Help identifying buzzing

dannywaugh1 · 28 Sep 2019 at 20:57

Hi all,

Few weeks back I had recorded this noise coming from my computer. I cannot workout what it could be. The sound comes from the front right and was idle. But when the front right side panel is pressed a little it stops for a little bit then will start now and then. Also happens when under load also.

Got me stumped. I have rebuild the system and still getting the noise.

Any ideas

Thanks!

azazl187 · 28 Sep 2019 at 21:00

It's the casing or internal drive bays that vibrate enough to create a sound. My case does it as well or used to.

It will stop over time or you need to start wedging folded paper in things until it stops.

Or it could be a fan bearing.

Len Dananey · 28 Sep 2019 at 21:28

Sounds like a fan to me too, I had that until I changed to these fans which are unreal https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...th-lighting-node-twin-fan-pack-fg-06h-cs.html .Have them on the cooler and all over my case.

dannywaugh1 · 28 Sep 2019 at 21:29

Cheers guys, I think I will start with changing the front fans and see what happens.

an0nym0us · 28 Sep 2019 at 23:50

dannywaugh1 said:
Cheers guys, I think I will start with changing the front fans and see what happens.

Before you start changing the fans, check which ones are the culprits by carefully pressing the centre of the fan to temporarily stop it whilst in operation. If the sound stops or gets better, then it's the cause or partly the cause of the noise.

dannywaugh1 · 1 Oct 2019 at 18:09

an0nym0us said:
Before you start changing the fans, check which ones are the culprits by carefully pressing the centre of the fan to temporarily stop it whilst in operation. If the sound stops or gets better, then it's the cause or partly the cause of the noise.

Thanks, well I did what you said and all fans are good. Now I am thinking it could be the HDD tray or a cable or even HDD starting to go.

Len Dananey · 1 Oct 2019 at 19:34

dannywaugh1 said:
Thanks, well I did what you said and all fans are good. Now I am thinking it could be the HDD tray or a cable or even HDD starting to go.

100% that is not the hard drive mate, sounds just like a cable caught in a fan or a bearing. If it's not the fans are you certain a cable isn't touching the blades? Could it be from the power supply!

dannywaugh1 · 1 Oct 2019 at 19:53

Len Dananey said:
100% that is not the hard drive mate, sounds just like a cable caught in a fan or a bearing. If it's not the fans are you certain a cable isn't touching the blades? Could it be from the power supply!

Going to do some digging to find out.

Len Dananey · 1 Oct 2019 at 19:55

dannywaugh1 said:
Going to do some digging to find out.

Just added you on Steam mate, if you need some help.

Drumroll · 1 Oct 2019 at 22:52

I believe it's a fan. Some fans may do it when 100%, but I had fans that were doing similar noise at 50% when the same model/"batch" would be fine but increasing the speed a little bit, other fan would do it and the one doing it at 50% would stop.
Try disconnecting all fans and plug one by one.
The worst scenario would be the panel vibrating, that can be sorted, but it's more complicated. I've used silent coat, yes, the stuff for car, and worked.

an0nym0us · 1 Oct 2019 at 23:11

Only connect the bare minimum components (e.g. only CPU fan, no HDDs, etc), to see if the noise persists in BIOS. If there's no noise, then shutdown and add one piece of hardware at a time until you find the culprit.

dannywaugh1 · 2 Oct 2019 at 19:26

Len Dananey said:
Just added you on Steam mate, if you need some help.

Thanks I will keep you posted

Michael Marini said:
I believe it's a fan. Some fans may do it when 100%, but I had fans that were doing similar noise at 50% when the same model/"batch" would be fine but increasing the speed a little bit, other fan would do it and the one doing it at 50% would stop.
Try disconnecting all fans and plug one by one.
The worst scenario would be the panel vibrating, that can be sorted, but it's more complicated. I've used silent coat, yes, the stuff for car, and worked.

an0nym0us said:
Only connect the bare minimum components (e.g. only CPU fan, no HDDs, etc), to see if the noise persists in BIOS. If there's no noise, then shutdown and add one piece of hardware at a time until you find the culprit.

Thanks guys that was going to be my next question about how to go about it

WantoN · 4 Oct 2019 at 14:48

Check it's not the gpu
Check it's not the psu

Otherwise is say it's something catching a spinning fan, or power supply components on the mobo.

Do you have a watercooling?

dannywaugh1 · 4 Oct 2019 at 22:48

WantoN said:
Check it's not the gpu
Check it's not the psu

Otherwise is say it's something catching a spinning fan, or power supply components on the mobo.

Do you have a watercooling?

Not water cooled

WantoN · 4 Oct 2019 at 23:15

dannywaugh1 said:
Not water cooled

Remove the GPU if you have on board gfx.