric currents.In the case of coil whine, as the card draws more power, the magnetic field generated grows stronger. Problem is, in coils of wire rapped in a circle, this will cause oscillation of the coil. The coil can't oscillate very far, so it oscillates extremely quickly, and eventually, it'll oscillate at a frequency audible to people.