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PC makes weird chirps

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  • 11-02-2015 5:02pm
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    PCSharkey
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭


    PC has made a sporadic high pitch chirp for a while, It happens a couple times an hour any have an idea what it could be?


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    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    PCSharkey wrote: »
    PC has made a sporadic high pitch chirp for a while, It happens a couple times an hour any have an idea what it could be?

    Is it a laptop, or a desktop?

    Any more of a description of the sound? Are the speakers on when it happens?

    If its not coming through the speakers there's only a few things that actually move inside a computer, mainly you'd be looking at the Fans and the Hard disks.

    There is a chance that the motherboard is making such noises, but I would think it unlikely.


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    A2LUE42
    Registered Users Posts: 2,541 ✭✭✭A2LUE42


    First guess would be hard drive issue. Back it up as soon as you can. At least then you won't lose anything. Run licensecrawler or similar to get a backup of all the software licenses you will need for a reinstall with a new HDD, if the current one is about to fail.


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    hallo dare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭hallo dare


    Chirp to me sounds like the fan bearings


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    PropJoe10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,304 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    Could be a bird trapped in the case.


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    ZENER
    Registered Users Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    Could also be the PSU ? Switched mode PSUs run at normally inaudable frequencies but an unusual load or loose inductor could cause a chirping noise.

    My money is on PropJoe10's suggestion though and I'll go one further and suggest it's a Robin . . . .

    Ken


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    PCSharkey
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭PCSharkey


    Thanks for the response, its a custom built desktop, it's hard to describe it sounds electronic, it's not coming from my headphones definitely the PC, I have a xfx 750w PSU and I recently switched to a ssd and I don't have anything but games on so I don't need to back up. I have one stock fan left the other one's ballbearing wore out in october and it sounded like a drill compared to this high pitch squeak. Could it be the optical drive?


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    dmc17
    Registered Users Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭dmc17


    My laptop was randomly chirping for a while too but it seems to have stopped now (the bird inside must have died!). I posted about it here including a sound clip if you want to compare.


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