Well I've had my computer up and running for about a 2 weeks now. Trying to work out the kinks.

Problem is the fan on one of the motherbord heads keeps stopping. It runs for a while then just stops. I also magic smoked a fan on that same head. One of these Teh-Cain o was screwing with the speed contoal just before it went poof. Otherwise the computer runs fine.
Is there something wrong with the motherbord?

Figured instead of creating a new thread I'd ask if anybody ever gets a high pitched scream whenever they put a load on their graphics card, not in some games but Crysis definitely dose it. XFX 8800 GTX here. Side note XFX is starting to piss me off.

Are you talking about he motherboad fan headers? Never heard of them refeered to as "Head"

I have had one die on me before, but the rrest of the board was just fine....it was an old board on alow end rig, so iI never worried about it, just got a fan adaptor from my parts bin and plugged it into a 12v molex.

If your board is new enough to be under warranty, I would RMA it.

What kind of shape is the power supply in? A weak sause one might be outputting a poor voltage signal and slowly killing your hardware...Iv'e seen it happen to some of my friends over the years.

As a note: Never skimp on a PSU, 450-500 watts is pretty much the minumum for a modern gaming rig from a major name brand like PC Power and Cooling, Sliverstone, Corsair, etc..your not going to find anything decent for under 80$

As for your video card, Crysis is one of the few games that can realy tax a 8800GTX, it's finally being pushed hard, using some sections of the GPU that might have been dormant in other games wich will cause it to run much hotter than in a much less stressfull game...thats probably why the fan is getting rather loud.

One tip I have heard from other 8800GTX and Ultra owners is to add a cooling fan blowing on the backside of the card, seems to realy drop the temps and add to stability, especially if overclocked by you, or a factory pre OC'd card.

Quote: Originally Posted by $SOLID$ Necro Are you talking about he motherboad fan headers? Never heard of them refeered to as "Head" I have had one die on me before, but the rrest of the board was just fine....it was an old board on alow end rig, so iI never worried about it, just got a fan adaptor from my parts bin and plugged it into a 12v molex. If your board is new enough to be under warranty, I would RMA it. What kind of shape is the power supply in? A weak sause one might be outputting a poor voltage signal and slowly killing your hardware...Iv'e seen it happen to some of my friends over the years. As a note: Never skimp on a PSU, 450-500 watts is pretty much the minumum for a modern gaming rig from a major name brand like PC Power and Cooling, Sliverstone, Corsair, etc..your not going to find anything decent for under 80$ As for your video card, Crysis is one of the few games that can realy tax a 8800GTX, it's finally being pushed hard, using some sections of the GPU that might have been dormant in other games wich will cause it to run much hotter than in a much less stressfull game...thats probably why the fan is getting rather loud. One tip I have heard from other 8800GTX and Ultra owners is to add a cooling fan blowing on the backside of the card, seems to realy drop the temps and add to stability, especially if overclocked by you, or a factory pre OC'd card.

Motherboard: Striker Extreme
PSU: PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Quad

Ya I'm talking about the 3 pin think you plug you plug the fan in.

I know the wine isn't from the fan as fans don't make a whine like this. It sounds like a bad voltage regulator or something.
The Graphics card doesn't get hot even running Crysis, as my case has 5 120 mm fans one dedicated for cooling the graphics card(s) you can put your had directly on the card and its isn't very hot at all.

Sounds like it might be RMA time for the motherboard and video card then...

NoSlack had to RMA his 8800GTX right after he bought it for overheating, your's sounds a bit different though since it's not heat related, and could be a bad capacitor, voltage regulator, etc..as you mentioned.

Have you monitored the temps of the GPU under load with something like Speed Fan or N-Tune? (Just curious)

i would RMA the baord if it is still under warranty, just going ot be without a comp for awhile.


as for the video card, i do remember reading somethign about that particular card/manufact making noise. iirc it was from the resistors or whatever on it.

i read this on a thread in PR forums, so that info is somewhere here, and it isnt old. hopefully someone who has knowledge will swing by, and ill try to find that post as well.

you may have to RMA the card as well, so dont do anything too rash right now or mod the card.