Asrock mobo making horrible noise

[wazza300]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

they have two year warranty and are bronze rated,they are cheapish but the spec is good and reviews,i buy alot or bits from them and seem very good,time will tell but so far about 11 months its been working great

i bought this too a razer lycosa rip off keyboard and that too is very good quality for the price,works great

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/peripherals/keyboards/novatechilluminatedkeyboard.html

they do 1000w psu's similar to corsairs hx1000w aswell, oh and dont think any review sites have reviewed them yet

heres the 600w spec

AC Input 100-240V ~ 10A 50/60Hz
DC Output +3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2 -12V +5Vsb
Max Load 25A 25A 25A 25A 0.3A 2.5A
Max Combined Wattage 150W 504W 3.6W 12.5W
Total Power 600W

ATX 24 pin & 20 pin compatible x1
EPS/ATX12V 4+4 Pin CPU x1
EPS/ATX12V 8 Pin CPU x1
PCI-E 6+2 pin x2
SATA x6
4 Pin Molex Peripheral x4
Floppy x2


Service & Support 2 Year Warranty



Features Supports ATX12V v2.2 standard and older ATX12V 2.01 spec
13.5mm Ultra Silent Fan with intelligent temperature controller
Modular Cable Management System
High Efficiency 80+ Design
Multiple Protections
High Reliability (MTBF > 100,000 hours)
UVP/OVP/OPP/SCP/OCP/OTP
Japanese Capacitor
Active Power Factor Correction (APFC)
SLi/CrossFire Ready
Novatech 2 years warranty

[profJim]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

Novatech Power Supplies from Novatech by Price Desc lists the NovaTech branded power supplies, priced from high to low. Their ATX 2.3 model prices seem to be similarly priced to quality power supplies in the U.S.A. Some of their older ATX2 models look scary cheap. It all depends on who they use as the OEM for each model. The are name brand power supplies sold by many of the major hardware companies, where some models are mediocre at best, and some are quite good. Almost all companies use two or more O.E.M suppliers for their psu model lines.

A 2 year warranty? O ye of little faith.
Corsair and Seasonic offer 7 year warranties for some of their top of the line models.
My three cents; if the price seems too good to be true, it usually is and you get what you pay for.
I'll get down off my soapbox for now, before I fall off or someone pushes me off.

[wazza300]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

Yes i agree with you,I would recommend corsairs high end units but have no idea whether they produce this noise or not,I do know the psu I listed doesn't and the fans silent

[lonrot]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

@wazza300

There's nothing like "c1e eist c3/c6" in all the BIOS menus I have browsed, have you seen the bios screenshots I posted earlier in this thread?

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9861/img0063di.jpg

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2908/img0064ly.jpg

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/9418/img0065qt.jpg

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8107/img0066sh.jpg

I did'nt take a screenshot of the Advanced CPU Configuration, so here it goes:

Overclock Mode - [Auto]
CPU Frquency (Mhz) - [266]
PCIE Frequency (Mhz) - [100]
Boot Failure Guard - [Enabled]
Boot Failure Guard Count - [3]
Spread Sectrum - [Auto]

Ratio CMOS Settings - [9]

Enhanced Halt State - [Disabled]
Intel(R) Virtualization tech. - [Enabled]
CPU Thermal Throttling - [Enabled]
No-Execute Memory Protection - [Disabled]
Intel (R) Speedtest(tm) tech. - [Disabled]
On-Demand Clock Modulation - [Auto]

[wazza300]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

Intel (R) Speedtest(tm) tech. - [Disabled] set to disabled
Enhanced Halt State - [Disabled] set to disabled
CPU Thermal Throttling - [Enabled] set to disabled

i think its these three main things,if you still hear noise after disabling all these then might need to test with another psu,can be graphic card too that causes it but more likely to be psu,re enable those settings if it doesnt stop the noise

[lonrot]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

@wazza300 No change at all. So should I buy a 500 Watt PSU? I don't have much time to buy a new unit online, more likely I will get it at a local store, which means buying a generic/cheap PSU.

Here in Costa Rica everybody uses generic components

[profJim]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

Are you running VM (Virtual Machines) software? If not, disable Virtualization.
Try setting Spread Spectrum to disabled.

[MarkJohnson]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

If you are stuck buying local, make sure to look for approval ratings. Generally speaking the more the better.

also, a good test for power supplies is the old fashioned weight test. The heavier the PSU the better it will dissipate heat as it will usually have a big heatsink to keep temperatures down. It's not the best test, but it's better than nothing I guess.

also, the 80plus rating is very good. he higher the better. Bronze is lowest, then silver, then gold and finally platinum. Platinum can actually hit 90plus ratings and are quite expensive. an 80plus bronze should be sufficient.

also, as ProJim says, the longer the warranty the better as well.

Good luck
-=Mark=-

[wazza300]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

Trouble is there's no guarantee another psu will stop the noise,it all depends on what make/model doesn't make the noise,and the only one I know atm is the model i linked you to,there are others but no idea which make/model

[MarkJohnson]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

btw, did you ever bench trst you system yet? There is still a very high possibility that the motherboard is shorting out on your case somewhere.

usually just use the motherboard box and fold it inside-out and place the motherboard on it. If there isn't any glossy paint. Or just use a plain brown shipping box. Since the problem started after swapping motherboards, I'd highly suspect this to be your problem.

-=Mark=-

[lonrot]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

Finally purchased the new PSU (ATX 600W 8cm, Over voltage protection: + 3.3v, + 5v, + 12v). Not a single sharp irritating noise, only the smooth sound of fans doing their job, I'm so glad! Thanks a bunch everyone, this forum was very helpful to pinpoint the issue.

Here's a capture, I hope this PSU lasts longer than the old one.

[wazza300]

Re: Asrock mobo making horrible noise

told you it was psu,dont it sound great when its so so silent? hehe glad you cracked it