High pitched noise coming from Asus P7P55D Deluxe.

mingsoup

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I am experiencing a high pitched noise emanating from the Asus P7P55D Deluxe motherboard after I raise the BCLCK to 200Mhz. Somewhere below this point, the noise goes away. The noise distinctly comes from the back of the motherboard near the I/O shield, my guess being related to the power circuitry surrounding the CPU.

I have heard noises like this could be caused by coils and capacitors?

If it were you, what course of action would you take? Its annoying. Any chance of fixing it? I bought this board to function at 200Mhz, entirely purchasing for a 200Mhz FSB based OC.

Supposedly I can get an advance RMA on this model of board from Asus. Would that even be a good idea, or should I just try to live with it?
 

mingsoup

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You guys might think I'm nuts.

But I am hearing! the noise in an FTP transfer to my Xbox. The transfer pauses every so often and when it does, the noise stops as well. WTF?
I'm gonna try update Lan drivers? Edit: That didn't work. Still there.
 
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lopri

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Yeah that coil buzzing does occur, especially under load. There is a fix but it requires physical modification of the board (soldering), I think.
 

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hands off i think its the relay from your power supply.
I am afraid that these items are not easy to get replacement as they are considered consumable these days.

just my 1cent. ^_^
 

mingsoup

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so is that my motherboard or my power supply
guess I can't get more irate over one than the other, they are both brand new retail.
anybody else?
 

mingsoup

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Anybody? I KNOW it has to do with Bclk, as when I decrease it the sounds goes away. Doesn't that imply that my motherboard is the part producing the sound? Not my GPU, for instance?
A motherboard company who doesn't make motherboards that squeel at high BCLK?

Thoughts?
 

WaitingForNehalem

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It is your motherboard. This P7P55D series is known to have this problem.

Thanks for the replies guys.

I didn't wait for the Labor Day weekend sale so I just went ahead and purchased the Asus board here at our local store (Microcenter).

It was working good but I had to return it. It was making this loud high-pitch sound that is extremely annoying. When you scroll over webpages, moving windows, played SC2, and many more. I already read reviews about it and I guess I'm one of those unlucky bastards. I tried all troubleshooting tips that the forum suggested, like updating the bios and disabling some good features (just to remove the whining sound) - which kinda worked, but I don't want the feeling that I recently bought a new product thinking that something is wrong with it because some people don't have this problem.

I just called Microcenter and they're out of stock, meaning, they can't replace it with the same board and they don't know when stocks will replenish.

Unfortunately, Microcenter doesn't have the MSI P55A version -- they only have the plain MSI P55.

I'll just refund this Asus board and replace it with the MSI version from Newegg.

Thanks you for all your help!

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2101111

http://www.google.com/search?q=P7P55D+whine&ie
 

mingsoup

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Wow, thanks for bringing this to my attention. See, I'm not insane...:\

Do you know what forum this was referencing for troubleshooting purposes? "that the forum", which forum was that?
 

WaitingForNehalem

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Wow, thanks for bringing this to my attention. See, I'm not insane...:\

Do you know what forum this was referencing for troubleshooting purposes? "that the forum", which forum was that?

No, but there are several threads in the google link that discuss the problem and should have fixes. You could try disabling C1E and see if that helps. Honestly, I'd return the motherboard and buy another brand.
 

mingsoup

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LOL. C1E and the noise is GONE!

Wow. I can't return the board, UPC gone and past 30 day amazon.com window.
 

mingsoup

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Hmmm...demanding a refund.

I tried nicely via support and they effectively said...well i'll let them speak for themselves.

"It seems that the noise results from the overclocking operation. In general, we ensure overclocking operation stably at a rate of 5%. According to the information you apply, I’m afraid that raising the BCLK to 200Mhz is too much for the CPU and it is probably to cause the abnormal noise. We suggest you lower the BCLK frequency and have more tests so as to figure out a most compatibly overclocking data of the CPU. "

A 5% and its not their fault. Maybe I'll move onto the demanding.