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Article #335Re: OT:ATT ALL Nvidia Geforce 88xx Owners! Please test your cards for buzzing/sqealing with linked tools. Faulty cards/PSU's may...
From: JP
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:06
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:06
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"Jim" <okokwhat@bbc.uk> wrote in message news:L5zIi.206296$fJ5.59339@pd7urf1no... > Hey all, > > We've come across a problem with many Geforce 8800 and xx cards that seems > to be a potential BIG problem for NVIDIA. It is being reported in many > forums across the Net. So far NVIDIA nor any PSU maker has said any official > statement. It seems to (maybe) be a problem with faulty transistors on many > 88xx cards and combination of many PSU's on the market that cause the cards > to squeal at shutdown (low power alarm some say). Other times the card will > squeal during a reboot or motherboard reset. It depends on your Power > Supply..maybe. Another problem and the most annoying one is the constant > electronic buzzing sound caused by many, games. Oblivion and Company Of > Heroes are big ones, as well as many benchmarks like 3D Mark, ATItool's 3D > view and others. > Some say the card is not getting enough power form the PSU. Others say it's > a faulty card. Others say ALL 8800 cards are faulty. > > Please test your cards with your games and this tool and listen for a loud > buzzing sound from your card. It's a popular 3D tool don't worry, but it > sets off the buzzing/squealing almost right away on many cards. Please test > your cards and list your makes of video card and Power Supply. If your does > it ask your vendor/manufacturer for support and see if we can nail down this > problem. I think it may be widespread. > > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/ > > I have a XFX Geforce 8800GTX with a OCZ GameXstream 700W PSU and the buzzing > is there. But not at shutdown. With the same card and a Corsair HX620 PSU > the buzzing is still there as well as a shrieking/squealing at shut down. > > Here are links to other threads with the same problem. First links are the > sounds itself. Mine is similar but different. > > PSU Squeal http://media.putfile.com/PSU-Squeal > http://flintz.no-ip.org/netzteil.mp3 > > 8800 ultra whining/buzzing sound. > http://evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=110712 > > High Pitched Noise coming from 8800GTX during gaming. > http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=89927&mpage=1&key=𖅝 > > 8800GTX Electronic Buzzing Noise. > http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1140549 > > 8800GTX SQUEAL! > http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1170614 > > 8800Ultra/Mobo Chirping/Buzzing > http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=95368&mpage=1&key=𗒈 > > High pitch coil noise coming from 8800GTX's > http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37899 > > Thanks all. > > Dumbass troll.
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