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Aneszej

So basically, for like few months my PC was making this noise, I thought my old GPU was making it Ati 6950, but not so long ago I've received GTX780 and I know it shouldn't make this kind of noise, and it's running ultra cold so yeah.

Noise: https://soundcloud.com/aneszej/random-annoying-noise

I think it's coming from PSU, what do you think?
My PSU is: ATX PowerLC LC600H-12 600W

Thanks everyone!

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Jerzayl

Spray some windex on it.

Also, the file isn't available.

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Aneszej

Ah, fixed I guess, kinda new to soundcloud.
Does it show up now?

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ArmadX

Yeh it does :)

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Aneszej

Okay. :D

11 years ago
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atb85

If you mean the electic whine, it's probably the PSU.
You could probably buy a new one right now: if the sound is new like you say, there's a good chance it'll just stop working by the end of the summer.

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Aneszej

Well, I can't really explain it, I've recorded it, it's in description.
I'll look into it, but, there are only these stupid ATX PowerLC PSUs in area around me. :/
If you or someone can recommend me some good but not so expensive PSUs that can power GTX 780 so I can try to find them around here, I'd be really grateful.

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RazielAntemos

ewwwww

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Aneszej

Eww indeed :(

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SquireZed

It could be an electric whine from the PSU or something like that, or it could also be a fan scraping or hitting something. The first thing you should do is take compressed air and blow out the fans on your PSU and system. That may alleviate the problem. Second I would try unplugging cables from the power supply, excepting those going to the mother board, and give it a boot, and see if the sound comes up again. If it persists, the problem is with the PSU (probably). Try replacing the PSU- if you have a spare computer you can test the PSU out of, that could work to isolate the problem.

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Aneszej

Thanks for the tips, gonna do those right now.

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Jerzayl

I'm not all that computer savvy, but my first thought was "oh shit, is that his PSU?" And this was my thought BEFORE reading your thoughts or the comments of others.

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Aneszej

Yeah, I know. :(
It's a real shame to have this beast GPU while using this trash PSU -.- xD

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StrikeRaid

Probably dust on the fan...
Just open and clean it and you'll be fine.

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Aneszej

Done, cleaned GPU,PSU, coolers, changed PC case and it's so quiet now. Thank you everyone! :3

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Alientcp

Well, might be the PSU, my computer was doing a sound similar of a wire hitting with a fan, i was looking like crazy to find it, i even opened the PSU to see if that was the case, it wasnt.

Dusted the psu and stuff, but the sound wouldnt go away.

Turns out that after like 2-3 months my PSU died. It smelled bad, basically it burned.

I still dont know what else was damaged on that pc. I basically got another one (was going to anyways, this just rushed the process a week).

But yeah, might be the psu.

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Aneszej

Yeah, I can't really tell right now, but it probably was PSU, I cleaned whole PC and changed PC case and it's gone.
I'll still try to find a better PSU. Thanks everyone again. :D

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