Electronics chattering

El Doug · Post by **El Doug** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:55 am

Ive heard that once you completely silence your system, the HDD will make the most noise. i on the other hand am finding that, for whatever reason, that clickety clackety indigestion-sounding electric activity noise is the loudest in my system.

not to be picky, but i am almost ready to re-install my older louder fans if only to drown out this noise - the signature is AWEFUL. its imho better to hear a louder whoosh than these terrible sounds

so what are my options? will dampening work for this? i didnt think so, but im ready to do anything.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:58 am

Where is this

clickety clackety indigestion-sounding electric activity noise

coming from? PSU? GFX card? I've had a little buzzing from my VRM's and PSU, but never anything that could be described as a "clickety-clackety" noise.

El Doug · Post by **El Doug** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:09 am

i dont know really - its hard for me to isolate even with the panel off and my ear to the comp when switching from low to high power activities.

however as it seems generalized, i can only assume mobo? the PSU is a phantom350 which i notice never made these sounds when i ran it outside the case, so i feel confident this is not the source

i didnt like ur response - youre scaring me. is this not normal?

QuietOC · Post by **QuietOC** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:20 am

jaganath wrote:Where is this

clickety clackety indigestion-sounding electric activity noise
coming from? PSU? GFX card? I've had a little buzzing from my VRM's and PSU, but never anything that could be described as a "clickety-clackety" noise.

I believe I am hearing noise like that from the video card blitter. Or perhaps it is the PCIe lane. Mine often sounds like chirping. It is only happening in 3D. I have a Radeon X800GTO. The noise is actually more noticeable than the blower fan on the card.

El Doug · Post by **El Doug** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:24 am

that very well could be my source as well - i never considered the video card

mines a 7800gtx... i pray that theres hope for me with such a high-power card

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:59 am

i didnt like ur response - youre scaring me. is this not normal?

It could very well be the video card. My graphics card is very low-performance (understatement of the century), so it makes sense that I would not notice this noise which you are experiencing with a much more powerful card.