Buzzing sound from PC

venomx · 22 Mar 2021 at 18:08

PC makes a buzzing sound (it's on a glass table )
If i lift the front up, it stops.
Would that indicate the HDD causing it ?

Before I think about buying an m.2 and replacing it. Should I try the rubber band trick of putting it round the HDD ??

venomx · 22 Mar 2021 at 18:58

Plec said:
Very possible and the bungee/rubber band trick should help if this was the cause.

Just put two small rubber bands around HDD tray. Now it's much quieter.
The tray was also a bit wonky, so I adjusted that a bit.

venomx · 28 Mar 2021 at 18:19

Put a few more rubber bands around the HDD and it's pretty much stopped buzzing. Still does it a bit, and stops if I lift the PC up at the front.
If I run out of space on my HDD I may invest in a 2TB SSD instead. However paying over £100 just to stop a small buzzing sound is a bit silly.

I wouldn't be comfy disabling the fans at the front as they are connected to an AIO for my CPU

If i could prop the case up at the front it would help. But no idea what to use

After doing some googling it appears a few others have the same problem with this case, so it could just be that.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/fractal-meshify-c-low-hum.18899037/

venomx · 29 Mar 2021 at 09:03

Plec said:
Set them to minimum - if you haven't tried this already - just to see if they are a contributing factor.

Yep all fans are running at the lowest the bios will allow before giving a warning.

venomx · 30 Mar 2021 at 07:35

slim01 said:
I've found blu tak to be really useful to minimise vibration. Same with hi fi stuff

I have black-tac which is the same as blu-tac but stronger. However it didn't help much. I'll try again now that I have rubber bands around the HDD

venomx · 5 Apr 2021 at 20:15

Here's an odd one.
PC Went unusually quiet for a few minutes. I opened up an app on my PC and then I heard the HDD " booting up " as it does when you turn the PC on. Then the noise resumed, any idea ?

It is quite annoying but doesn't warrant spending money to replace it with an SSD, as I generally have the TV on in the background when using the PC it's barely noticable

venomx · 5 Apr 2021 at 20:20

Quartz said:
No. It could be the HDD but it could also be one of the fans. Even the PSU fan. Just put a rubber mat underneath.

You may be on to something. Read my previous post #11

From what I remember the corsair PSU only turns on when it needs to, hence the noise potentially ?

It went silent. Then I opened up an app and it started again. Sounded like when I boot up my PC during the BIOS

Suppose I could disconnect the HDD and see if it continues. This won't cause any data loss or corruption will it ?

venomx · 6 Apr 2021 at 08:35

It's the HDD
I disconnected it and the PC went silent

venomx · 6 Apr 2021 at 09:14

Quartz said:
Do be aware that by putting your PC on a glass table you are effectively making a speaker. You need some sort of noise dampening if you are going to continue to use the HDD with the PC on that table. Or you could replace the HDD with a SSD or NVME drive.

Yes. NVME it is then.

venomx · 7 Apr 2021 at 13:45

Fitted the NVME, no more buzzing