- Nov 17, 2000
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I built a computer for a friend.
600W Rosewill PSU
Gigabyte DS3 Motherboard (rev3.3)
eVGA 8800gts (320mb) video card
1 SATA DVD burner
1 SATA Seagate HDD
and 3 120mm case fans
The Monitor stopped receiving a signal from the video output, for one reason or another
But we guessed that the computer itself was working fine, as the CPU fan, Case Fans, and Video card fan would kick on.
Hooking it up to another monitor, didn't work.
So I started unplugging things, starting with the case fans, to see if it would work with a less used up PSU (even though I was sure this wasn't the problem)
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When I unplugged the power to the Video Card, and powered on the system, there was a LOUD Constant Squeal! I was hesitant to leave the sound on for long, because of what I thought it was. But it disappeared when I replugged in the Video card.
What Was this sound from?
Having read some forums around and stuff about other problems,
my first guess is that it's a capacitor or something related to power being used up in a wrong manner, probably because the Video Card uses more power than the Motherboard can handle
But I haven't seen an answer about this specific sound
--
Whatever I did when unplugging the video card and plugging it back in, worked for the initial video problem, at least for tonight
But I would like some answer for why the computer squealed at me
600W Rosewill PSU
Gigabyte DS3 Motherboard (rev3.3)
eVGA 8800gts (320mb) video card
1 SATA DVD burner
1 SATA Seagate HDD
and 3 120mm case fans
The Monitor stopped receiving a signal from the video output, for one reason or another
But we guessed that the computer itself was working fine, as the CPU fan, Case Fans, and Video card fan would kick on.
Hooking it up to another monitor, didn't work.
So I started unplugging things, starting with the case fans, to see if it would work with a less used up PSU (even though I was sure this wasn't the problem)
--
When I unplugged the power to the Video Card, and powered on the system, there was a LOUD Constant Squeal! I was hesitant to leave the sound on for long, because of what I thought it was. But it disappeared when I replugged in the Video card.
What Was this sound from?
Having read some forums around and stuff about other problems,
my first guess is that it's a capacitor or something related to power being used up in a wrong manner, probably because the Video Card uses more power than the Motherboard can handle
But I haven't seen an answer about this specific sound
--
Whatever I did when unplugging the video card and plugging it back in, worked for the initial video problem, at least for tonight
But I would like some answer for why the computer squealed at me