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by wwenze
Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:22 am
Forum: The Silent Front
Topic: Silencing coil-whine: an alternative
Replies: 5
Views: 8424

Silencing coil-whine: an alternative

Sry if i posted in the wrong forum. I'm yet another guy suffering from bad quality coils on my mainboard. It seems to be heat-related coz it only happen when the coil gets hot. Hot, huh? So i thought, why not add a heatsink? So i got a ~40mmx40mm (removed from a spoil i740) heatsink and placed it so...
by wwenze
Mon May 23, 2005 12:20 am
Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
Topic: Whining Components
Replies: 128
Views: 313629

Have an Abit VA-20 mainboard with toroid coils that emits high-pitch "eeeeee" sound when they get too hot and CPU is not under load. Goes off when CPU is under load e.g. prime95 and gaming, or pressing the scroll button in Internet Explorer. Confirm is the coils as the sound gets softer when i press...