My power supply makes a lot of high pitched "whines" and strange noises?
Hi I am wanting to ask you guys a question because I am lost on what to do.
I bought a corsair TX650 power supply I think in January of 2015? It works and all, but ever since I had it at random times the power supply makes really high pitched noises/ "whines". I'd say about 95% of the time when I use my computer it makes noises like that, and it can be at any moment. Sometimes it will start up just using google chrome, while other times it starts up as soon as I launch a game.
I thought I would just deal with it, but it's really starting to annoy me now. I had some friends over once and they noticed the noises as well and commented about how something might be wrong with my power supply.
Is there anything I can do? Maybe is it dying? I would appreciate any help you guys can offer. Thanks.
Posted Jul 12, 2016, 5:30 PM UTC
This is caused by coil whine, and fast switching of the PSU. It does this when filtering "dirty power." It's normal for some power supplies with surge protection and electrical "noise" filtering.