coil whine on psu?

Eerazer · 20 Jul 2011 at 15:16

when i use google chrome my psu makes this sound, when i close chrome it goes away.

i dont know whats going on with it but its kinda annoying.

this is a video of the problem, the guy in the video isnt me, but i have 100% the exact same issue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFs0n_2FlGE

Moothead2 · 20 Jul 2011 at 15:17

Stop using Google Chrome

? Or RMA it if it's still in warranty.

Eerazer · 20 Jul 2011 at 15:20

Moothead2 said:
Stop using Google Chrome ? Or RMA it if it's still in warranty.

i tried using firefox and ie last night and it didnt do it, then when i went to bbci to watch a video it did it in ie on that 1 page. bleh

betaspin · 20 Jul 2011 at 16:22

Eerazer said:
when i use google chrome my psu makes this sound, when i close chrome it goes away.

Are you sure that it is the PSU and not the motherboard? Have you tried disabling all power-saving features in the BIOS to check if the noise will go away?

Eerazer · 20 Jul 2011 at 17:35

betaspin said:
Are you sure that it is the PSU and not the motherboard? Have you tried disabling all power-saving features in the BIOS to check if the noise will go away?

yep. tried all that. it seems to be more prominent when i oc my cpu

koooowweeee · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:46

lol i knew it ocz psu RMA time

what tunes is that?

does it do the same when you move the wheel on your mouse? ALL models of ocz psu have faults with that. not saying everyone you get will do it but ive have 5 that did all different models and they give me a upgrade every time ha ha got a z 1000w and that did it so i rma's it and the new one is fine

Eerazer · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:59

koooowweeee said:
lol i knew it ocz psu RMA time

what tunes is that?

does it do the same when you move the wheel on your mouse? ALL models of ocz psu have faults with that. not saying everyone you get will do it but ive have 5 that did all different models and they give me a upgrade every time ha ha got a z 1000w and that did it so i rma's it and the new one is fine

yeah its like when chrome is open i move my mouse around and it makes the sound too

can i just ignore it or whatever? safe to?

koooowweeee · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:02

they told me its fine but i had a good moan because it was doing my head in and they swapped it.

will cost you about 24£ to send to the Netherlands but if they give you an upgrade your laughing

there not end of life psu's so you might not get a better one

is that tune prodigy?

Eerazer · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:15

koooowweeee said:
they told me its fine

hmm so its nothing to worry about?

is that tune prodigy?

what tune?

koooowweeee · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:24

dont think so

My Setup: Click

thats how i knew what psu you had. soon as i saw the thread i knew what it was going to be anyway lol had that many problems with ocz

Eerazer · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:25

hmm just breezing over the ocz forums- a reply from ocz staff:

The name of this noise is called "coil whine", you can google this term to understand it's reasons. Usually components pulling a lot of 12V power that do not respect the ATX spec 100% cause one of the 12v rails to whine. It's not a fault in itself, most psu's will do this power depending on the components hooked to it.

Hopefully you find the answer to your questions with this search term.

Regars,
Simon

Eerazer · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:26

thats cool then, i can oc my cpu back to 4ghz and not be concerned, if i can put up with the noise lol its not very loud, but it is noticible.

ah well could have been worse news eh

Eerazer · 20 Jul 2011 at 20:43

oh the tune on my setup video is 1 i made.

koooowweeee · 20 Jul 2011 at 21:02

What program or machines did you make it on.

Do you make music all the time

Eerazer · 20 Jul 2011 at 21:30

koooowweeee said:
What program or machines did you make it on.

Do you make music all the time

i used to, i used reason 2, and 3 mostly any my yamaha sy-85 synth

heres a link to my page if u are interested http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?songs=332348&T=5300

gazzaman2k · 21 Jul 2011 at 18:30

my corsair psu does that same whine when its not plugged into the montherbaord connector, as soon as it is it shuts up.

perhaps google is hacking into your pc trying for world domination