i built a new computer back in October and my old computer with this motherboard has been sitting off to the side. i decided to rebuild this computer and give it as a gift for Christmas. i cleaned out the dust and hooked everything up and when i turned it on i got a horrific squealing noise. i unplugged as much as i could to isolate where it was coming from but i had no luck. what do i do?? this never happened before in all 3 years of using this setup!

and yes i googled but didnt have much luck. btw, mobo is Asus K8V-SE Deluxe.

[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 10:30 AM. Reason : .]

12/13/2006 10:30:12 AM

is the squealing electronic sounding or mechanical.

i'm thinking its a fan somewhere.

12/13/2006 10:32:27 AM

when i installed a new power supply i could hear a really high pitch low volume noise from my computer. Very few of my friends could hear it but i did and it was annoying. Luckily I got use to it. But in your case most likely a fan but could be power supply.

[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 10:39 AM. Reason : .]

12/13/2006 10:38:19 AM

If you have unplugged most everything then it is probably the fan cooling the power supply.

12/13/2006 10:42:19 AM

also check the case fan, video card and processor fans (if you have them)

i cant of anything else this could be besides a fan.

12/13/2006 10:42:53 AM

it is definitely an electrical squeal..my roommate just listened to it and said it's electrical, which i thought it was too. i already tried another PSU with no luck.

12/13/2006 10:48:27 AM

I've heard electronics hum but never squeal. What's the difference between a mechanical and electrical squeal? Just curious.

12/13/2006 10:51:31 AM

ok well i figured it out..it was the video card for some reason. i took it out and it made no squeal; weird thing is everything was hooked up fine to begin with. but i went ahead and took it out completely, used a can of air on it and put it back in and plugged it up and voila, no issues. thanks for the help guys.

12/13/2006 11:27:59 AM

I wish my video card could be quieted with a can of air. Thing runs as loud as a box fan on low sometimes (normal).

12/13/2006 12:21:28 PM