Has anyone heard a cpu chirp?

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Quick question and thanks ahead of time if anyone that pitching in. My situation is that im on my second mainboard, the first one failed to install xp but both make this chirping sound its really hard to explain but it seems to be coming from the socket/cpu area. It makes some wierd chirping sounds under heavy load and even when cpuz was loading... im gonna try a friends cpu tommorrow and see if what happens then. If its another mainboard I think im gonna avoid asus or start buying them from places like tiger direct ect.
 
The chirp noise isn't from the CPU itself. They have no direct way to make sounds. It could be a error code for the motherboard.

Asus is one of the best brands, and they make some of the most reliable boards you can purchase. If you've had issues with multiple Asus boards of the same model, I'd start looking at other things in your machine as the root cause.
 
If its the main and this since this is my second asus, im gonna get a refund and try something else.
 
Iv been through a p4800D and this is a p4800E, Ill post the results tommorrow when we try my buddys chip.
 
It's most likely the motherboard. I had 2 Epox NF3 boards that did that. The 3rd one they sent me was a new revision with redesigned power transistors and some different capacitors, and hey guess what it didn't chirp.

It's definately not your CPU.

It's pretty annoying though. I remember that much.

EDIT: Thing about your buddies CPU... It needs to be at least as fast as yours. If it doesn't pull as much power through your system it won't be an accurate test of the motherboards ability to handle the load. So if you afterwards RMAd your CPU based on your buddies chip not making noise, you could very well have RMAd a perfectly good CPU and the one you get back will do the same thing because of the motherboard.
 
Could it be the hard drive? I have hear my WD hard drive make sounds using their testing software. Sounds cool, but dunno how this exactly helps.
 
I had a chirping/squealing sound come from somewhere around the memory slots on my P4P800 Deluxe for a long time, but it went away when I upgraded my power supply. It was more annoying than anything; I never had any stability problems with the noise.

If you're experiencing the problem with two different motherboards, it could be caused by something else in your machine. I would suggest that you try a different power supply and see if the problem goes away.
 
iv had the same experience before with the high pitch chirping noise and it ended up being the harddrive, sometimes its hard to tell where the sounds comming from since its in the case, so i would try removing the hd and have it sit outside while on the computer, that way u can be sure whether or not its the hd
 
I have a P4P800-E and it does "chirp" but I am not worried because all of the motherboards I have owned have done it. It is simply the power circuitry under pressure for a while until it adjusts. I overclock, and if I do not set the BIOS to a little more voltage than I want, I hear it because it struggles. If I do, I tend not to hear it until the CPU temp hits about 65/149. Don't go to too much trouble over it unless it annoys you so much that you can't stand it.
 
my linux box does that sometimes while its sitting idle, i suspect it could be my older WD hard drive or my Ram, i have some other ram ive been meaning to try. Its weird it only does it sometimes however...
 
Yes I guess I jumped a little on the situation, As the above poster had stated it probably come from those copper coils. However it's something that I'll just have to live with, but just hope this lasts me longer than my last board. Must be an asus feature or something. Thanks again for all the suggestions.
 
When i load up CPU-z i hear a little squeaking type of noise coming from my pc too... I know it's not my HDD... i find it kind of entertaining actually :D
 
Switchmode powersupplies do make funny noises, and Im fairly sure the mobo has its own on there to give power to the voltage. The coils, the transistors... Just like a few other posters have said. transformers will make buzzing and whining, chirping, tweeting, squaking... All sorts of noises.
 
That's awesome! Hmmm it never makes noises other times, just CPU-z. I must admit, i chuckle a little bit when it does it. My PSU is a ghetto shitty switching one too, might be it, who knows :p
 
HD's make a neat chirpy noise sometimes... only on maxtors from what i've experienced. Some users report that WD's and Seagates do it, as well, but I can't tell you how reliable that is
 
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