Sonata ps quiet squeak under load

ronnn

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May 22, 2003
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The ps for my antec sonota makes a high pitched - but very quiet squeak when under load. Sounds a little like a fan belt on a car, when it is first starting to age(that high pitched sort of ticking sound). If I put my hand over the fan exhaust vent, it becomes unnoticable. I contacted Antec and they offered to rma it, but I am wondering if there is anything I can do? Also I wonder if this is normal for the Antec ps? Temps are 38cpu, 28mb. Fan speen for the ps is < 1600. Voltages are good. I have had this case for 6months, and just noticed it recently, but I also recently got a Zalman hsf and heatpipe.

Asus p4p800, p2.4c at 3.0, Kingston hyper x 3500, 256mb x 2 ( 2-2-2-5) 5/4 stepping.

I would like to run seti, but the squeak bothers me.

Any comments appreciated, thanks.
 

ronnn

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bump, so I noticed sound stops the second I stop prime 95 - sort of weird.
 

Mirross

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I had this, an annoying intermittent noise from the PSU fan. It went away, i think i messed around with the fan a little first.

If you're not sure then RMA it - the Sonata is a case designed to be quiet, an annoying noise takes away half of the benefit of using one.