[SOLVED] PSU Clicking Sound

[justarandomname!]

i have a themaltake smart 650w and when idle and load i hear a clicking sound i tryed lots of psus and they all click i have a i5 2400 gtx 1080 16gb of ram i tryed a themaltake smart 600w and a evga 600w and it still clicks

 

[Darkbreeze]

If you've tried multiple different models of PSU and it still clicks, then it isn't the power supply. Look to the graphics card, CPU cooler or case fans for a fan that is hitting something like a piece of wire or a wire tie. Check to see that there is not a wire tie or something sticking into the power supply from the case.

Make a funnel from a piece of paper or thin cardboard, put the small end against your ear and use the large in to move around in the case until you can determine, carefully, where the clicking is coming from. It could be a component on the motherboard itself or a fan bearing. Do you have a water cooler for the CPU, if so, could be a pump noise.

Does the system work normally other than the clicking noise, or are there other issues such as shutting down or not starting involved, or a lack of performance that wasn't a problem before the clicking started?

 

[justarandomname!]

its from the power supply because i took it out of the case and it coming from the psu

 

[Darkbreeze]

Both power supplies make a clicking noise when you take them out of the case and power them on? That seems, unusual, at best. If that is the case then I would suggest the problem is with your outlet or circuit, and something is triggering protections inside the PSU or something to that effect.

Either that, or it's not actually happening with BOTH power supplies. Certainly anything is possible, but I can't say I've ever seen two different power supplies have the same problem for the same person unless it was due to something other than the power supplies themselves.

 

[jonnyguru]

Does the power supply explode after it clicks?

Just wondering why you think this is a problem.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I agree, unless there was, without any doubt, no clicking before, and then suddenly there was. That might indicate an issue of some kind, but if you're not sure and if there is no problem evident, I agree, I don't see why it's a problem. I've seen plenty of hardware that had relay related clicking that was simply normal, rather than any kind of problem.