wierd noise ?

bunnyboiler · Aug 14, 2003, 05:38 PM

Every time i boot up or open a program (when up and running) a strange noise come's
from my tower. It sounds like a plastic fork being shoved into a desktop fan !
is my floppy/hard drive about to curl up and die

**MIG-31** · Aug 14, 2003, 05:41 PM

have you any case fans if so one could be faulty.

bunnyboiler · Aug 14, 2003, 05:44 PM

case fan sturdy and running smoothly

bunnyboiler · Aug 14, 2003, 05:50 PM

It's making the noise as i hit the submit/ back and forword buttons as well ?

Logla · Aug 14, 2003, 05:52 PM

I have the same problem and its been buggin me for ages. It sounds just like a short muffled beep. I thought it was a fan so I took them all out. Still did it. I have a new hard drive now so it couldn't be that. Do you run a 9700 or 9800 Pro by any chance? My old 9700Pro used to do this but the noise would stay on and get quieter. The only way to solve it was to turn it off and back on. I kind of think it may be my 9800Pro fan just moving slightly - although it shouldn't do this.

bunnyboiler · Aug 14, 2003, 06:08 PM

Mine sounds more like an AK47

and i have a ti4200 ( no witty comments ati chappies )

Logla · Aug 14, 2003, 07:38 PM

Ah well, not the same as my prob then. doubt it would be the HDD though as when they go you usually get no warning and sometimes a clunking noise as windows boots (or not)

Joschaf · Aug 16, 2003, 02:57 AM

my computer sometimes makes a popping sound when i'm playing games, just sounds like a piece of bubblewrap popping, and it's never crashed or anything

Joschaf · Aug 16, 2003, 02:57 AM

my computer sometimes makes a popping sound when i'm playing games, just sounds like a piece of bubblewrap popping, and it's never crashed or anything

Rayder · Aug 16, 2003, 05:02 AM

I've heard that buzz sound before too, like something rubbing against a fan for a second or two. Doesn't happen often, but makes me jump when it happens because my leg is right by the tower.

Since all the fans I can get to are clean, I figure it's the fans in the power supply getting attacked by a viscious dust-bunny within the PSU. My bro says that I should clean it out, but I REALLY don't want to disconnect all the wiring, pull the PSU and clean it. It's just a pain. He says it will be a bigger pain if the PSU blows out because of possible conductivity of the offending dust-ball hitting components within the PSU.

So, that's my guess, dust in the PSU breaking loose and hitting the fans in the PSU and either getting spit out or chewed to harmlessness.

Aug 14, 2003, 05:38 PM	#1
bunnyboiler Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: wigan,lancs uk Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	wierd noise ? Every time i boot up or open a program (when up and running) a strange noise come's from my tower. It sounds like a plastic fork being shoved into a desktop fan ! is my floppy/hard drive about to curl up and die

Aug 14, 2003, 05:41 PM	#2
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,821 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	have you any case fans if so one could be faulty. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Aug 16, 2003, 02:57 AM	#8
Joschaf DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 0	wee my computer sometimes makes a popping sound when i'm playing games, just sounds like a piece of bubblewrap popping, and it's never crashed or anything

Aug 16, 2003, 02:57 AM	#9
Joschaf DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 0	wee my computer sometimes makes a popping sound when i'm playing games, just sounds like a piece of bubblewrap popping, and it's never crashed or anything

Aug 14, 2003, 05:44 PM	Thread Starter #3
bunnyboiler Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: wigan,lancs uk Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	case fan sturdy and running smoothly

Aug 14, 2003, 05:50 PM	Thread Starter #4
bunnyboiler Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: wigan,lancs uk Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	It's making the noise as i hit the submit/ back and forword buttons as well ?

Aug 14, 2003, 05:52 PM	#5
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	I have the same problem and its been buggin me for ages. It sounds just like a short muffled beep. I thought it was a fan so I took them all out. Still did it. I have a new hard drive now so it couldn't be that. Do you run a 9700 or 9800 Pro by any chance? My old 9700Pro used to do this but the noise would stay on and get quieter. The only way to solve it was to turn it off and back on. I kind of think it may be my 9800Pro fan just moving slightly - although it shouldn't do this.

Aug 14, 2003, 06:08 PM	Thread Starter #6
bunnyboiler Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: wigan,lancs uk Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	Mine sounds more like an AK47 and i have a ti4200 ( no witty comments ati chappies )

Aug 14, 2003, 07:38 PM	#7
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Ah well, not the same as my prob then. doubt it would be the HDD though as when they go you usually get no warning and sometimes a clunking noise as windows boots (or not)

Aug 16, 2003, 05:02 AM	#10
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	I've heard that buzz sound before too, like something rubbing against a fan for a second or two. Doesn't happen often, but makes me jump when it happens because my leg is right by the tower. Since all the fans I can get to are clean, I figure it's the fans in the power supply getting attacked by a viscious dust-bunny within the PSU. My bro says that I should clean it out, but I REALLY don't want to disconnect all the wiring, pull the PSU and clean it. It's just a pain. He says it will be a bigger pain if the PSU blows out because of possible conductivity of the offending dust-ball hitting components within the PSU. So, that's my guess, dust in the PSU breaking loose and hitting the fans in the PSU and either getting spit out or chewed to harmlessness.