hi all
i have
intel i7 2600
gigabyte h61m s1
corsair ax 1200
amd r9 290 xfx dd
3 hdd's
i hear a loud coil whine when running furmark or intel burn test
but am unable to get to the cause
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hi all
i have
intel i7 2600
gigabyte h61m s1
corsair ax 1200
amd r9 290 xfx dd
3 hdd's
i hear a loud coil whine when running furmark or intel burn test
but am unable to get to the cause
It's almost certainly the GPU causing it. Not a lot you can do about it unless the GPU is under warranty.
It's either your motherboard or GPU, or both, or maybe that way overkill PSU. Or any of those 3. Sadly, solving coil whine isn't easy, the frequencies are extremely hard to locate by ear, so often it's a matter of tracking it down by trying other parts until the noise is gone.
If it is out of warranty, and you want to take a slight risk, hot melt glue or sealer on the offending coil might quieten it. The whine is vibration induced by the alternating magnetic field. Under high loads, the current is higher and the effect is more pronounced.
What happens if you don't run furmark or the intel burn test?
no whine if i dont run intel burntest
You're fine then. Just don't run the burn test.Quote:
Originally Posted by ekamdeep
Roll a newspaper into a cone, use it to directionally pinpoint the source of the whine.
will try this alsoQuote:
Originally Posted by TAKTAK
Quote:
Originally Posted by kalniel
Kalniel can do the same thing, but place the cone on his head, pointy end up! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by TAKTAK
What's it like with a 2600 CPU and a 290 series GPU?
I'm thinking of making this upgrade (basically; Intel 2500 K Series), or even waiting for what might become an 390x [or better value.]
awesome setup
i run every game on ultra
i am running 2 monitors on eyefinity 1280*1024
When I saw 'coil whine' one word in your post leapt out at me.Quote:
Originally Posted by ekamdeep
I don't think there is anything in a non faulty GPU that would whine. Any noise from a PCB is coming from a coil with a current running through it that oscillates at an audible frequency, (sub 30khz). That means either an inductor or a capacitor. A cheap PSU will whine, most people will have heard a wall wart power adapter whining.
If a new graphics card is noisy under normal operation, chances are the caps on it are not upto the task, either they speced them too cheap or its a bad batch.
i also think it was the gpu as now it is dead