Ringing noise from desktop?

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At first I thought my hearing was going bad... but I noticed that my PC emits a constant ringing noise. It sounds exactly like those times where your ear acts up and rings.

I have no idea what is causing it; I put my ear up to each component and I could not discern which one was the source. Does anyone have experience with weird stuff like that?
 
tiny hi-rpm fan....... annoying as #$#@

or it could be a loose chassis vibrating from the hdds and other moving components...

or maybe ur going deaf
 
use a stethoscope. You'll find them pretty cheap at an auto parts store.
 
Hmm good idea, my sister is a nurse I'll borrow one from her.

I'm thinking it is coming from the CPU at this point. If that's the case then I'm out of luck :(
 
This is probably due to one of the fans in your case. I had this probalem to and its normally on the CPU fan/heatsink. The bearings in the fan starts to squeel and makes that ringing noise.
 
It is my new WD 750GB AAKS making the noise. Looks like there is nothing I can do :(
 
I'd send it back, from the 'sounds' of it thats bearing whine.
The bearing is either running too tight or has a lack of lubrication or both.
They amount to the same thing anyway, excess wear and little particles of metal getting in the lubrication fluid early in the drives life.

I have the same drive in 500Gb and its very quiet.
 
You also need to consider vibration - how did you install the HD into your case? If you just bolted it in with 4 screws, it doesn't matter how quiet it is in the air - the vibrations transfer to the case - and anything not bolted down will start vibrating.

Those vibrations turn into noise - pretty simple. If you can quiet the noise by touching the side of your case, then it is a case problem. However, if you can suspend it (elastic strings) >> and then STILL hear the noise, in open air, then you know it's a HD problem. But it's 99% the vibration, and not the HD itself.

A dying/faulty HD would be clicking not ringing.
 
Haha I meant dying or faulty. Yeah you're right, dead would just be sitting there not making noise.
 
It isn't the case... damn I don't want to RMA and reinstall the OS again.(for some damn reason I have to call MS every time... I swear someone must have taken my key)

Well it looks like I shall get an RMA.
 
I had a hard drive that exhibited "ringing." Might want to take out the drive and noise test it separately.
 
Yup I agree. Depending on your SATA and PSU power cable length, see if you can isolate the HD outside the case. If it's long enough, I'd try to partially close the case (to isolate case noise from HD noise) and just have the HD right next to you in the open. That way you'd only hear the HD - and if it's ringing, it'd be dead obvious.

What's funny is that I may be having a similar issue (more with vibration/buzzing noise), my hypothesis that the 7500AAKS is the loudest component in my system, next to the obnoxious stock 8800GT cooler. I'll probably be testing this myself over the weekend. *and if it turns out that it's definitely the 750, I'll be reinstalling my OS drive with the 6400AAKS, whenever that decides to come out.
 
Well I'm betting your 3200AAKS is only 2 platters >> considering the 750 is using outdated 188GB platters...that takes 4 platters. Which contributes heavily to more noise and heat. I think I'm gonna follow the 3 platter rule from now on though.

As for the 320GB platters - the only "downside" is that 16ms seek time. I don't think I've heard anything else though, compared to the numerous Samsung complaints. I think I'll snag that 640 in the meantime hehe.
 
Hmm it looks like that one 750GB was certainly a high pitched drive outside of the case but the 640GB has a ringing to it as well(when inside the case).

It appears the the drive cage of the Antec 900 is amplifying the high pitched ringing noise. The 10k Raptors probably had produced a different pitch so I didn't hear it.

Oh well now I have an opportunity to check out the Lian Li PC-A17B :D If the ringing occurs with that I'll probably return that and get a P182.
 
Bop said:
Hmm it looks like that one 750GB was certainly a high pitched drive outside of the case but the 640GB has a ringing to it as well(when inside the case).

It appears the the drive cage of the Antec 900 is amplifying the high pitched ringing noise. The 10k Raptors probably had produced a different pitch so I didn't hear it.

Oh well now I have an opportunity to check out the Lian Li PC-A17B :D If the ringing occurs with that I'll probably return that and get a P182.
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It could very well be. I'd look into suspending the drive with elastic (look up Silent PC Review's forums and you'll see what I mean).
 
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