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How to find where noise is coming from.

RyzenMaster.sys

RyzenMaster.sys

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System Specs
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard AsRock B550M Pro4
Cooling Arctic Freezer 34 Esports One
Memory 32GB (4x8) Team Group DDR4 3600 CL18
Video Card(s) ELSA RX5700XT w/ 2x Arctic P12 MAX fans
Storage Sabrent Rocket Q 1tb NVME 3.0
Display(s) Dual Monitors: 27in Sceptre 1440p 165hz IPS (Main) + 27in MSI 1080p 144hz (Left) on monitor arms
Case Bitfenix Nova Mesh Mini White
Audio Device(s) Logitech X530 5.1 Spearkers + Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee
Power Supply EVGA G7 650w Gold
Mouse Logitech G502
Keyboard Leopold FC750R Cherry MX Brown
Software Microsoft Windows 10 Professional x64
Complete system specs:
Ryzen 3 1200 @3.7ghz with freezer 34 esports
MSI b350 Gaming Plus
2x4gb 3200mhz c16 @3333mhz c16
Sapphire Nitro+ RX480 flashed into a pulse 580.
Corsair CX550M 80+ Bronze
Kingston A400 240gb
Samsung 500gb 5900rpm
Nzxt S340 w/ 2x Arctic F12 and 2x Arctic F14

Problem: I upgraded my 1050 to a 480 about a month ago and noticed a loud fan noise. I repasted the gpu and the fans hushed. However, a noise that sounded like coil whine persisted only when the gpu was under heavy load.

I recently got some help here with flashing this 480 into a 580. I have to keep the voltage turned up to keep the card stable. Now the noise is really loud and annoying. This noise doesnt go away or change even when i stop both gpu fans with my fingers. This noise is independent of gpu fan speed.

I have heard to apply hot glue to the coils to quiet them, however, my card has no coils.
Pic of pcb:
https://ibb.co/6Xn1rZ0
And
https://ibb.co/hY8Tv96
The card looks like something leaked onto it, but this was dust. I cleaned the dust off with a alcohol towell and there is still a stain.
It was suggested that it may also be a capacitor squealing and the caps were leaking, but i believe these are solid caps and none look buldging.

The thought did cross my mind that it may be a psu noise, but this is a decent unit. The sound seems like it originates from the gpu.

How do i determine whats making so much noise?
 
RyzenMaster.sys said:
The card looks like something leaked onto it
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Looks like the thermal pads caused the staining on the pcb. Are you running the card without the necessary thermal pads installed? I see dust build up on the memory chips.

The thermal pad still stuck on the mosfet looks like it needs replacing with new thermal pads including the DDR5 memory chips.
 
The other thermal pads for the vram are stuck on the cooler. Some of the other pads are on the cooler.

I did notice the thermal pads did look odd.
 
If it's GPU there's nothing you can do. Fans don't produce whining sound but coils do. I wonder why there are only 5 of them instead of 6?
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Flashing a working GPU is one of the worst possible decisions and it will certainly not solve coil whine. Why people flash working GPU's is beyond me.
It could be the PSU that makes whining sound. Corsair units were notorious for exactly this problem - coil whine. It doesn't mean that every Corsair unit is faulty but quite a few people complained about coil whine on some of their Corsair units.

The only thing you CAN do is to limit the framerate in Radeon settings according to your monitor's refresh rate.
 
biffzinker said:
I see dust build up on the memory chips.
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No dust on them although it looks like it in the picture. The thermal pads were touching them
 
Komshija said:
I wonder why there are only 5 of them instead of 6?
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Probably Sapphire reusing the PCB for the higher end model to cut costs.
 
Whats a good set of thermal pads for that gpu?

Ok. Update time.

I did the meathod to determine where the sound is coming from. The psu is almost silent with just a small hum from the fan ( I love this psu for the price). The noise is coming from the gpu specifially near where the 8 pin plugs in.

Here is the noise:
This is the camera closer to the gpu with the side panel off. This is at the GTA pause menu where the gpu goes from idle to 100% like 2 times a second
View: https://soundcloud.com/user-747764472/paused-whine

This is with the camera at gpu at first and then psu pointed at the gpu towards the end. The noise is definitely coming from gpu, not psu. This is in gta with steady gpu load where the fans are faster than at the pause menu.
View: https://soundcloud.com/user-747764472/whine-steady

The squeaking at the end in the last clip is my office chair.

Manually stopping the gpu fans with my hand doesnt effect the noise. So a noise coming from the gpu but not from the fans or coils.
 
That's the actual GPU itself, you're never going to get rid of it.
 
Frick. Ok. Looks like im dealing with it.
 
Hi, i had a noise issue with a new kingston SSD, i did a fix for it, it works perfectly and it isnt a problem for the temperature in the SSD, i did the test many days.

as you can see in this video, the alternative solution worked for me
 
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Looking at the fan noise.... 41 dbA vs 27 dbA ... thats 2.6 times as loud with nothing wrong ... 70 watts versus 167 watts ... 2.4 times the power consumption. So you must expect it to be louder. In almost every instance of coil whine when drawing more power from the PSU. I found the noise came from the PSU.


I use a directional mic and earphones to pinpoint noise sources but in a pinch ypu can get buy with a carboard tube from the inside of a roll of paper towels.
 
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