ASUS MOBO Users: ASUS Motherboard & Windows 7 Problem. Serious High-Pitched Noise Issues

I've never noticed the noise on my system. Was it there from day one, or did it start later on?

Yup - from day 1.  Purchased in July - noticed it right away and asked the builder to go find me a quiet case.  Case made the 'over-all' computer & fans quieter, but this squealing thing was always there.  HOWEVER, it recently got REALLY loud when I had done a Windows update and when I engaged SONAR it was unbearable! 

Thanks Gilly for your thoughts.  As long as air can pass through a case, you'll hear this problem.  And what case has no air?  I will get a quieter case eventually, but the problem is (for now - no thanks to ASUS) solved.

Martin

Okay - I'll give you that, it may be an Intel thing, 'cuz my last few boards were ASUS and I had no probs.  That being said, ASUS should come up with a fix no?  Intel?  Hey - if you see one, let us know!

Martin

I've read about this over the past day or so...but my W7/ Asus mobo is very quiet...no problem. My mobo is a Revision 2.0...I heard the Rev 1.0's had some issues. My mobo is x58A-UD3R. Runs no problem. The only trouble is a noisy hard drive. There's a zillion threads on the net about that issue...none with concrete soultions

Have run Asus for the last 10 years at least.
Never had a problem other than a fruitcake BIOS once in a while where the settings don't like to take.

I think you either have a bad board or something else is causing a conflict.

That being said, my soon to be new system is going to be a Gigabyte UD x58 variety.

P.S I think there is a thread on Gearslutz or DUC with this same or similar problem.

what a load of rubbish

I've always had Asus mobos and would never choose anything else......never had an issue like this

It's not a load of rubbish...it is a legitimate issue for some mobo's...thousands and thousands of people all over the net have reported the problem. Not all mobos are doing it though. Thankfully, mine's not!

This is a genuine problem with recent motherboards. I have a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard and if I enable the various C states and speedstep that lets the cpu throttle down when idle, the motherboard whines.  My solution of course is to disable all that which also happens to be good for a daw.   To the naysayers: just do a bit of googling around and you'll find that it is an actual problem where the mobo itself is making the noise.

Martin, did you Google 'Coil Whine'?
 
You'll see thousands of results... Anything from Mobos (All manufacturers, not just Asus) to PSU's, Graphics cards, TV's, Monitors (Including LCD and LED monitors) even Mice!!!
 
If it's coil whine then you'll get what you described - a high pitched noise that's hard to filter out (psychologically and otherwise).  Electronics components can pick up or produce noise too.  if I put my ear next to the case of my Girlfriends PC then I can hear a noise fom inside whenever I move the scroll wheel on the mouse.
 
I'm about to put a new Asus mobo in my new build.  An P7P55D Pro.  I'd be surprised if it made a noise as this problem almost certainly affects a very small percentage of components that contain these coils.  Having worked for Fujitsu a few years back I can tell you it's no fun when you hear that high pitched noise constantly.  It wasn't from any computers - and thopusands passed through my hands - but quite a few of the old CRT monitors did it.  Half the time the older guys couldn't hear it!
 
It's a genuine problem but you should edit your post.  To say not to get an Asus board and Win 7 is wrong and I won't be losing sleep over the fact i've just done that.  Is it within Warranty?  Send it back or get a new one as you shouldn't have to put up with it.  Asus won't do much because the issue isn't solely with them and despite the numerous reports on the new I expect the issue only affects a small percentage.
 
+1 on the Coolermaster Hyper 212+  It fits in my case with about 2mm to spare.  Scary moment.  Those stock Intel units are next to useless.

No problem here.
P7P55D PRO

That noise on the vid is bad, particularly as it seems to change tone.  When I heard it in CRT's it either got louder or quieter but was always the same tone... Mind you it was 11 years ago so...
 
Sure I read somewhere that it could be induced in the mobo by the PSU.
 
What PSU do you have now and what's it's power rating (Peak)?
 
Seasonic and Corsair do good PSU's.  Worth spending as much as you can on them regardless of the noise issue.  Can you get hold of one from somewhere to test, see if it makes a difference?

With CRT's and older TV sets BTW, the high pitched whine was usually the flyback transformer windings/laminations coming loose. That's why if you smacked the side of the TV/monitor, the sound would change pitch or go away all together.  Sometimes the circuitry was marginal and the 15khz tone could be heard coming from that as well.

dontletmedrown


I'm using an Asus board - P6T LGA.  No noise problems here.  The problem I do have (after months of troubleshooting) is that I get digital "hiccups" about once every 3 hours.  I've tried many things (Win settings, Sonar settings, defrag, upgraded power supply, removed UAD cards, all to no avail. My next step is to replace the mobo but I have jobs thru November so I'm not exactly stoked to gut my main DAW.

If you can set your watch by the hiccup, then it's probably not the board.

I would boot the machine, set a timer on your watch, come back 2.5 hours later and then start a DPC latency checker and sit and wait.

Something, a service, program, virus, who knows is being kicked off at a specific interval, ie:3 hours, and giving you grief.

Weird.  Just downloaded about 18 updates for Windows.  Then I (for no reason than I think God had seen me struggle enough!) had a problem with my video & monitor, so I updated my Nvidia drivers and rebooted.  Reset the CPU idle thingy back to the way it was and no more weird noise.  I haven't rebooted for a full test, but I'm hopeful that the combination of two sets of updated fixed this issue once-and-for-all.

CPU fan now runs cool when it's not so encumbered, and heavier if more of a load on the CPU.  Like it's supposed to.

Martin

Possibly something in the video driver was amiss causing the video card  hardware to emanate spurious noise or something.

These days I've seen so many weird bugs fixed with firmware, driver upgrades, nothing would surprise me.

It's a real long shot though so I hope it stays fixed!