BFG GTX 260 Squealing

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korimus

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Just got my 260 yesterday, and I installed it and got it up and running. Once in a game (AoC, Assassin's Creed are the only two I've tested so far), there is a squealing noise coming from the card. At first, I thought it was a fan, like maybe a wire touching , but it didn't really sound like that. I opened my box and checked everything, all seemed normal. Then, since it sounded electrical, I thought it was maybe my PS, so i kept the case open and loaded a game up, I was rather surprised to to discover it was coming from the card, but it wasnt the fan on the card... Then i started googling and found out about this squealing issue. My question is, what can i do about it? I don't want to void my warranty, I just want it to stop making that annoying sound! Right now I just turn my sound up real loud so that i Can't hear it..
 
Does it squeal all the time? I have an EVGA GTX 260 and it makes a sort of squealing noise but only when the fps is like 1000+ in menus and stuff. After the fps goes back down it stops making that noise.
 
They squeal, there is not much you can do about it....I dont want to say its normal, but most of them do it.......My 8800GTX had a squeal, and my 260 has one on occasion.
 
it only squeals when i am in a game, so i assume it has to do with the load on the gpu, which in turn has to do with the power being drawn into the card. It's just so damn annoying! I wish i could silence it somehow..
 
yeah I tried changing the power cables, and my PS is running off of a UPS... Obviously i am not going to mod the board.
 
Have you tried isolating the sound? E.g. I used a cheapo paper towel roll. It was obviously the 620HX PSU for me. I confirmed this when I took it to my friends. He has an Enermax Modu82+ (also the new SPCR #1 PSU). He even left his case open.

I heard almost nothing. No blatantly annoying, sounds like a mouse screaming. If it was indeed the GPU, it would have made a noise in BOTH of our cases. It only made noise in mine.

I'm in the process of RMAing my 620HX, so perhaps it's just a bad batch for Seasonic...otherwise, I'll will probably pick up my friend's PSU since I've seen it in action.
 
yeah.. i wish i had access to a new one to test.. I have an Antec Neo 500.. Maybe I'll look around for another power supply to try..
 
just and update. I went ahead and bought a new Antec Earthpower 650. The squealing is gone! As are any stuttering effects when playing games. Sorry for blaming the card BFG.
 
Thanks for the update. I won't be getting my 620HX replacement until Friday...hopefully I have good news of my own.
 
Well if your sure it's the card, then it's the power circuitry on the card. The only brand that shouldn't squeal is EVGA since they use digital power on the card vs analogue on all the other brands (I don't know if anyone else has begun using the new digital power circuitry) but I know my friends BFG 280 squeals while my EVGA ones don't.
 
Thanks uberbob, but I figured out it was the Power supply, not the card. Everything is working great now.
 
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