GTX 970 Chirping Sound

[maklabouhlel]

Hello everyone, been having this weird problem with my pc recently. When watching videos on youtube or media player I'd hear a chirping sound coming from the video card, lasting only a second but would happen every 30 seconds or so until a restart. Also, my system has started becoming unresponsive but the mouse cursor still moves with no response to Alt+Ctrl+Del.

After removing the card and just using the onboard graphics, the issue went away. I've reinstalled the gpu and the problem has instantly recurred. I've rigorously tested my system for stability with memtest, prime95 etc without any stability issues. I have the latest nvidia drivers. Any ideas?

 

[LeMson]

Google 970 coil whine see if it sounds like that?

 

[maklabouhlel]

Google 970 coil whine see if it sounds like that?

It doesn't sound like coil whine, I've had that many times with other cards. It also only lasts for a second but occurs every 30 seconds roughly. It also continues after the video has stopped.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

What PSU are you using?

 

[maklabouhlel]

What PSU are you using?

Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 11 650W

 

[Dirk Diggler]

It could be the PSU making the noise? If you're sure it's not the PSU, then it may be a fan bearing on the GPU. Test in Afterburner by ramping the fans up and down manually.

 

[varkanoid]

Easter Chick ?

 

[maklabouhlel]

It could be the PSU making the noise? If you're sure it's not the PSU, then it may be a fan bearing on the GPU. Test in Afterburner by ramping the fans up and down manually.

It happens even when the gpu fan runs at 0rpm. It could be the psu but there's no noise when I remove the graphics card so I suspect it's the graphics card and it seems to be coming from that direction. I tried the graphics card and psu in a different pc and there was no noise.

 

[Gregster]

Easter Chick ?

Someone had to

Check the fans are spinning freely and nothing is blocking the heatsink under than fans.

 

[maklabouhlel]

Okay I google windows 10 lockup and a few people mentioned turning off pci express link state power management. I haven't had any lockups since and surprisingly, the chirping sound has completely gone.

 

[heatonpkmassive]

Okay I google windows 10 lockup and a few people mentioned turning off pci express link state power management. I haven't had any lockups since and surprisingly, the chirping sound has completely gone.

Well done, glad for you that you got to the bottom of it. And also good that you came back with the solution, it'll add to the Google hits and you'll invariably help someone else by doing it