Question Samsung 990 Pro 1TB SSD PCIe 4.0 makes a high pitched noise ?

[bumblinghomeowner1]

In the video link below, you can hear a high pitched noise coming from my Samsung 990 Pro SSD. The SSD was originally a 990 Pro with the LED heat sink but I removed the heat sink to test whether the sound was coming from there or not. It appears the high pitch noise is coming directly from the NVME SSD, specifically the DRAM controller.

Anyone experience a similar phenomenon with Samsung drives? Or is this a dud? And I don't think this is the Piezoelectric Effect as I have owned plenty of NVME SSD devices that don't emit this type of sound.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/1jf75cg/high_pitched_noise_from_samsung_990_pro_ssd_b850i/

 

[punkncat]

There isn't anything IN an SSD to make noise. It has to be something else.

 

[USAFRet]

There isn't anything IN an SSD to make noise. It has to be something else.

I've said exactly that same thing, and a few people here categorically told me I was wrong, wrong, wrong.
I laughed.

The only possible thing it might be is coil whine. But unlikely.

 

[punkncat]

I've said exactly that same thing, and a few people here categorically told me I was wrong, wrong, wrong.
I laughed.

The only possible thing it might be is coil whine. But unlikely.

Even above there is mention of the piezo-electric effect, but that doesn't come from the SSD drive. The big issue with sounds like this is that they reflect/echo/bounce off everything and can be nearly impossible to pin down.

 

[USAFRet]

Even above there is mention of the piezo-electric effect, but that doesn't come from the SSD drive. The big issue with sounds like this is that they reflect/echo/bounce off everything and can be nearly impossible to pin down.

Agreed.

 

[fzabkar]

I have heard singing ceramic capacitors. I have also experienced coil whine. I can't think what else it could be.

https://product.tdk.com/system/file...1/singing_capacitors_piezoelectric_effect.pdf

 

[bumblinghomeowner1]

There isn't anything IN an SSD to make noise. It has to be something else.

I've said exactly that same thing, and a few people here categorically told me I was wrong, wrong, wrong.
I laughed.

The only possible thing it might be is coil whine. But unlikely.

While SSD’s lack mechanically moving parts (like legacy HDD’s) there are components capable of generating noise. For example, coil whine occurs at the capacitor level. And to my knowledge, there aren’t any mechanical parts inside a capacitor. So if coils can whine, SSD’s can sing.

Video linked below is helpful context actually.

I’m taking a look at this again tomorrow to try and pin down where the noise is coming from.

View: https://youtu.be/KS-BHI667po?si=E_lpM-OstJEWwA8U

 

[SkyNetRising]

In the video linked, you can hear a high pitched noise coming from my Samsung 990 Pro SSD.

I couldn't hear any high pitched noise in that video.
Just a fan spinning.