Wasp in PC

lemonkettaz · 4 Feb 2006 at 00:50

Sometimes my computer sounds like it has a wasp stuck in it...

i can sometimes hear a faint buzz (squealing) sort of sound... this is just occasional though...and i aint a clue what it is....?!

nothing to do with the fans, so im really confused.... anyone have ANY idea what it could be?

p.s. there is no insect in the pc

Dace · 4 Feb 2006 at 00:52

One of the internal cables rattling against a fan?

Accumulation of dust in some of the fans?

Vibration of the entire case caused by hard drives and fans?

lemonkettaz · 4 Feb 2006 at 00:53

it deffo no the hdd..

could be dust... there is a bit of dust on the cpu heatsink.. in between the grill bit

dont think its the wirse.. i have no wires against fans, or over them

nikebee · 4 Feb 2006 at 00:54

Dace said:
Vibration of the entire case caused by hard drives and fans?

vibration was my first thought as well, reseat the HDDs/Opticals/fans see if it makes any difference.

could it just be a noisy HDD being accessed ?

lemonkettaz · 4 Feb 2006 at 00:56

hmm... ill try reseating the hdd and getting rid of some dust. will post back tomorrow... cheers. bit tired at moment, had a few cans, shouldnt really try anything in this state

col20 · 4 Feb 2006 at 01:11

I had the same sorta thing try looking at ** psu and see if maybe its a lose wire their that was what was ahpping to mine :
Happy cleaning

Ping · 4 Feb 2006 at 02:36

could it be ** cd/dvd drive spinning?

would have said a dodgy cap but thats ussualy a hissing more than a buzzing

233 · 4 Feb 2006 at 09:50

have you opened the case up to check for small flying things?

Zephyrus · 4 Feb 2006 at 11:51

When do you hear the 'squeal' under load or any time? I occasionally hear a short squeal whne clicking certain things while gaming.

basmic · 4 Feb 2006 at 12:06

Could the PSU fans warming up - turn the machine off, push something against one of the fan blades to stop it turning, and see if it buzzes.

loltim · 4 Feb 2006 at 12:17

Might just be the mosfets, the "doughnuts" on my motherboard do put out a pinging/squealing noise when idle.

I'm referring to the round things seen here http://images.gruntville.com/images/hardware/Motherboards-AMD/abit_nf7-s/abit-NF7-S_mosfets.jpg

Duke · 4 Feb 2006 at 12:18

I get a high pitch whine from my mobo when transferring large data over LAN

loltim · 4 Feb 2006 at 12:19

I think its something most people get, electronic components unfortunately aren't always silent.

MikeTimbers · 4 Feb 2006 at 12:26

I found a dead Daddy-Long-Legs in mine the last time I opened it for a clean.

Septh · 4 Feb 2006 at 14:38

Mine makes a werid buzzing noise wen i use my USB ports for certain things such as bluetooth or my web cam lol
Any ideas on that one guys?

Clarkey · 4 Feb 2006 at 15:02

mine makes all kind of squealing noises depending on load, its fairly normal.

mauron · 4 Feb 2006 at 21:54

Had the same sort of noise, the fan on the graphics card had come loose, so I tightened the screws up & no noise.

lemonkettaz · 4 Feb 2006 at 23:25

found it out...

2 screws hold the hdd in place.. each have rubber washers around them... one of them was hanging off... therefore the hdd was just touching the metal casing where the actual hdd goes... so when in operation it vibrated against the metal..

fixed now

plus i didnt know i could reduce my cpu heatsink from 2000rpm to 1700rpm

very quiet now