quiet farting noise coming from pc?

[Dankdab]

There is a really quiet "farting" noise that comes from my pc on occasion.

I have no other way to describe it. It happens randomly so i can't make it happen on command.

It will happen while gaming while sitting on my desktop or watching videos.

Anyone know what it could be?

 

[nzalog]

Did you spill milk on it? Some PCs are lactose intolerant.

Seriously though, you might be describing a hard disk drive being accessed. The other thought would be a failing fan bearing.

Hard drive noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J09pWNQPK7U

 

[adiec]

without you actually recording a video whist it is making this noise it is going to be very very difficult for anyone to pinpoint the problem.. especially as you're in the room with the pc and you can't pinpoint it .

 

[adiec]

Did you spill milk on it? Some PCs are lactose intolerant.

Seriously though, you might be describing a hard disk drive being accessed. The other thought would be a failing fan bearing.

Hard drive noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J09pWNQPK7U

it could also be strain on the psu... fans or fan rubbing against something. .. the weight of a gpu putting pressure on the motherboard.

 

[Dankdab]

I will attempt to quickly record it with my phone when it starts happening, stay tuned.

 

[Dankdab]

okay guys, here is a video of the sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRjSlf4gNGw

I was loading up a rust server when it happened.

 

[nzalog]

Might be coil noise. Which is most likely PSU or GPU.

It's generally nothing to worry about.

 

[mrmike_49]

I usually blame it on the dog, I'll have to remember this!!

 

[schwatzz]

April Fools was yesterday

 

[Dankdab]

Might be coil noise. Which is most likely PSU or GPU.

It's generally nothing to worry about.

April Fools was yesterday

it's kinda annoying though. is there some sort of fix anyone is aware of?

 

[schwatzz]

It's coil whine or the HDD is failing. I have an old computer that sounds like that when it is starting up from the HDD.

 

[Dankdab]

It's coil whine or the HDD is failing. I have an old computer that sounds like that when it is starting up from the HDD.

but it's a brand new hard drive :C everything in here is brand new. i wonder if the warranty covers this.

 

[nzalog]

If you isolate which component it is, you can most likely rma it or just exchange if it's still under return period.