I made a thread about this problem three years ago, at that time I had had my psu for two years and I still have it today. It's a Corsair AX860.
Around 2015 it made a very clear pulsing noise, sounding like a cricket about once every second. I never did anything about it and it went away. Sometimes I've been able to hear it very faintly.
Today It came back more louder like back in 2015.
So obviously it's been working without any problems but I am just interested in what could be causing it. The psu fan has always been in the hybrid mode, so It's not running right now when the sound is occurring.
Another thing I want to mention: Around a year and a half ago when I moved to another house I noticed that during winter time, combined with the flooring that I have in the room where my computer is, I would build up static electricity very easily.
I accidentally touched my front usb port right after walking up to my PC and got a small shock.
After that, all sound from the speakers and headset were crackling and sounded awful. Both from the front and rear 3.5mm port.
I continued to use my (damaged) motherboard, and instead bought a cheap ASUS sound card and that has worked great. Never had any problems with the motherboard so far, like blue screens or anything like that.
The reason why I mentioned this is because the only difference from three years ago is that the pulsing, electric noise can also be heard very faintly through the speakers.
I'm thinking I'll continue to use my damaged motherboard as I have no interest in replacing my current i7 4790K.
Thanks.
Around 2015 it made a very clear pulsing noise, sounding like a cricket about once every second. I never did anything about it and it went away. Sometimes I've been able to hear it very faintly.
Today It came back more louder like back in 2015.
So obviously it's been working without any problems but I am just interested in what could be causing it. The psu fan has always been in the hybrid mode, so It's not running right now when the sound is occurring.
Another thing I want to mention: Around a year and a half ago when I moved to another house I noticed that during winter time, combined with the flooring that I have in the room where my computer is, I would build up static electricity very easily.
I accidentally touched my front usb port right after walking up to my PC and got a small shock.
After that, all sound from the speakers and headset were crackling and sounded awful. Both from the front and rear 3.5mm port.
I continued to use my (damaged) motherboard, and instead bought a cheap ASUS sound card and that has worked great. Never had any problems with the motherboard so far, like blue screens or anything like that.
The reason why I mentioned this is because the only difference from three years ago is that the pulsing, electric noise can also be heard very faintly through the speakers.
I'm thinking I'll continue to use my damaged motherboard as I have no interest in replacing my current i7 4790K.
Thanks.
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