- May 2, 2006
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Hey guys,
I've been noticing a constant noise coming from my PC, without really pinpointing where the noise is exactly coming from until now (my very scientific tests include me putting my ear at various points of the PC till I figured where the noise was coming from).
Now that I've pinpointed the noise, I started to wonder if it was something serious or not too much. The noise resembles a very faint bird chirp-esque sound, with about three of these "chirps" per second. It seems cyclical, and when I power the PC down the noise slows down before it goes away as the computer actually does power off. The noise is, again, fairly faint, though I could still hear it over the hum of the PC's other fans from about 10-15 feet away.
Does anyone know what it might be? Could it be the fan needing some grease (ie not too serious), or is it likely to be a capacitor doing something funny(ie I should replace ASAP)?
I've been noticing a constant noise coming from my PC, without really pinpointing where the noise is exactly coming from until now (my very scientific tests include me putting my ear at various points of the PC till I figured where the noise was coming from).
Now that I've pinpointed the noise, I started to wonder if it was something serious or not too much. The noise resembles a very faint bird chirp-esque sound, with about three of these "chirps" per second. It seems cyclical, and when I power the PC down the noise slows down before it goes away as the computer actually does power off. The noise is, again, fairly faint, though I could still hear it over the hum of the PC's other fans from about 10-15 feet away.
Does anyone know what it might be? Could it be the fan needing some grease (ie not too serious), or is it likely to be a capacitor doing something funny(ie I should replace ASAP)?