CHiLL Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 In my new system, I have a KFA2 Nvidia GeForce 580, and when I load games, the graphics card starts to sqeal/whine. It is quite loud, and very, very annoying. Is there a solution to this does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 What percentage is your fan on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 What ever the default is. I'll have to have a look tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 What ever the default is. I'll have to have a look tomorrow. Could be the fan is operating higher than normal or there may be something wrong with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 The fan is at 40% (1410RPM) according to GPU-Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 You sure it's the GPU squealing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Ok stress the GPU (have a torch or light at the ready) then when it starts squealing have a look at the fan to see of its slowing down (physically). My 5870 did that made some really weird noises and was squealing and when I looked the fan was grinding to an almost complete stop so I sent it back I'm not saying that's the case here just worth a look see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 I'm sure it's the graphics card. It mainly does it during the cut scenes, during high frame rates. I'll have a look at the fan, but it doesn't sound like the fan, more like a capacitor or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 This is a common issue, it's related to the PSU and graphics card. Someone on another forum said this: The cores of transformers from DC to DC converters will squeal under load. Not sure if there's any truth behind that. But this is a common issue on quite a lot of NVIDIA cards. Contact the manufacturer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 This is a common issue, it's related to the PSU and graphics card. Someone on another forum said this: The cores of transformers from DC to DC converters will squeal under load. Not sure if there's any truth behind that. But this is a common issue on quite a lot of NVIDIA cards. Contact the manufacturer You may have hit the nail on the head. I placed my ear next to the system while it was under heavy load (Call of Duty: Black Ops playing on max graphics) and the sound appears to be eminating from the PSU, rather than the graphics card. Though, my ears could be misleading me. The PSU is some 3.5 years old now I think, 700W powering all that. Could it be on it's way out? I don't have a spare to test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Could be a definite sign. Replace your PSU and see if it persists? Might be a bit extreme, but could fix it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 If your system randomly reboots under heavy load (no BSOD or crash of any kind, just as if you had hit the reboot switch yourself) then you can be quite sure its your PSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 This issue has now been sorted. I bought a new PSU, once replaced the squealing stopped under load. I guess it was just a capacitor or something that couldn't handle the load of the new system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 glad to hear its fixed, locking and marking as solved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 This issue has now been sorted. I bought a new PSU, once replaced the squealing stopped under load. I guess it was just a capacitor or something that couldn't handle the load of the new system. Ah right, glad we solved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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