P4 chip makes too much noise
 

This may sound odd, but I get a splitting headache from the high pitched noise from my P4 2.6C. I'm not sure it's the chip itself, but it originates somehere near the heatsink and is way louder when I stress my cpu so I asume it's the chip itself.

Can this problem be solved? My amd 2ghz made a similar sound, but much less loud.

make sure the heatsink is properly seated, what are your temps?

idle temp is about 15 degrees, stressed 30 degrees over room temp.

Sounds a lot, but ppl say the is7 reads 15 degrees to high. I get really high temps on both my is7's, with both an SLK900 and a stock 3.2C cooler, and both a 2.8 and a 2.6C, so I think the heatsink is properly seated.

When I remove the heatsink of my P4 it's start to makes a hissing sound also, or when the cpu is not cooled enough (bad contact with heatsink) it makes the same sound.

I've checked and the stock 3.2C cooler is totally concave, it doesn't touch the cpu at all.

Oddly the P4 2.6C remains stable while gaming at 3.4Ghz. :)

But when I install my SLK900 (wich makes perfect contact), I've got the same hissing sound. :/

try removing the heatsink from your CPU, check the sound, should be hissing.

Just tried it. It doesn't make more sound when I remove the heatsink.

CPU temp skyrockets though. :)

so even without a fan attached to the system your CPU is hissing?

if so: RMA,

you will call them and say that you installed it with the default intel cooler, and that is has a hissing sound.

Ok, i'll try the 2.8C first. If it makes the same noise, RMA won't be the solution.

maiboard maybe ? with the p4p800 vm I did not heard anything like that.

when i stress with prime95 , my 1800+ also makes a sissing sound

I have that sound also with my Intel 2.4b, though only the first 5 min after cold boot.

Seems like the easiest way to solve this problem is by sticking it in a case... blah. :)

I swapped the squeeling 2.6C with my 2.8C a few minutes back. This SOB is even louder if possible. :(

Even with no fans running this 2.8C setup is too loud for me when I need to concentrate. :/

I always study with music playing, no problem with noise whatsoever :)

i have the same way, used to study with loud deathmetal, who cares for a fan then :)

well some fans are good, makes you feel admired and all ;)

poor fanless designs...

was talking about music fans ;)

I can't work with any music / background noise, and 90% of my work includes coding so I'm boned. :O)

Eardops?
Or you can put It in a case.

Yeah, I've got my eyes on a LianLi PC6070 (comes with dampening mats), but it's pretty expensive.

AAaarrrgg

I've got the same. From the moment on the CPU starts working (eg opening some file) I hear a higher pitched sound. When his work is done, it stops or drops very much...

Yeah, I checked my other IS7 + P4C rig: same sound.

Bloody annoying, isn't it? : /

The P4C will be replaced by a Via Epia system this weekend... including hard disk and cd-rom, it drains about 50-75W. Silence at last. =)

put that PC in a case and that will be gone!

P4C => Epia.
Owke I see the use of EPIA, love to get one (some) myself, but isn't this like going back to the stoneage.

No, the older C3's used to be really, really slow (comparable to P2 400mhz), but the new Nehemiah core isn't that bad. They made a few changes like SSE and DDR support, and now it's comparable to a high end P3 system.

For what I will use it (programming/movies/internet on linux) it is fast enough.

Remember, i've got a second P4C @ 3.5ghz & r9800 to play games. ; )

life as a student sux don't it? :p

ow sowwy, I was just thinking that THE P4C is the best rig. It's not THE but A p4c however :p

f r e a k (s)

Then again, both my dev and my main rig are epox 8RDA+

old amd crap ;p

Still owns all P4 in distributed.net. Something about a hardware rotation function not being present in P4. Which greatly speeds up the codecracking.

I hope the S1000 SB chip for nforce comes out soon and that's it's a bit decent like intel CSA. I need true gigabit for my fileserver, but I find A P4 a bit of a waste (since it would be better then my main rig in most things CPU wise). Oh and I need it before OCC14.

I was joking man... don't take my comment seriously please ;)

RichBa5tard, did you find a solution for that noise afterall or did you just sell it ;) ?

My 2.4B keeps making the high pitched hising noise all the time now. I can even hear it with my case closed, I'm going slightly mad....

solution --->

nah, temperature is ok (32° atm)... This morning it did the same as usual (noise first 5 minutes), now without changing anything it wont go stop....

edit: the noise even changes frequency when scrolling a page :huh:

and I got exactly the same with every setup I've got here

sux

@jmke: the noise didn't got worse when removing the heatsink.

biCker, I sold the P4C and replaced it with a dirt cheap tbred b @ 2.1ghz. A bit slower, but fast enough for what I use it for and doesn't make a hissing noise at all.


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piotke, is the A64 noisy at stock speed? : /

"they noise didn't get worse" ?

Unfortunately changing to amd is no option due to my wc setup...

If, like Piotke says, this goes for all PIV chips someone has to find out what Intel has to say about this...

I have about 8 different P4's , only one of them hisses, and only when I remove the heatsink when its running. all the others do not hiss.