There is a very annoying whine emanating from the computer, like at a high-pitched frequency. Once the fans slow down, you can really hear it. I first thought it was the CPU's power-saving mode, because it sounded a lot like the whine that my laptop used to make. But even after disabling the power-saving features in the BIOS, it hasn't gone away. (I disabled both C1E and EIST). It's definitely NOT coming from the hard drive, because I put my ear as close as I could with the case open to see where it was coming from.
Now here's the interesting part. I don't hear it all the time, for example when I'm in the BIOS it's silent. But here's what's REALLY interesting: Whenever I start up a new an application, it stops whining for a split second. Like say I load Firefox, then it stops whining for about a second (the time it takes for Firefox to load). This leaves me to believe that it IS the CPU and is the same problem that I used to have in my laptop. Has anyone else had this problem before in their desktops? I've only heard about this issue on laptops...Please help, it's VERY annoying!
My specs are:
E4500
Gigabyte P35-DS3L motherboard
Corsair 450VX PSU
8800GT
Now here's the interesting part. I don't hear it all the time, for example when I'm in the BIOS it's silent. But here's what's REALLY interesting: Whenever I start up a new an application, it stops whining for a split second. Like say I load Firefox, then it stops whining for about a second (the time it takes for Firefox to load). This leaves me to believe that it IS the CPU and is the same problem that I used to have in my laptop. Has anyone else had this problem before in their desktops? I've only heard about this issue on laptops...Please help, it's VERY annoying!
My specs are:
E4500
Gigabyte P35-DS3L motherboard
Corsair 450VX PSU
8800GT