I have had my RS482 a few months now and am very happy with it's performance and features. However the coils around the CPU squeal... Only very faintly on stock settings but badly when overclocking
I run a 3800+ x2 overclocked to 2.5Ghz @ ~1.4v with 2GB OCZ DDR500 powered by a seasonic S12-430
The ear-piercing squealing is there even when I remove all the cards (video, sound etc) and try different PSUs.
If I press the coils (with the rubber on the end of a pencil) I can reduce the squeal to almost nothing. So I wondered what the received wisdom would be here?
a) RMA the board. Even though I am running it out of spec and have already activated xp.
b) Use some arctic silver 2-part-adhesive to 'glue down' the coils. Maybe put little ram heatsinks on top (as these coils get quite warm). Obviously it would void any warranty... but would this stop the coils working properly?
Any other suggestions?
DFI Infinity RS482 - advice needed on coils squealing
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