GTX 680 Beeping at high load

[CleaverBoneclaw]

Hi all,

This is my first post, I am a long time lurker first time contributor!

In January I bought a product which is no longer available for sale but its page is here: KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

When my card is at a workload over about 65% it beeps.
The beep starts of short and then stops.
The beep then starts again with a longer beep interval then stops.
The beep becomes longer and longer until it stays on permanently (or until I tab out of a game (where the load drops off))

It is not a problem with temp, its staying between 40ºC - 70ºC.

I thought it may be a problem with my +12V rail from my PSU since it was fluctuating a bit so I replaced me PSU to a Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

My +12V is now pefectly between 12.01 and 12.00 so I am a happy bunny but still I get this beeping when under high load.

Also I have 3x BenQ GL2450 24" Widescreen LED Monitor and if I try to turn my computer on with all 3 connected I get no video output and get a long beep noise. If I unplug any 2 screens in any combination it will boot past POST then i connect the other 2 screens and all is fine until the card is under heavy load again.

This occurs with all the video output ports (eg it will boot with any of the 3 plugged in eliminated the ports as the issue)

I wish I had a another card confirmed working that i could plug in and see if it has the same issue but this is not an option.

I have an

GIGABYTE GA-X58-USB3 Motherboard
12GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM
i7 950 (not-overcloacked) proc
Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

I am going out of my mind trying to fix this, anyone had similar problems? My old card worked fine in this PCI-E slot so I dont think its that...

Any ideas of any kind? I'll do anything! (this sounds like the start of a porn movie)

Cleaver

 

[straxusii]

This isn't a UPS beeping is it?

Try a different pcie slot

Try different cables from the PSU

If the motherboard has an extra female molex ensure a cable is plugged into that.

Update the motherboard bios

 

[CleaverBoneclaw]

This isn't a UPS beeping is it?

Try a different pcie slot

Try different cables from the PSU

If the motherboard has an extra female molex ensure a cable is plugged into that.

Thanks for the advice mate, I have already tried different cables from PSU and no luck.

Never considered the PCI-E slot so ill test that thanks.

Its not on a UPS, origionally it was on an extension lead but I changed it directly into a wall socket.

 

[Olly]

This sounds like coil whine / squealing to me ?

 

[CaptainUnlikely]

This sounds like coil whine / squealing to me ?

My thoughts too.
Could you record the sound and post it? Would help us to identify what the sound is.

 

[CleaverBoneclaw]

i will record the sound and post it for you guys. I'm almost certain it is coming from a speaker though, it sounds nothing like this one : Nvidia GTX 680 COIL WHINE

 

[Fanatic]

Are you running some monitoring software that has sound alerts if your card goes over a certain temperature?

 

[CleaverBoneclaw]

Are you running some monitoring software that has sound alerts if your card goes over a certain temperature?

no and it is not temp.

I have manually set the fan on 100% and the temp stays below 45ºC at max loud but still beeps