Buzzing is driving me nuts!

[zod96]

Ok here's the story. Whenever I go into 3d mode to play say BC2, I get some nice buzzing noise from my system. So then I replaced my PSU with a new seasonic psu 750x gold. Buzzing still their. Then I replaced my video card, with 3 difference ones. A ati 6870, 6950 and a GTX560. Again the buzzing noise is still their. So then I change motherboards, from a Asus P67 Pro to a Msi P67. And again the buzzing is still their!! I then tried a different PSU and yet again the buzzing is still their. I also tried different power cords and outlets, nothing has gotten rid of the buzzing. I even changed my CPU heatsink that did nothing. The only thing I did not change was the CPU itself a Intel I7 2600K. Oh and I also disabled all the power saving stuff in the bios as well. My system is now out of its case and sitting on top of my desk and the buzzing is still their even without being in a case. I removed my sound card and it still buzzing while going into 3d mode. Could it be the CPU itself or maybe the P67 chipset???? I'm at a loss here...

 

[wuliheron]

It's probably resonance coming from a coil and could be on the mobo itself. Try holding a paper towel cardboard tube or something similar to your ear and locating the exact source.

 

[NoQuarter]

If you can figure out where it's coming from you can douse it in hot glue.. it's probably a component on the motherboard.

 

[Daemas]

i bet you it's the monitor
I work at a retail store that sells those. I work at the returns counter. They're a piece of shit.

 

[zod96]

Yeah but 2 motherboards doing the same thing? I know its possible but man its really annoying

 

[Quiksilver]

You positive its a buzzing sound not any of your case fans or heatsinks making noise? Also are you using a UPS or line conditioner or even a simple surge protector? As someone said above too, what about your monitor or other peripherals (speakers, sub, amp, etc.) ?

 

[Qbah]

Turn on v-sync (with triple buffering for best results) in your games. As an example, my card is giving me a real concert in the new Dragon Age 2 demo with v-sync off

 

[Zanovar]

Tinnitus?,jk.sounds like resonance to me,i was driven nuts by this too,found the culprit was a case fan.

 

[zod96]

It not in a case at the moment. Only fan going is the cpu fan a 120MM Scythe Sflex fan at 800 rpm. And not its not going threw a surge protector. Its sitting in the open on my desk not in a case. What is strange is, if I get into a game in BC2, and I unplug the HDMI cable the buzzing goes away. Can HDMI cables cause this? I also tried 2 different monitors. Only thing is both only have hdmi inputs not dvi or vga. My new monitor gets here thurs so I will have to wait until then before trying a different input. I also only game with vysnc on and triple buffering anyway that made no difference...

 

[Idontcare]

zod, my system buzzes through the speakers and it is hella annoying, you have my empathy.

I have no idea why it happens, but the solution for me is ridiculous. I have to start my rig from a cold boot...and I am not kidding you...I then have to pull the plug from the socket in those brief few seconds that the BIOS is posting, and then plug the cored back into the socket within 1-2 seconds later.

The system auto-reboots from this harsh power-cycle and it is about 50/50 whether or not the buzzing stops, if it has then I am good to go and I can let the rig boot into windows. If the buzz continues then I have to continue pulling the cord and replugging it in with a reboot in-between.

Once I make it into windows without buzzing the buzz won't come back until I shut my rig down, reboots don't count, it is only a hard shutdown and then a restart that can cause the speaker buzzing to come back.

Took me 2 yrs to figure that one out and I've been doing the "hot plugging" solution now for a year and it works like magic.

Computers can have weird incompatibilities. To me it sounds like the specific electrical circuit you are using in your house has some bad interference. I would try putting your computer on different circuits in the house just to see if it makes a difference. Take your rig to a friends house to see if it matters.

 

[zod96]

Yeah its very strange. Right now in 2D it is absolutely dead silent. As soon as I go 3D BUZZZZZZZZ it really sucks. That's why I need a case that will masked this noise....

 

[Zanovar]

zod, my system buzzes through the speakers and it is hella annoying, you have my empathy.

I have no idea why it happens, but the solution for me is ridiculous. I have to start my rig from a cold boot...and I am not kidding you...I then have to pull the plug from the socket in those brief few seconds that the BIOS is posting, and then plug the cored back into the socket within 1-2 seconds later.

The system auto-reboots from this harsh power-cycle and it is about 50/50 whether or not the buzzing stops, if it has then I am good to go and I can let the rig boot into windows. If the buzz continues then I have to continue pulling the cord and replugging it in with a reboot in-between.

Once I make it into windows without buzzing the buzz won't come back until I shut my rig down, reboots don't count, it is only a hard shutdown and then a restart that can cause the speaker buzzing to come back.

Took me 2 yrs to figure that one out and I've been doing the "hot plugging" solution now for a year and it works like magic.

Computers can have weird incompatibilities. To me it sounds like the specific electrical circuit you are using in your house has some bad interference. I would try putting your computer on different circuits in the house just to see if it makes a difference. Take your rig to a friends house to see if it matters.

i might dust off my old logitech z-640 speakers and try this hot plugging technique idontcare,as the large bass speaker had this annoying buzz,definately sounded like interference from something for me too.

 

[3DVagabond]

i might dust off my old logitech z-640 speakers and try this hot plugging technique idontcare,as the large bass speaker had this annoying buzz,definately sounded like interference from something for me too.

Does it sound like a buzz being generated by poor shielding? IIRC you said when you disconnect your monitor it stops.

 

[Zanovar]

Does it sound like a buzz being generated by poor shielding? IIRC you said when you disconnect your monitor it stops.

Zod has the monitor prob 3dvagabond,something to do with his hdmi cable

 

[3DVagabond]

Zod has the monitor prob 3dvagabond,something to do with his hdmi cable

Ooops!

 

[Quiksilver]

zod, my system buzzes through the speakers and it is hella annoying, you have my empathy.

It sounds more like your issue is caused by poor grounding in your house, amplifier, motherboard, or PSU.

@ OP

Weird, it stops with the HDMI cable unplugged, as you already tried different cards; this very well could be a monitor or bad cable issue.

 

[zod96]

Well, it turns out it was 2 things. 1st being the HEATSINK on my cpu. Which I just got its the thermalright Mux-120. I took it off and the backplate and fired up BC2 with no heatsink at all, for about 30 seconds. Well the buzzing went about 90% away. The other 10% is coming from the video card which is brand new. As soon as I put the HEATSINK back on it started to buzz pretty good again. I have no idea why it does it though. I don't see any bent fins on it or anything. Now I have to return the heatsink if they let me. And then I have to do something with the video card.

 

[faxon]

zod, my system buzzes through the speakers and it is hella annoying, you have my empathy.

I have no idea why it happens, but the solution for me is ridiculous. I have to start my rig from a cold boot...and I am not kidding you...I then have to pull the plug from the socket in those brief few seconds that the BIOS is posting, and then plug the cored back into the socket within 1-2 seconds later.

The system auto-reboots from this harsh power-cycle and it is about 50/50 whether or not the buzzing stops, if it has then I am good to go and I can let the rig boot into windows. If the buzz continues then I have to continue pulling the cord and replugging it in with a reboot in-between.

Once I make it into windows without buzzing the buzz won't come back until I shut my rig down, reboots don't count, it is only a hard shutdown and then a restart that can cause the speaker buzzing to come back.

Took me 2 yrs to figure that one out and I've been doing the "hot plugging" solution now for a year and it works like magic.

Computers can have weird incompatibilities. To me it sounds like the specific electrical circuit you are using in your house has some bad interference. I would try putting your computer on different circuits in the house just to see if it makes a difference. Take your rig to a friends house to see if it matters.

Sounds like you need a power conditioner lol. I'd advise that the OP get a surge protector of some type if not a good power conditioner and see if it goes away, at the very least you will save your rig in the event that there is a surge, at only the cost of a meal out to yourself. Here at home with my parents were lucky to have a power conditioner right before the main breaker on our house now. Due to the loads we typically pull in (Me running DC, my step dad running a half dozen servers, plus his desktops, my moms and sister's computers, ect ect lots of electronics), the power company offered it to us at a discount to ensure we didn't have any complaints, and that we didn't cause issues elsewhere in our neighborhood when throttling between load cycles

 

[Idontcare]

It sounds more like your issue is caused by poor grounding in your house, amplifier, motherboard, or PSU.

@ OP

Weird, it stops with the HDMI cable unplugged, as you already tried different cards; this very well could be a monitor or bad cable issue.

Lol I wish it could be so easily explained.

It's been this way in 3 houses, one in Texas and two in PA (different cities even).

It's the PSU, that is the only component that has remained the same the whole time.

Like the OP I have spent considerable time swapping hardware to debug my problem.

If I was a sane person I would have just replaced the PSU by now...which I am in the process of doing.

Sounds like you need a power conditioner lol. I'd advise that the OP get a surge protector of some type if not a good power conditioner and see if it goes away, at the very least you will save your rig in the event that there is a surge, at only the cost of a meal out to yourself. Here at home with my parents were lucky to have a power conditioner right before the main breaker on our house now. Due to the loads we typically pull in (Me running DC, my step dad running a half dozen servers, plus his desktops, my moms and sister's computers, ect ect lots of electronics), the power company offered it to us at a discount to ensure we didn't have any complaints, and that we didn't cause issues elsewhere in our neighborhood when throttling between load cycles

I thought the same, but I've used two different APC UPS's...both passive, and the buzz is still there when running off of battery while the UPS is unplugged from the wall.

When I was running my VapoLS and wanted 24x7 uptime I made the rather questionable purchase of an expensive Tripp Lite SU2200RTXL2ua which is an in-line double-conversion UPS with line conditioning. My PSU still caused a persistent buzzing in my speakers.

People can be funny about the type of minor stuff they procrastinate in remedying, for me that is my PSU. I am just so loathe to extricating it from my case, redoing the wiring job and so on, that I keep putting it off.