sludgman Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Well, I was having some difficulty contacting the support people with help on this one so I thought I might try these handy dandy forums. My problem simply is that my RAM makes such an annoying, loud, screeching noise every now and then for a period of time. I STILL cannot find out what is wrong. It basically starting happening randomly one day, was fine for a few months and then screeched during a boot. I noticed during the few initial days of testing that if I left the computer on it wouldn't screech so I thought maybe a tempature problem was the issue. But I soon found out that wasn't the case because it began screeching during simple applications like opening AIM or Mozilla Firefox. So I thought maybe the BIOS was messed up in some way and reset it to the factory defaults to make sure that nothing was being overclocked and that did not solve my problem. I'm not too much of a overclocker or bench marking of my hardware, I did build this PC from scratch and have much experience with that, but the underlying with CAS Timers and Voltage settings I don't usually mess with. But any information anyone can give me to fix this problem would be greatly appreciate. The RAM works perfectly and I rarely if ever get a blue screen, so I hope not to send an RMA at all. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Memory doesn't have any parts that can make noise. Are you sure that's where the noise is coming from? What's the exact part number of your memory? How To Read the Memory Label Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgman Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 Alright, after having gotten an RMA number and am ready to ship, I've been reading a lot of the forums about Memory Timings and Voltage settings. My original timings by AUTO were 2.5-3-3-8 as I recall. But I searched about Memory Timings on here and found 2.5-3-3-6 and the Voltage of 2.75 which I am currently trying...So far the screeching has come to a hault and I do not wish to RMA if I don't have to so I'm in the process of running some application tests as when it screeched before. In response to the part number I got CMX1024 3200PRO, not sure if that's what you're looking for. Also on the UPC there's TWINX2048-3200PRO. If anyone can send me anymore information about Memory Timings or Voltage settings for anything that could possibly solve this screeching problem that would be great, as of now it's still in a test phase and I will report back tomorrow with more information. Thanks to all that have helped so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 20, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 20, 2006 You really should be using a bigger PSU with the config you gave as well, that might be contributing to the noise you hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgman Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 Any recommendations on PSU Wattage or makers? And is everything else alright with what you've heard so far? I'm totally new to the timings, overclocking, most of the buses when it comes to my own PC I've never touched them before. I'm also running in 2T not 1T...not sure of the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 20, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 20, 2006 The Video card you have needs 18 Amps for it self so I would suggest 500 Watt Minimum. And PC Power & Cooling is one of the best you can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgman Posted July 23, 2006 Author Share Posted July 23, 2006 Well just an update on the screeching problem. I checked out a few things with the MSI Utility CoreCenter which provides information on voltages, heat, clock speeds etc. I noticed that when it was screeching the FSB had moved itself up to 205MHz instead of the 200 it's usually at. So I fixed that in the BIOS and changed some voltages around and such. Running like a champ now without any problems. I do appreciate the help you guys have given me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 24, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 24, 2006 Great and thank you for letting us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgman Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 Lol yet another update. Came home tonight after work to that awful screeching noise. The system was idling so I have no idea what the problem is again. Going to try a new PSU when I get the money and see if that works. Thanks for the help still everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgman Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 They're being sent back tomorrow so you guys can run it through your testing facilities. I am not a happy camper :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 25, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 25, 2006 If you are not getting errors in memtest then I doubt the problem is with the memory, but as long as you have an RMA# they will be tested/replaced and sent back to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 They're being sent back tomorrow so you guys can run it through your testing facilities. I am not a happy camper :mad: Did you get an RMA number? If not, they'll be refused at the door I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgman Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 Yes I do have an RMA number, was already on the phone with the support people, worry not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 25, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 25, 2006 Noway, I never worry. Except when I see the red light behind me! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvin Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 If there's a chipset fan on the board, are you sure the screeching isn't comming from it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgman Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 The screeching isn't like a physical mechanical part, it is like a frequency type screeching and it is so annoying sometimes when it happens I just turn the computer off because I don't wish to listen to it anymore. That's why I was doing a lot of research on the latency settings and voltages and such, none of that is working though. RAM was sent back on overnight mail today. Hopefully they can find a problem if there is one, if not I am happy to start looking at other components. Reason I picked the RAM first was it seemed to be happening while they were active IE the LEDs on the RAM were flowing up and down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvin Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Didn't want to dissuade you, just posing another possibility. Due to the odd reflections inside a case, sometimes it's hard to pin down the exact location of oddball sounds. I usually used the rolled up thin cardboard or thick paper trick as a stethescope to zero in on the location of the annoyance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgman Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 My original thought processor was it was the video card because when I first got that the fan made a weird noise while booting. Ruled that out because the fan just sped up and then slowed down. Secondly thought it might've been the processor itself because of the sounds coming from the computer were frequency related. Like if you turn off a TV in a room you can hear that noise in your ears that's exactly what it sounds like only amplified and more annoying. Finally I was looking at the computer while it was loading and the noise was happening and the RAM LEDs would be moving to full load or they would be inbetween loads. The thing I don't understand is why it's intermitten. The noise can be for hours at a time no matter what the circumstance IE temperature or usage of the computer. Or it won't be there at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvin Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Hard to tell from this distance; it is vedy peculiar. Another possibility might be related to the bearings in the hard drive, just a guess though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgman Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 If you stick your face right smack into the machine it's either the RAM or the processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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