Question Strange GPU noise? Coil Whine or fan related?

[paralafiesta]

Hi all,

I'm hearing strange noises from my RTX 3060 I believe, at first I thought it might be coil whine but I couldn't confirm it. Changing fan speed doesn't seem to affect it either and it emits the winding, high pitched noise (last 6 seconds of the video below) every minute or so.

https://imgur.com/a/en87E8w

What do you think might be causing this?

Thank you in advance!

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Hold 1 fan at a time to see if the noise stops.

 

[paralafiesta]

Hold 1 fan at a time to see if the noise stops.

I reduced the GPU fan speed down to zero and it still makes the noise. Could it be fan related or does it sound like a coil whine to you?

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

When the tone goes away, then a slow revving chirping sound gets faster. Is that coming from the gpu also?

 

[paralafiesta]

When the tone goes away, then a slow revving chirping sound gets faster. Is that coming from the gpu also?

I'm pretty sure! That revving chirping sound definitely doesn't seem to be coming from the CPU fan which I briefly turned off but the sound didn't stop.

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

I listened to it again, the impression I am getting is that you are getting some kind of trouble alarm, it goes away and then a moving part starts back up, dies, alarm, starts back up. What other fans do you have in the case?

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

If you could brighten the room and record close in to the pc case maybe we can find the problem.

 

[paralafiesta]

If you could brighten the room and record close in to the pc case maybe we can find the problem.

Hello,
Sorry for the delay in post as I was moving. I took another video (

https://imgur.com/a/1AW0xum

View: https://imgur.com/a/1AW0xum
) with better lighting and after removing GPU and unplugging the CPU fan to eliminate potential sources of noise, but as you can see from the video the noise is still coming from somewhere around the CPU region?
Any clues if this is just inductors on the motherboard or a sign of something else?

Thank you!