sack_patrol Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 (edited) I noticed that my pc was making a high pitch squeal. It makes it only sometimes, and I don't know what exactly could be doing that. Any ideas? It's not the fans 99.9% sure. Edited October 14, 2009 by ballist1x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirro Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 a ball bearing losing lubricant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack_patrol Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 if it's the fans...it's fixable I guess...if not then I can tolerate it since I have headphones on all the time. I hope it's not something like the cpu or gpu. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjloki Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 I noticed that my pc was making a high pitch squeal. It makes it only sometimes, and I don't know what exactly could be doing that. Any ideas? It's not the fans 99.9% sure. i made the mistake of enabling some temperature alarms in bios on my board the other day and the high pitched noise drove my sheila crazy "almost"...hahaha i have high frequency hearing loss due to to many years in field artillery and the construction trades so i couldn't hear a thing... ... so it could possibly be your bios settings btw some nvidia cards make a high pitched squeal under load so i'v been told... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack_patrol Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 hmmm idk...I don't think it's that kind of sound....it's like a really high pitch sound ...extremely hard to hear.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
usaweapon777 Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 Yeah if it's not the fans it could be the gpu I know my 4870 sometimes sounds like a really really high pitched pig when it does anything intense lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezcore Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 sure it's not your monitor or some other power supply? Have any inverters for cold cathode or fluorescent lights in your case? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack_patrol Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 (edited) No cathodes nor is it my monitor. If I stick my head in the PC i can hear the sound coming from somewhere inside. It makes the sound for no reason, gpu is not stressed. When it is, the fan is simply going faster than it would be when it isn't on load and it's not a high pitched sound. :] Edited October 14, 2009 by ballist1x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirro Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 if its your fans. disconnect them one by one and see if it is one of them. if you think its your videocard, use a program like rivatuner that allows direct access to fan speed, you can turn the fan speed down and see if it changes the sound of the noise. good luck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rourkchris Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 I noticed that my pc was making a high pitch squeal. it's not a high pitched sound. :] Now I'm confused. Is it a high pitched sound or isn't it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 Usually, when capacitors are going bad, they can make a very high pitched noise. Possibly your power supply. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sack_patrol Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 Now I'm confused. Is it a high pitched sound or isn't it? My problem: high pitched sound when gpu is at load, it only makes a humming noise, not a high pitched sound. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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