Recent content by minedwiz

No, I think I've ruled out the fan. It doesn't make the noise even when I crank them up to 100% manually from the desktop. If this is just electronic noise, as long as it doesn't indicate impending harm to my card, then I'm OK with it.

So, I've had my build for about a month, running an XFX HD 7870 card @ stock clocks. Lately, I've noticed that when I put my ear up to my case (it has a top radiator vent and a side panel fan mount, neither of which I use), I can hear the graphics card emitting a buzzing sound at load. It...

All right, thanks for the quick clarification. Good to know that I can safely run quiet fan speeds without worrying about it not compensating on hot days.

I have an ASRock 970 Extreme3 motherboard, using a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO cooler, obviously hooked up to a four pin fan header. I've attempted to get a fan control scheme going, both in the BIOS and the ASRock Extreme Tuner desktop utility. I keep the fan speed at a certain preset, but...

I recently (May 18th) build a system around an ASrock 970 Extreme3 board. I don't have experience with the brand, and the internet's opinion on them is divided, to say the least, so what are people's thoughts here on them?

I recently (1 week ago) installed a CM Hyper 212 EVO in my PC. Resting my hand on the top of my HAF 912 case, I can feel a slight vibration where the cooler is, and I can also feel it when I have the case open. I know I fastened it well - is this normal, or am I missing something here? I'm using...

I have an FX-6300 running at stock clocks, cooler by a Hyper 212 EVO, as I didn't entirely trust the stock cooler in my warm California climate. Today is particularly warm, with my ambient room temperature currently around 28-30C (I also have a fan aimed at my desk - the thermometer's across the...

I have an FX-6300 plugged into an ASRock 970 Extreme3 motherboard, cooled by a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, running at stock clocks. When I'm in the UEFI BIOS, it shows the CPU temp at around 26 C, but when I'm in Coretemp, it reads around 10 C on idle, and around 23 C on maximum load running...

So, it is definitely the CPU? If there's no other option, so be it, but is this document that I just found on ASRock's Q/A meaningless? http://www.asrock.com/support/qa/TSDQA-84.pdf

I'm building a new PC with an AMD FX-6300 CPU, XFX HD 7870 GPU, and the ASRock 970 Extreme3 motherboard. When I do an external build with just CPU, RAM, and video card installed, I get 5 beeps on start-up. Most people that I've asked seem to think that 5 beeps is a CPU issue, but the only thing...

So, 5 beeps at POST is definitely a CPU issue? Because I've tried everything - all of my connectors are in, I re-seated the CPU twice. I've heard that it could also indicate a video card error. In response to the BIOS question, my board has a sticker indicating that it has 1.70 BIOS, which...

Here's my situation. I'm building a new PC using an AMD FX-6300 CPU with the ASRock 970 Extreme3 as the motherboard (also using an XFX Radeon HD 7870 GPU). I put the build together today, but when I test boot it, I only get 5 beeps, with no display output. The CPU cooler and GPU fans spin up...