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My CPU is making a sort of scratching noise, a bit like what a hard drive makes.

Does anybody know what it could be?

Laptop: HP Pavilion 15 'Gaming' - Intel Core i7 6700HQ - 16GB RAM - 480GB SSD - NVIDIA GeForce 950M 4GB - Half Decent 15.6" 1920x1080 Display

 

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CPU cooler?

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I disconnected the fan and the noise was still there, there are no moving parts in the PC, It has an SSD and no optical drives

Laptop: HP Pavilion 15 'Gaming' - Intel Core i7 6700HQ - 16GB RAM - 480GB SSD - NVIDIA GeForce 950M 4GB - Half Decent 15.6" 1920x1080 Display

 

Desktop: Currently non existent

 

 

Phones: Bush Windows Phone (Yes, that's Argos' own brand) - Samsung Galaxy S4 (Currently just an alarm clock) - 2 x Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 Silver

 

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Just now, kburton97 said:

I disconnected the fan and the noise was still there, there are no moving parts in the PC, It has an SSD and no optical drives

Hard Drive?

Novus Anima

CPU - 4670K @ 4.2 GHz | Motherboard - ASUS Z97-PRO | CPU Cooler - Corsair H105 

RAM - Corsair Vengeance (4x4GB) | GPU - EVGA GTX 1060 SSC  

Storage - Samsung M.2 64GB SSD, PNY 240GB SSD , WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 500GB HDD

PSU - EVGA 650W G2 | Peripherals - Logitech G710, Logitech G602 

 

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Just now, Vercii said:

Hard Drive?

Nope. Just removed it. That's how I noticed it

Laptop: HP Pavilion 15 'Gaming' - Intel Core i7 6700HQ - 16GB RAM - 480GB SSD - NVIDIA GeForce 950M 4GB - Half Decent 15.6" 1920x1080 Display

 

Desktop: Currently non existent

 

 

Phones: Bush Windows Phone (Yes, that's Argos' own brand) - Samsung Galaxy S4 (Currently just an alarm clock) - 2 x Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 Silver

 

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Just now, kburton97 said:

Nope. Just removed it. That's how I noticed it

Any cords in the case fans?

Novus Anima

CPU - 4670K @ 4.2 GHz | Motherboard - ASUS Z97-PRO | CPU Cooler - Corsair H105 

RAM - Corsair Vengeance (4x4GB) | GPU - EVGA GTX 1060 SSC  

Storage - Samsung M.2 64GB SSD, PNY 240GB SSD , WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 500GB HDD

PSU - EVGA 650W G2 | Peripherals - Logitech G710, Logitech G602 

 

Laptops

MacBook Pro Mid-2011 

Surface Pro 3

 

 

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It could be some sort of coil whine or something else such as the needle on a hdd.

 

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hmmm anyway to record the sound you are hearing? and posting it?

 

Edit: After thinking about it, and some research online ,, maybe the power supply  is rippling   or not being efficient with the power delivery and causing an  audible noise between it and the cpu,

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Sounds like coil whine more than anything else. Could come from the PSU, fans, motherboard, or other hardware.

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As others have said, it's probably coil whine.

My rig:
CPU: i5 4690k 24/7 @4.4ghz (1.165v) Max 4.7ghz (1.325v) COOLER: NZXT Kraken X61 MOBO: Asus Z97-A   RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical   GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC   PSU: EVGA GS 650W   CASE: NZXT Phantom 530 HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB + WD Black 2TB

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