Strange Noises

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MightyDiomed

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Hey guys, I'm running Vista and whenever I move my mouse across the screen, I can hear my 8800 Ultra start to buzz and hum, without fail whenever I move my mouse it starts whirling a little, it's very annoying. Also if I scroll over the icons in my rocket dock, my Hard drives in raid 0 start to squeal and make a squeaky grinding noise. The noise is baisically constant as I use my PC, the fans aren't loud, but I can't take the constant buzzing and grinding from my video card and HDs anymore.


Does anyone have any idea why or what is causing it?

Ambient Case temp: 51c
8800 Ultra idle: 70 c
8800 Ultra load: 105c ~ then it begins to down throttle and hovers at 98fps
cpu temps are 34c idle and 49c load
 
Are you certain it's your videocard's fan that's making the noise? I had a very similar issue in Vista, but found it was my speakers making the noise. Had something to do with the audio channel my microphone was using, IIRC. Disabling my microphone, tinkering with audio settings, or simply using a different jack (sound card vs. integrated sound) resolved it.
 
Nah, it's definetly the video card doing the noise, trust me...when I run Video Card Stability test, the FPS fluctuates with how much buzzing and whirling is going on. I don't even think its the fan, the fans always at 100% speed...Iunno, if someone has one of these things, they know exactly what sound I am talking about. I just don't understand what is stressing it enough to make it rev up whenever I move my cursor. =\
 
MightyDiomed said:
Nah, it's definetly the video card doing the noise, trust me...when I run Video Card Stability test, the FPS fluctuates with how much buzzing and whirling is going on. I don't even think its the fan, the fans always at 100% speed...Iunno, if someone has one of these things, they know exactly what sound I am talking about. I just don't understand what is stressing it enough to make it rev up whenever I move my cursor. =\
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Vista's Aero interface.
 
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