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Hello,

I have a little problem with my computer for almost one month, I heard an unusual noise, like a rolling metal.
I did some testing to find where the noise comes from :

I disconnected all my hard drives except my SSD: nothing.

I changed my graphics card (GTX460 to GTX580): nothing.

I changed the fans front and back of my computer (I even unplugged): nothing.

I changed and even removed the fan cooler: nothing.

I tidy the cables to be sure that this does not come from a vibration : nothing.

Edit : I also changed the PSU because my Enermax topped working, so i bought an Seasonic X-Series : nothing.

What to do? This noise is very disturbing, I heard before a light breeze from my computer, that breath was very discreet, now I have a breath and a horrible noise.

Thank you in advance.

Hi,
How about the PSU fan ? It seems to be the only moving part you haven't played with...

It has to be one of your fans: CPU, PSU, case or Video card (I guess it could be a hard drive... but I doubt it).

You need to remove or replace them one at a time to find out which one is the culprit.

How about the PSU fan ? It seems to be the only moving part you haven't played with...

I forgot to mention it, but i also changed the PSU, i have edited my post.
I tought the problem was from my PSU, but nothing has changed when i have installed the new one.

It has to be one of your fans: CPU, PSU, case or Video card (I guess it could be a hard drive... but I doubt it).

You need to remove or replace them one at a time to find out which one is the culprit.

The PSU is brand new, and i had this problem with the Enermax and Seanonic.

I will do it again tonight and keep this post up to date.

Thank you.

Do you have a CD/DVD in the CD/DVD player ?

frenchie wrote:Do you have a CD/DVD in the CD/DVD player ?

There you go. That sounds like a likely suspect.

No nothing, btw the cd/dvd player was off because i did not have a sata cable.

I will do all these test tomorrow night, im really tired of this noise...

Can this sound come from the heatskin ? not from the heatskin fan bur the heatskin itself.

justice99 wrote:Can this sound come from the heatskin ? not from the heatskin fan bur the heatskin itself.

I don't think so...

Excuse my dumb question, but when you say "disconnected", you mean that you unplugged the power cable from the device, not the data cable, right ? I believe some devices can spin up even without a data connection (just the power cable).

Could a screw be in the floor of the case? Is the power to the cd unplugged?

I have a doubt, that why i want to try it again, should i take off the HDD or just unplug the power and sata cable ?

Just the power cable will do.

It has to be one of your fans: CPU, PSU, case or Video card (I guess it could be a hard drive... but I doubt it).

You were right about the HDD.

I have one SSD and 3 x WD20EARS, and one of them is making this crazy noise, my first test was wrong, i decided to test each HDD one by one and to put the case at the right place, it took me a hour but now i have found the problem

Im gonna backup this HDD and change it.

Thank you very much frenchie ( merci ) , ces and gidk.

It's not the first HDD which is making this noise, and i cant RMA them because they are not faulty, they are working great and dont have any bad sectos.
I will probably buy another HDD brand, cause 2 noisy hdd over 5...

Do you know which 2TB shoul i buy ?

Thanks again.