Motherboard SQUEAL sound

djtech · Jan 13, 2003, 10:08 PM

Hello,

I have been using an EPOX 8K7A motherboard for about a year now and have had virtually no problems, been a fabulous board. However, just as of lately, I have had the system completely crash. Normally it will give oddities in visuals, like horizontal lines or vertical ones too. Sometimes it will just freeze up too. There are never any windows error code screens associated with this. I have not made any hardware or software changes either. One thing that I did notice is that when this problem does happen, there is a SQUEAL coming from the motherboard. I have noticed some of the capacitors look a little bloated on it and am curious if they are the culprit. I have tested the Radeon in other motherboards and it works fine and when I stick other video cards in the epox, less powerful ones, they work fine. Does this motherboard have an issue with Radeon 7500 AIW's? Is it pulling too much from the capacitors? I have a good 400W power supply too. Hope this helps.

DJ

CPU: AMD XP 1500
RAM: Mushkin 256MB DDR
VGA: ATI Radeon AIW 7500 64MB
Drive: Seagate Cheetah 18GB 15K RPM SCSI
O/S: Windows XP

beepyou · Jan 15, 2003, 04:24 AM

could be ur power supply?

jkayca2 · Jan 15, 2003, 02:30 PM

Check the CPU fan. Make sure it isn't rubbing against the heatsink.

digitalwanderer · Jan 15, 2003, 06:59 PM

..the squeal ain't coming from your viddy card? If it is your mobo, WHERE on the mobo is the noise coming from?

Jan 13, 2003, 10:08 PM	#1
djtech DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Motherboard SQUEAL sound Hello, I have been using an EPOX 8K7A motherboard for about a year now and have had virtually no problems, been a fabulous board. However, just as of lately, I have had the system completely crash. Normally it will give oddities in visuals, like horizontal lines or vertical ones too. Sometimes it will just freeze up too. There are never any windows error code screens associated with this. I have not made any hardware or software changes either. One thing that I did notice is that when this problem does happen, there is a SQUEAL coming from the motherboard. I have noticed some of the capacitors look a little bloated on it and am curious if they are the culprit. I have tested the Radeon in other motherboards and it works fine and when I stick other video cards in the epox, less powerful ones, they work fine. Does this motherboard have an issue with Radeon 7500 AIW's? Is it pulling too much from the capacitors? I have a good 400W power supply too. Hope this helps. DJ CPU: AMD XP 1500 RAM: Mushkin 256MB DDR VGA: ATI Radeon AIW 7500 64MB Drive: Seagate Cheetah 18GB 15K RPM SCSI O/S: Windows XP

Jan 15, 2003, 02:30 PM	#3
jkayca2 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 379 Rep Power: 0	Check the CPU fan. Make sure it isn't rubbing against the heatsink. __________________ [color=Blue]PNY Verto GeFORCE 6800GT AGP 256MB DDR3 - 1 GHz Win XP Pro (SP 2) - Directx 9.0c Intel P4 2.8C GHz - Abit IS7 Mobo 2x512 + 2x1024 MB PC 3200 DDR WD 74 GB Raptor + WD 120 GB HD with 8 MB Cache Hercules Gamesurround Fortissmo 7.1 Logitech Z5500 Speaker System Leadtek WinFast TV 2000 XP Deluxe LG GSA-4160B DVD Burner Logitech LX700 Keyb, mouse combo Mitsubishi DiamondPro 2070SB 22" CRT[/color]

Jan 15, 2003, 06:59 PM	#4
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,620 Rep Power: 0	Are you sure.. ..the squeal ain't coming from your viddy card? If it is your mobo, WHERE on the mobo is the noise coming from? __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jan 15, 2003, 04:24 AM	#2
beepyou DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	could be ur power supply?