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    Question Alienware Aurora Ryzen R14 Humming Noise (not fans)

    Getting somewhere. I found the little PSU fans and stopped each and they are definitely both contributing to the noise. The green arrow is just a mild fan noise that doesn't bother me, but the red arrow is the fan that is making the sci fi hum sound, it stops the second I strawed it. Are there...
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    Question Alienware Aurora Ryzen R14 Humming Noise (not fans)

    This image shows the 3 visible fans that I stopped with a straw This is a close up of what I think is the liquid cooler and its fan Overall view, let me know if something else would help. As far as strawing the liquid cooler, I think that's what I did when I stopped the white fan? I...
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    Question Alienware Aurora Ryzen R14 Humming Noise (not fans)

    Thanks, this is a bit beyond my PC knowledge. So the bulky square over my CPU is a liquid cooler and probably making the noise? Is there a way to temporarily turn it off to confirm that?
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    Question Alienware Aurora Ryzen R14 Humming Noise (not fans)

    I got an R14 about 5 months ago and I set the alienware preset to "quiet" and it's been running great. Recently it's started making a pulsing humming sound constantly as long as it's on. I thought it was a fan going bad or something so I opened it up and stopped each fan manually with a straw...
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    What do I need to upgrade for 60 fps?

    I bought a new PC last year and thought I was getting high end components for every category but I am still running into fps dips below 60 in my main game World of Warcraft. I keep drivers up to date and I've overclocked my CPU to a stable 4.0 gHz. I'm not sure what I need to upgrade to get a...
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    Getting 100+ms ping spikes to router on wired connection

    Hello, I play alot of Heroes of the Storm (or used to). Recently my husband and I have started getting lag spikes where our ping will go up to 100-200ms which is pretty noticable in that type of game. I posted on the game forums first and they asked me to use WinMTR to monitor the connection and...