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[Unleashhell]

I believe some fans (ie video card) might turn on for a split second from the initial power on surge and then shut off right after. I'm not 100% on this but that could be what you are hearing. Also I read that on rare occasions the sticker on some video cards sometimes peels away from heat over time and can potentially interfere with the fan. But like GG said open the case while you turn it on. Its the easiest way to narrow it down to the general area of the noise.

[Juilan]

I am trying to find somebody who ACTUALLY knows what they are talking about to help me solve this strange little issue i have been having with my PC for a while now:

Before ANYTHING even loads, within a split second of pushing the power button, my computer begins to make an extremely loud noise akin to a buzzer going off, or some kind of warning buzzer. I have double checked everything within the computer to ensure everything is wired up correctly and see no faults. I have tried looking through google a couple times but nothing I have found is the problem I seek to fix. If anybody who knows what they are talking about (i say this because I don't want my PC to be in worse condition if somebody inexperienced says something that SOUNDS like it makes sense and i try it) can help me, I would highly appreciate it since I refuse to dish out $50 an hour for some guy to probably tell me it is something simple.

If there were faults the computer wouldnt make the noise... the power button wouldnt register on the mother board. The ram issue suggestion sounds plausible... and wow 50$/hr? in boulder and denver co i charge 30$ an hour when i repair it, i dont charge for finding the solution...

if its a fan issue the computer would atleast go past POST and it doesnt seem like POSt is starting and bad ram stops the POST because the bios has to go there...

reading through that again, could it be the CPU fan wire touching the blades? ive had my computer sound like a table saw until i got some twist ties and a dremel to make sure the wire didnt touch the blades...

so are you POSTing or not?

[Juilan]

I believe some fans (ie video card) might turn on for a split second from the initial power on surge and then shut off right after. I'm not 100% on this but that could be what you are hearing. Also I read that on rare occasions the sticker on some video cards sometimes peels away from heat over time and can potentially interfere with the fan. But like GG said open the case while you turn it on. Its the easiest way to narrow it down to the general area of the noise.

you can have your fans run with the case cords connected to the computer and a ATX 12 connected... power on they just spin

[Juilan]

everyone's basically got it covered. Only a few things can actually make noise in your computer

1)hard drive (If it's making loud noises, particularly clicking sounds, it's about to die)

2) PC speaker on motherboard (Some motherboards have a digital number display on the board itself instead of a PC speaker). Makes beep codes when hardware faliures are detected during POST. You'll need your motherboard manufacturer's manual to interpret these as they are not always the same with different boards

3)Case / PSU / GPU / CPU fans. Most people already covered this one. Especially if it's loud and not preventing the computer from booting, this is very likely.

1)if hard drive issue, you'll get an error after post...
2)i know on asus and msi boards a load buzz happens when i dont mount the ram correctly...
3)computer can post without fans...

[Greatguardian]

This thread isn't really going to go anywhere without some more input from the OP, lol.

[Alhanelem]

1)if hard drive issue, you'll get an error after post...

True but a lot of crappy and older hard drives do not have the SMART technology. With these drives, the only way you know they're going is when they're making noises because they're about to die.

3)computer can post without fans...

I didn't say they couldn't. I was simply listing the things in your PC that can make noise...

Since most of us don't have solid state PCs (meaning no moving parts), anything with a part that moves can make noise, and motherboard PC speakers can make noise. I can't think of anything else that can make noise unless you have add-on cards or other hardware that has moving parts or a speaker.

[FrankReynolds]

I'm 99.9% sure this is a case of ram being bad / not seated correctly. Really can't do much without more info though.

[Teraniku]

Yeah, the case fan on the front of my tower likes to grind a bit on boots. I've tried spraying compressed air at it and around the vents, but without being brave enough to remove it, I usually just need to give it a minute or so before it quiets down.

Case fans are fairly easy to replace, sounds like a bearing went bad on it.

[Nakts]

OP are you making sure to feed the gremlin that lives inside the case?

[Runespider]

Is that the OPs computer? or just a random youtube video?

Was a random YT video to give OP an idea of what a broken fan sounds like, I have a lot of problems with my computers fans (motherboard fan/cast fan/video card fan). they always make a noise during startup that slowly fades out.

This topic got a lot of replies given OP never replied XD Maybe their PC exploded shortly after!