I just moved my desktop pc to a new home, somehow the gpu produces coil whine and the fan spins all the time.

[tonklar22]

So I just moved my home and put the pc under the plane's load. And when I arrived and plugged it in to my new home, the pc is somewhat louder than it originally is, like there's this humming coming from the pc that isn't there before. Upon further inspection, i noticed that my gpu fan is always spinning at all time even while idle and it produces a coil whining noise even though i'm not playing game and is just using web browser. What could possibly happen? Did loading my pc under the plane somehow damage the gpu? Also, fyi, in my original home i use a high quality power strip while here i use a cheap one. Could this be that the powerstrip is low quality and does not deliver stable power?

 

[mcconkeymike]

Yes, there could definitely be bad power in your new home. I would recommend a UPS (battery backup) because even a cheap UPS will have more abilities than a decent surge protector. If you get an APC UPS they come with software that will tell you if you have too low of power, too high, or highly fluctuating power. Another thing that could have happened is (depending on the orientation of your parts) your GPU could have been stressed in the PCIe socket. I'm not certain if that would cause it, but who knows.

 

[tonklar22]

Yes, there could definitely be bad power in your new home. I would recommend a UPS (battery backup) because even a cheap UPS will have more abilities than a decent surge protector. If you get an APC UPS they come with software that will tell you if you have too low of power, too high, or highly fluctuating power. Another thing that could have happened is (depending on the orientation of your parts) your GPU could have been stressed in the PCIe socket. I'm not certain if that would cause it, but who knows.

If the gpu was stressed in the pci socket, how do i fix this?

 

[mcconkeymike]

If it was stressed too much, then it could have damaged the PCIe socket. I'm not certain if this would cause a whine or not, but open your case and look to see if your GPU is sagging a lot. Even if it isn't, remove the screw(s) holding it in, push the card into the slot firmly, and replace screws while holding your GPU up so that it isn't sagging. Oh and just FYI, make sure your PC is turned off while doing this, just in case. But I would still consider the UPS backup to ensure you don't have power issues as well that could be causing the whine.