Bristol_Jonesey
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Computer noise levels increasing over time
Title says it all.
When I switch on my Daw, initially it’s deathly silent – I can just about make out a faint whine from the CPU fan.
But after a period of time, maybe an hour or more, the noise level creeps up to the point where I can hear it in the room directly below.
All of my internal hard drives are mounted in silent sleeve enclosures so it’s not them, the GPU is a passive model – no fans, I’m not sure about the PSU – it might have a fan, might not.
So this only really leaves the cpu fan.
My question is, what do I do about it? What’s the reason for the noise levels to increase over time?
Thanks,
Jonesey.
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Re: Computer noise levels increasing over time
2014/06/10 11:40:23
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Have you noticed any unusual "heat" issues that might cause the fans to be louder?
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Bristol_Jonesey
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Re: Computer noise levels increasing over time
2014/06/10 11:59:26
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No mate, none at all.
And I should also mention that the inside of the box was cleaned out quite recently, no dust build ups.
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Re: Computer noise levels increasing over time
2014/06/10 12:19:25
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Bristol_Jonesey
No mate, none at all.
And I should also mention that the inside of the box was cleaned out quite recently, no dust build ups.
Then, that is a bit odd......if it's the CPU fan that's making all this racket, possibly, it might be failing and needs to be replaced? IDK.... I have an NH-D14 cooler and after a recent dust clean up, I noticed it to be slightly loud on the initial boot.......but, after about 30 secs, it's quiet as a mouse. So, I too don't like to hear "odd" noises on a machine that's supposed to be quiet. Hopefully one of the DAW guru's might chime in soon.......
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Jim Roseberry
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Re: Computer noise levels increasing over time
2014/06/10 13:29:23
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Check your CPU temps using RealTemp.
Otherwise, you're down to the power-supply and case fans.
Unless you specifically buy a fanless PS, it has a fan...
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Re: Computer noise levels increasing over time
2014/06/10 14:15:05
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+1 the only fans loud enough to reach through a floor are the PS (common) and case (less common). A CPU fan that loud would have to be a massive MF indeed, and even without the noise damping mounts I would doubt a drive that noisy could still be working. This is not rocket science. Take the case apart and put your ear near the various components to find the noise.
What you are describing is classic for a failing power supply fan.
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Bristol_Jonesey
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Re: Computer noise levels increasing over time
2014/06/10 14:44:32
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Hmmm. Thinks back to when I first received this machine, built by Carillon. The build was a catalogue of disaster from day 1. - The system didn't recognise the full 32Gb of RAM that was installed - back it went
- The graphics card failed - back it went
- Most telling - the machine had to go back for a 3rd time due to the PSU failing.
All of this work was under warranty, all I had to suffer was the inconvenience of having no DAW while they fixed it. I'm 99% sure the replacement PSU was NOT a brand new model, but I won't know for sure until I get the covers off. Sadly, I'm well outside of the warranty period now, so I'll have to fund a replacement, if indeed that is the cause. Thanks for your insight guys - note to any UK users - DON'T buy from Carillon - their QC has gone WAY downhill ever since they were reborn from the ashes of the failed Turnkey organisation.
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Re: Computer noise levels increasing over time
2014/06/10 15:09:16
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Well the good news is that none of the parts likely to be at fault are particularly expensive and all are easily user serviceable. And unless the noise is really annoying you can probably let the thing go to failure without damaging anything really expensive. If it is the CPU fan, better to replace sooner, but you still have time to shop for parts on sale.
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