Squeezing noises and instability, help?

deWaardt · April 30, 2017

Hi all

I've been having stability issues since last month, with the graphics drivers crashing a lot and the computer blackscreening.

I have run multiple stress tests, but never too long.

Today I decided to run a stress test while I was asleep. One night I'll do the CPU alone, the other night the GPU and then the CPU and GPU simultaneously.

It's been a long time since I actively listened to my PC. I usually wear headphones while using my PC.

So about half a hour in, and I noticed some terrible squealing. I got out of my bed and noticed it came from my desk.

Pulled the side panel of my PC, there's pretty bad squealing coming from the CPU and GPU area, I have not ever heard this before.

I checked the fans, but they're not the problem.

Here's a video of the sound:

What could this be?

What could be squealing so bad, and could this have something to do with my stability problems?

Thanks for your attention,

deWaardt

dixidou · April 30, 2017

I'm not an expert on this field but what is your setup ?

It could be a watercooling pump or maybe a HDD, it could be a condenser of your PSU

deWaardt · April 30, 2017

10 minutes ago, dixidou said:

I'm not an expert on this field but what is your setup ?

It could be a watercooling pump or maybe a HDD, it could be a condenser of your PSU

I have my system specifications in my profile, but I'll write them down here:

Cpu: AMD Athlon 860K

Mobo: Asrock FM2A88M-HD+ R2.0

Gpu: Gigabyte GTX 950

Psu: Corsair VS350

Cpu cooler: Cryorig H7

The sound is clearly coming from the general area of the CPU.

The HDD is mounted in the front of the PC, I checked all the fans and none of them are squealing.

The squealing also seems to come and go.

I can't really grasp what could be squealing. Capacitors? Voltage regulators?

I've ran the PC during night before, but only this time it is squealing.

I'm sure my hearing didn't increase!