Good morning folks
I have driven thousands of miles through Southern Africa. Both on and off-road. One of the most important lessons I learnt was “listen to your vehicle”. You don’t want to be broken down in the middle of the bush 300 miles from the nearest assistance!. Unusual noises normally mean trouble is coming sometime, so you need to investigate and fix ASAP (with luck the noise might fall into the “it’s not serious, just turn up the music and ignore it” category!).
So. My new budget gaming PC received in October 2020. (I settled on this configuration because of a limited budget and the fact that graphics quality is of little importance to me. I go for the gameplay)
Recently I have noticed a louder than normal humming or whine. It sometimes “oscillates” and cycles louder then quieter for a while, then that stops and it goes back to just louder than normal.
If you turned on my PC you would probably not notice anything because you hadn’t heard what the sound level was previously.
As far as I am aware in my limited knowledge, there are only two moving/mechanical parts in a PC – fans and HDD – so probably one of these?.
Obviously I am concerned and would like to fix this problem but my worry is that if I send it back to PCS they have nothing to compare the noise level to, and would likely just return as is. Back to square one plus being without a PC for however many days (with COVID maybe weeks!!!)
Is there a diagnostic tool that I could run at home?
As I complete this request for help, the noise has receded almost entirely!! Grrrrr!!
Many thanks folks
Stay safe!
I have driven thousands of miles through Southern Africa. Both on and off-road. One of the most important lessons I learnt was “listen to your vehicle”. You don’t want to be broken down in the middle of the bush 300 miles from the nearest assistance!. Unusual noises normally mean trouble is coming sometime, so you need to investigate and fix ASAP (with luck the noise might fall into the “it’s not serious, just turn up the music and ignore it” category!).
So. My new budget gaming PC received in October 2020. (I settled on this configuration because of a limited budget and the fact that graphics quality is of little importance to me. I go for the gameplay)
Recently I have noticed a louder than normal humming or whine. It sometimes “oscillates” and cycles louder then quieter for a while, then that stops and it goes back to just louder than normal.
If you turned on my PC you would probably not notice anything because you hadn’t heard what the sound level was previously.
As far as I am aware in my limited knowledge, there are only two moving/mechanical parts in a PC – fans and HDD – so probably one of these?.
Obviously I am concerned and would like to fix this problem but my worry is that if I send it back to PCS they have nothing to compare the noise level to, and would likely just return as is. Back to square one plus being without a PC for however many days (with COVID maybe weeks!!!)
Is there a diagnostic tool that I could run at home?
As I complete this request for help, the noise has receded almost entirely!! Grrrrr!!
Many thanks folks
Stay safe!
| Case | CORSAIR 275R AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE |
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT Six Core CPU (4.5GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4) |
| Motherboard | ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready! |
| Memory (RAM) | 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB) |
| Graphics Card | 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 SUPER - HDMI |
| 1st Storage Drive | 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE |
| 1st M.2 SSD Drive | 512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W) |
| DVD/BLU-RAY Drive | NOT REQUIRED |
| Power Supply | CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET |
| Power Cable | 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead) |
| Processor Cooling | STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER |
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| Sound Card | ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) |
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| USB/Thunderbolt Options | MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence |
