Build Problems

CyberStew · 14 Mar 2007 at 23:57

Recently built a system but decided to upgrade the motherboard, case and graphics card a few days ago. However, after setting it up last night I realised that there was a high pitched screeching sound. After removing parts one by one and testing, I discovered that it was coming from the motherboard and more specifically the north bridge (I think that's what it is, next to the SATA ports).

Also, whilst running 3Dmark05 v1.3.0 I noticed that my PSU made a weird whirring sound like a piece of paper being held next to a fan when running the graphics card tests, and this sound becomes louder and more in bursts than one constant sound when running the cpu tests in it. My current setup is:

Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower (all 3 fans connected)
ASUS Crosshair AM2 Socket
AMD Athlon X2 4600+
Hiper HPU-4M580 Type R 580W PSU
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2 x 1GB)
ASUS EAX1950XTX 512MB DDR4 PCI-E
Western Digital WD3200KS 320GB SATAII 16MB Cache 7200

Any ideas of the problem and what to do?

masslac · 15 Mar 2007 at 00:00

RMA the mobo for a chip fan replacement. Asus can send a new chip fan to do it yourself but it's surprisingly tricky and I wouldn't recommend it tbh.

CyberStew · 15 Mar 2007 at 00:23

Ok is that to ASUS or the retailer? Any advice on what to do with the 'timebomb' PSU as I've recently discovered it has a repuation for?

Cupra · 15 Mar 2007 at 00:27

ebay it before it goes pop? and get a sparkle one for what u'l get for that or if u can afford it get the corsair one

masslac · 15 Mar 2007 at 00:59

Chances are your PSU will simply fizzle out without taking any of your other components with it. I'd personally just stick with it but not buy a Hiper again. In fact, that's what I'm doing, and my 580W unit has been good for over a year.

Edit - Ring the retailer first. Either route is fine, though.

CyberStew · 15 Mar 2007 at 11:38

Ok thanks very much for the help guys