'Ticking' sound

DR_Pingu · 12 Jul 2015 at 22:32

Hi guys, I've recently noticed a ticking like sound coming from (obviously) my case. The only thing I can imagine it being is a bad bearing on a fan - would this be a fair assumption? Going off the basis that I don't actually know what a bad fan bearing sounds like. It is consistent on timing, though it isn't always there :confused:

any ideas would be welcome.

Rroff · 12 Jul 2015 at 22:35

Mechanical HDDs and fans are the normal culprits.

fobose · 12 Jul 2015 at 22:37

Have you tried unplugging all your case fans to see if it stops?

DR_Pingu · 12 Jul 2015 at 23:10

fobose said:
Have you tried unplugging all your case fans to see if it stops?

No but when I get a moment I'll give that a try, thanks.

Rroff said:
Mechanical HDDs and fans are the normal culprits.

My HDD hasn't shown any issues so the only thing I can assume is fans. It's not a normal 'tick' from a HDD, so I imagine. Somewhat remembering how it sounds from my old rig

mushtafa · 13 Jul 2015 at 10:56

Double check for anything touching the fan blades as well.

scotsdragon · 13 Jul 2015 at 11:15

as above make sure nothing has touched the fan blades i had this one it was a saggy cable lol pushed it out of teh way and noise disappeared.

russell664 · 13 Jul 2015 at 14:37

Try speeding up and slowing down each fan individually, to see if the ticking increases, or decreases.

One of my fans tick as you have described.

Also, are you running PWM fans?

Cat_J · 13 Jul 2015 at 17:27

Long shot... Do you have a Corsair PSU, there was an issue with some that had a little bit of plastic that used to get hit by the fan. It happened to me but didn't start up straight away.

DR_Pingu · 13 Jul 2015 at 18:42

mushtafa said:
Double check for anything touching the fan blades as well.

Triple checked - nothing dangling. My case has pretty good cable management

russell664 said:
Try speeding up and slowing down each fan individually, to see if the ticking increases, or decreases.

One of my fans tick as you have described.

Also, are you running PWM fans?

No PWN fans!

Cat_J said:
Long shot... Do you have a Corsair PSU, there was an issue with some that had a little bit of plastic that used to get hit by the fan. It happened to me but didn't start up straight away.

Cooler Master SilentPro 850W bud.

dacads · 13 Jul 2015 at 20:40

So have you identified the culprit yet? Could be the PSU fan..

Sircles · 14 Jul 2015 at 15:15

DR_Pingu said:
Cooler Master SilentPro 850W bud.

If it is the PSU, it may still be in warranty as they have a 5 year warranty period.

Grey M@a · 14 Jul 2015 at 15:17

My case does this but its because of the way I have a fan cable routed and at times it will vibrate off the fan casing.

Moved the cable and it no longer happens. Might be worth checking you have no fan/cables resting on parts of the case if not tied down etc.