Strange noise

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11-04-2004, 10:46 AM
philip41

Strange noise

Hi all, do not know if this is a problem or not but my pc has started over the last few days making a Whirring noise, this is happening at 20 or so second intervals, at first i thought it was a fan failing so i took the side cover off but after 30 mins the fans are all still running ok.

It almost sounds like when a cd drive is spinning down, but no i do not have a cd in the drive.

I have about a week ago put in the 4.12 Nvidia IDE drivers could these maybe causing one of the HD's to spin down, or is it more likely one of the drives is on the way out, if so how can i tell.

Thanks inadvance.
11-04-2004, 10:50 AM
Howard

Unplug all unnecessary fans and see if it still does it
11-04-2004, 11:24 AM
philip41

Howard did what you suggested and it turns out to be the fan on my 9800 pro :mad: , guess i will have to try to rma it.
11-04-2004, 11:25 AM
Howard

Edit: Crap, saw your sig.

Is it the Sapphire with the ATi fan??
11-04-2004, 11:47 AM
philip41

Yes m8 it is are they known to have a high failure rate then?
11-04-2004, 11:50 AM
Howard

No they are not that's the thing. The Sapphire fans are. But I thought the ATi ones were good :eek:

I'll pray mine doesn't bugger up!!
11-04-2004, 12:49 PM
philip41

Ok m8 thanks, will let you no what happens.

Cheers.
11-04-2004, 01:05 PM
oshta

see - everyone should fit a ZM-80HPa :p

http://www.spurstow.com/daniel/temp/zm%2080.jpg
11-04-2004, 09:51 PM
philip41

Quote:

Originally Posted by oshta

see - everyone should fit a ZM-80HPa :p

http://www.spurstow.com/daniel/temp/zm%2080.jpg

Are they that good then.
11-04-2004, 09:57 PM
0iD

They are indeed good, but so is the Arctic VGA cooler at a fraction of the cost. However the Zallman Heatpipe is silent.
12-04-2004, 08:39 AM
Howard

The ATi fan is sufficient for me ;) Not overclocking yet :p
12-04-2004, 05:15 PM
Captain Fizz

Well - My "Connect 3D" fan lasted about... 6 weeks. :rolleyes:

It's got an Iceberq thingmo on it now though so it glows Bl00 too. :D
12-04-2004, 05:16 PM
Howard

I replaced my mate's (Sapphire :rolleyes: ) graphics card fan with an Iceberq. Noisy bugger, but well made and good quality
12-04-2004, 10:41 PM
philip41

Ok then I have just put in an order for one of these Arctic Cooling REV3 VGA Silencer , i decided that it was not worth the hassle and cost of postage returning for rma just when all said and done is a dodgy Fan, and as it happens the blasted thing has been very quiet today.