Buzzing from motherboard area of PC

[TheTaintedBean]

I know this isn't really the right forum to ask, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

So I have this fairly loud high-pitched buzzing sound coming from around the CPU area of my motherboard. It is more of an electric kind of sound than a mechanical one. Interestingly, the buzzing stops when I perform intensive tasks, such as gaming, and even moving the mouse around a bit causes the noise to become quieter. It's nothing to do with my CPU fan as I have replaced it recently and the sound persists. Also, it's not my GPU as I also recently replaced it for an unrelated reason and I still have the buzzing. I'm not ruling out my power supply, but I'm fairly sure the sound is coming from my motherboard.
Is this sound dangerous and does it indicate a dying component? I can't tell how long the buzzing has been going on, but I only really took notice of it recently.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[rotNdude]

rotNdude님이 먼저 게시:

If you're worried about it and you know it's the motherboard, contact the manufacturer before the warranty runs out. They may replace it.

TheTaintedBean님이 먼저 게시:

Ok, so I'm fairly certain now that the sound has something to do with the VRM's around my CPU. I don't know if this is a problem that needs to be fixed, so does anyone have any insight?

I've heard that disabling c-states in BIOS fixes the problem, but Ive never messed around in BIOS so I don't know what to do.

Thoughts?

[The Muppet Surgery Special]

TheTaintedBean님이 먼저 게시:

The Muppet Surgery Special님이 먼저 게시:

That would lower the clock basically, lower power modes.

Is that recommended? Is it easy to do and what effects will it have?

I edit my last post to put a link to more information on c-states, I never played with them myself, I just know that there are various clock modes a CPU can go through depending on demand and varies across processor.

[TheTaintedBean]

I'd rather not mess about in bios if I don't have to because, as you can most likely tell, I'm not the most tech savvy person. Does anyone know if VRM's creating a buzzing noise is a dangerous problem or is it OK to leave it?

[Beardface31]

Running Prime95 on small ffts might help you determine the location of the noise better.

I would think about returning it if that is still an option. I have a higher standard set in my head for Asus products lol.

[_I_]

c states are used to lower the clock, and voltage when idle
if you disable turbo and c-states the cpu will always stay clocked at the same speeds and voltage
good for oc testing

you can try to rma the board, but they may not take it back for coil whine

[The Muppet Surgery Special]

_I_님이 먼저 게시:

c states are used to lower the clock, and voltage when idle
if you disable turbo and c-states the cpu will always stay clocked at the same speeds and voltage
good for oc testing

you can try to rma the board, but they may not take it back for coil whine

You can return any product if you are unhappy with it for any reason or it does not meet your needs (or the needs discussed during the purchase).

Return to seller :) Let them send it to their supplier, who will then send it to the manufacturer. :)

That's what we do here, we only return to the manufacturer directly (and even the manufacturers will say, send it to the seller) if it's outside of the 2 year statute warranty.

[_I_]

return to place of purchase, yes if within the stores return policy

rma is for the mfg to repair/replace the product and send it or another back to you, if its within the warranty period

[The Muppet Surgery Special]

_I_님이 먼저 게시:

return to place of purchase, yes if within the stores return policy

rma is for the mfg to repair/replace the product and send it or another back to you, if its within the warranty period

It's the law here :) They CANNOT refuse to take it back. If they do refuse, call your local trading standard or email and explain it to them, you can bet they will be very nice to you next time you return :)

[TheTaintedBean]

Ok, so at this point I'm just considering giving in and buying a new Mobo, as my warranty has run out.

However, I have 2 questions:

1: Is a buzzing VRM actually a problem that can affect performance and damage components, or is it literaly just an annoying sound?

2: If I decide to get a new Mobo, which ones would you recommend for an AMD FX-8350 and a GTX 970?

3: Is replacing a motherboard a difficult endevour that requires an experienced professional or is it something an inexperienced PC builder could do?

[The Muppet Surgery Special]

TheTaintedBean님이 먼저 게시:

Ok, so at this point I'm just considering giving in and buying a new Mobo, as my warranty has run out.

However, I have 2 questions:

1: Is a buzzing VRM actually a problem that can affect performance and damage components, or is it literaly just an annoying sound?

2: If I decide to get a new Mobo, which ones would you recommend for an AMD FX-8350 and a GTX 970?

3: Is replacing a motherboard a difficult endevour that requires an experienced professional or is it something an inexperienced PC builder could do?

I don't know about your laws but we even have rights to a fix outside of warranty since not only should the product be "fit for the purpose" it also should "last a reasonable amount of time for that use".

[TheTaintedBean]

The Muppet Surgery Special님이 먼저 게시:

TheTaintedBean님이 먼저 게시:

Ok, so at this point I'm just considering giving in and buying a new Mobo, as my warranty has run out.

However, I have 2 questions:

1: Is a buzzing VRM actually a problem that can affect performance and damage components, or is it literaly just an annoying sound?

2: If I decide to get a new Mobo, which ones would you recommend for an AMD FX-8350 and a GTX 970?

3: Is replacing a motherboard a difficult endevour that requires an experienced professional or is it something an inexperienced PC builder could do?

I don't know about your laws but we even have rights to a fix outside of warranty since not only should the product be "fit for the purpose" it also should "last a reasonable amount of time for that use".

To be perfectly honest I most likely could go through the hassle of an RMA outwith the warranty, but I don't want to end up getting one back that has the same problem. I can't really deal with anything like that right now, so I personally have no real problem with (reluctantly) getting a new model of Mobo.

But my 3 questions still stand, if you have any answers.

[76561198146916803]

Replacing a mobo is easy if it's a standard ITX, microATX or full ATX board going into a standard ATX case. If you have a Dell or HP prebuild then also get a new case. You probably need a new tube of thermal paste and denatured high % alcohol to clean off the old paste (look up what you need). Your Windows key will deactivate from a mobo swap. If it's a retail key then it should carry over. You can call Microsoft if the key gives you a problem. I would just buy another copy of Windows when planning a mobo change.

Get an Asus 990FX mobo for the FX-8350 if you want to do it right or else some cheaper 970 chipset board. I've never had a mobo make noise in all my years of using a PC from super crap mobos to more expensive ones. I would replace it quick if that is the cause of the noise.

[TheTaintedBean]

My PC is really starting to piss me off right now.

Kind of unrelated, but I just updated to the latest nvidia drivers for my GPU and now when playing games (specifically Fallout 4) my PC either just completely crashes on startup or randomly restarts after a while of playing for no reason.

Is this problem related to the driver update, because if it is I'm kind of stuffed because I did a clean install of them so I can't roll back to a previous version, and when trying to manually install the previous drivers from nvidia's website I get an error saying: ''nvidia installer cannot continue- Graphics Driver Could Not Find Compatible Graphics Hardware''.

I've looked up online and apparantly a PC randomly crashing or restarting can also be down to a failing PSU. Could this be whats causing the buzzing noise on my mobo?

[The Muppet Surgery Special]

Random crashes usually are power or memory related.

Unusual sounds are usually the sign of a failure later in my opinion.

If it cannot find the hardware to install drivers, that's usually bad.

I wonder if there is a bad connection somewhere. Perhaps something is not getting the right power, no idea.

It you hear a large pop or bang, its a cap :)

[TheTaintedBean]

The Muppet Surgery Special님이 먼저 게시:

Random crashes usually are power or memory related.

It's just it only came after the driver update, and I'm unable to revert to the old drivers where this problem didn't occur.

But the fact that the sound is coming from the voltage regulator makes me think that it could be a power supply issue.