MSI R9 290 making a clacking noise? even when the pc if off.

[Keliptic]

Hey, as the tittle suggested i recently brought a R9 290 from MSI and it works fine and everything its just it makes a sort of "clack" or "crack" noise and vibrates my case causing the plastic to also make some sound, I've never heard my system make this noise before i had this card.(my old one died).

when i first heard this noise i thought it was the PSU, and i swapped it out with one i had handy, and the noise was still there, i also upgraded my Mobo and CPU as they were abit out of date, but this was after the GPU and the noise was heard before i installed them and it continues now.

SPECs:
Antec 900 case.
Corsair Gold 850w
MSI R9 290
i5 4690k
Asrock z97 extreme6
16GB Corsair vengance 1866Mhz
x2 240gb SSD
x1 60GB SSD
x1 1TB HDD

I got the card out of the machine at the moment, and using the integrated GPU, and i haven't heard any noise so far.

Anyone else experienced this?

 

[thekyle64]

sounds like a defective card return it

 

[smeezekitty]

Does it still do it with the PSU unplugged?

 

[Keliptic]

@smeezekitty Yes when i turn off the PSU it will make like 1 more sound before it goes silent. I think its prob the capacitors being faulty? Ive tried my spare PSU (xfx 850w) and it makes the same sound.

 

[smeezekitty]

That's actually really weird. I am not sure if the PCI-E slot provides standby power when the system is off or not.

Can you tell if the sound is definitely coming from the GPU?