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  • thop
    Super MURCer
    • Mar 2001
    • 2536

    #1

    help mobo is humming

    i turned my PSU off today for the first time in 3 months or so cause i was doing some stuff in the case.
    anyway i turn the PSU back on, press the power button but nothing happens. turn PSU on/off back and forth, same with power nothing happens.
    suddenly i hear a rather high pitched noise that sounds like a humming bee charged with current. not very loud, only hearable if you put your head next to the case (or in the case). went to the kitchen, came back noise is gone. pressed power, system POSTs.

    turned PSU off/on to verify and the bee was back! couldnt power on the system either. had to wait about 3 minutes till the noise dissapeared. the noise is originating somewhere around the ide connectors. i noticed that above the AGP slot there seems to be a quartz clock gen? could that be making the noise?

    and why cant i power my system on till the noise is gone i want to get rid of that fricking bee
    no matrox, no matroxusers.
  • Gurm
    MS Fanboy
    • Aug 1999
    • 11460

    #2
    Err... it's humming?

    What tune?

    On, or off key?

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    • Marshmallowman
      Super MURCer
      • Sep 1999
      • 3416

      #3
      Could be your power supply going bad.
      Are there any dodghy looking capictors anywhere?, swollen or leakening?

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      • Wombat
        Super MURCer
        • Aug 2000
        • 9498

        #4
        Yeah, another vote for cap leakage. Almost anything else will just break or burn - caps will physically distort or leak.

        At any rate, I wouldn't turn that system on anymore, or you could lose components in a power surge.
        Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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        • KvHagedorn
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 1999
          • 10725

          #5
          Your motherboard is humming?

          RUN!!!!!!

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          • thop
            Super MURCer
            • Mar 2001
            • 2536

            #6
            thats bad news if i ever heard any no chance i can get myself a new mobo at the moment.
            i checked all capacitors, they look fine (i've seen blown capacitors on a ECS K7S5A before).
            are capacitors actually soldered or just put on those two pins you can see when you bend them (dont worry i didnt )
            no matrox, no matroxusers.

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            • Wombat
              Super MURCer
              • Aug 2000
              • 9498

              #7
              Those pins are part of the cap.
              Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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              • Paddy
                Super MURCer
                • Mar 2000
                • 6067

                #8
                If it starts counting down then i agree with KvH!
                The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                • Wombat
                  Super MURCer
                  • Aug 2000
                  • 9498

                  #9
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                  Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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                  • Paddy
                    Super MURCer
                    • Mar 2000
                    • 6067

                    #10
                    hmmm
                    The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                    • Fat Tone
                      Super MURCer
                      • Aug 1999
                      • 7579

                      #11
                      LOL!

                      Is the Weekly World News a serious paper? Can people actually believe this sort of crap? I bet some do.
                      FT.

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                      • Kurt
                        Super MURCer
                        • Feb 2000
                        • 1839

                        #12
                        Excellent newspaper. Goes right along with Globe...

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                        • thop
                          Super MURCer
                          • Mar 2001
                          • 2536

                          #13
                          so any chance to replace the faulty cap if i find it?
                          no matrox, no matroxusers.

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                          • Tjalfe
                            Super MURCer
                            • Nov 2002
                            • 3053

                            #14
                            OLd news, I am not sure, but there seems to be a growing problem with faulty caps.. all because of a stolen formular for the electrolyte in the capacitors

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                            • Wombat
                              Super MURCer
                              • Aug 2000
                              • 9498

                              #15
                              Caps are easy to replace. I don't know what kind of electronics stores you have in your area though - getting the replacements may be the hard part.
                              Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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