Question Strange noise when testing SSD with Samsung Magican

adrifoxbg

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A week ago a strange smell appeared for a few minutes, then disappeared without a trace. Everything is fine on all benchmarks. Temperatures are good. But is this from the pump or the motherboard?
Honestly, I'm worried it's from a capacitor
Or it's very possible it's even from the pump, because there are clearly problems with the circuit's argb which is static
Appears during random reading when testing Samsung 990 pro 1 TB
 
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capacitors smell intensely like sweet chemical, if you get a strong wiff of it it will stick in your throat for hours, once you've smelt it once you never forget it. A popped capacitor would likely give you other problems that you'd have noticed by now, and you'd be able to spot it by visual inspection

as for the noise (third strange noise post I've replied to today LOL) I'm not quite certain which noise I'm listening to, I can hear pump whine, I don't know if this is true or not (no personal experience) but people have told me that if you tip a PC so the radiator is above the cooler it can help air to come out of the pump and go to the radiator which can remove unwanted whining noises

someone with more experience would have to comment