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don_svetlio
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http://media.techhive.com/media/2013/07/pc_sounds_wire-27624-orig.m4a

The ticking sound I hear from the PSU sometimes is definitely not like that. It's slower and not always present. At high RPM it's inaudlbe. When I shut down the PC ticks slow down and stop and when I boot it ramps up and becomes inaudible or semiaudible. It comes from the PSU area and is there only about 25-40% of time. Has been there for 2 weeks-ish now. Could it be connected with Voltage spikes/fluctuation (voltage going above 240VAC or bellow 190VAC)? Can only hear it when close to the PSU. Could it be the fan's normal operation?

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No. It could be something stuck in the fan or, the bearing in the fan is dying which is making your powersupply throttle to prevent over heating.

It's nowhere near throttling - I have had no stability issues for the 2 weeks which I've know about it. Could it be the bearing getting misplaced (I doubt it) when I dropped the case on it's side form 8mm while PC was on when I was putting back dust filter.

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It's nowhere near throttling - I have had no stability issues for the 2 weeks which I've know about it. Could it be the bearing getting misplaced (I doubt it) when I dropped the case on it's side form 8mm while PC was on when I was putting back dust filter.

 

It has to be something with the PSU fan if it's making that noise. I'd say it's unlikely that the bearing is being misplaced but, still possible. See if the problem progresses and gets louder through time.

 

By the way, out of curiosity what PSU are you using?

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It has to be something with the PSU fan if it's making that noise. I'd say it's unlikely that the bearing is being misplaced but, still possible. See if the problem progresses and gets louder through time.

 

By the way, out of curiosity what PSU are you using?

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Considering everything is working normally, I'd say it's probably a dried up bearing (considering how many people buy these from the place I got it, the unit might have spent about a year in storage). That would explain the noise.

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You definitely could RMA that if it became too annoying - a failing/damaged fan would be under warranty. 

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