coil whine/squealing from MB

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how can I get rid of such an issue. the noise is situated around the CPU socket, most prominent at the back of MB. all power saving features in bios are disabled.

i have a cooler master true power 850 watt PSU.

gigabyte G1 sniper X58 MB.

is it a case of getting a different MB or PSU??
 
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It would be best to borrow a psu and try it.. If the squealing persists, it's your mobo. If it's still in warranty, you could try an rma. Had this problem with an Asus board a few years ago, and Asus shipped me out a new one.
 
problem is i was given this board by gigabyte as a replacement for my broken gigabyte extreme board. don't know if ive got a warranty with this one.
 
It's not your board but go ahead and RMA if you like,I know its your psu as I've gone through all this years ago
 
Just a quick note, did you double check that the energy saving has been disabled with cpu-z.

Reason being my old X58 UD5 used to be noisy when using speedstep.
 
I can tell you a model of psu that doesn't make the noise as I'm using it atm,I've used it on three different mb's and no noise but I can't post link here
 
Test with your bro's psu, and if the squeal persists, you will know that it is your mobo that is at fault. If not, it's time for a new PSU. And yes, you will have a warranty with your current mobo; even if it is a replacement for a previous RMA.

Good point about the energy saving mode as well. Also, check your cpu and ram voltages in your bios too. I had a skt 775 board that squealed unless I bumped up the ram voltage a smidgen.
 
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OrWolf said:
Test with your bro's psu, and if the squeal persists, you will know that it is your mobo that is at fault. If not, it's time for a new PSU. And yes, you will have a warranty with your current mobo; even if it is a replacement for a previous RMA.

Good point about the energy saving mode as well. Also, check your cpu and ram voltages in your bios too. I had a skt 775 board that squealed unless I bumped up the ram voltage a smidgen.
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currently doing some OCing, voltages are generously given to all components.

quick off topic question. qpi voltage of 1.5+v normal for a stable 4ghz i7 920 D0??
 
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1.5v for qpi/vtt? You sure? As thats way way too much,around 1.35v qpi/vtt for 4ghz imo

How much ram? And speed?
 
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1.5v for qpi/vtt? You sure? As thats way way too much,around 1.35v qpi/vtt for 4ghz imo

How much ram? And speed?
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needed 1.54V on qpi for 4GHz to be stable. not even sure if it was 100% stable as my CPU went to around 90 C with it so stopped prime. only way to get into windows with CPU at 3.9GHZ is it put 1.5 V into QPI.

i have 3x4GB DDR3 1600mhz. with timings on auto for stability at mo.

thought 1.5v was too high so why do i need it to get into windows??
 
Because of 12gb of ram,what speed were you running ram at? I would loosen timings and reduce ram.speed,then you can use less qpi/vtt voltage,at 4.2ghz amd ram at 1600mhz (6gb) I only need 1.32v,with 12gb I needed 1.37v but didn't even bother overclocking CPU as the amount of qpi/vtt voltage needed wouldn't be worth it imo,you need to find a mild oc where it let's you use less voltages and keeps the cores under 80c,max voltage for qpi/vtt and 24/7 running I'd go is 1.4-1.45v
 
Changing the motherboard is an option but a lot of hassle.

I find using hot glue will fix coil whine, but even then this might not be ideal with SMD coils
 
youdsy said:

the area circled is the point the noise is most audible.



how can i put glue on that area?
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You need to apply the glue on to the coil itself, it will look like one of these:

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The noise is caused by the coil shaking at a high frequency, so the idea is to apply something like hot glue that will secure the component in place and stop the shaking.

Hot glue is good as it is easily removed and also non conductive

When I get a chance I'll take some photos of coils that I have glued :)
 
They use solid caps on those mb's its not like old mb's with open coil caps,change the psu its electromagnetic interference from psu and the mb/cpu power saving if you want link to psu that doesn't cause noise lemme know
 
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