Thanks for all the replies!
I had no idea the hardware forum was this active!
Your PSU or optical drive burning out?
Ithor that or a transister on your motherboard died.
Cheers
Cameron
CDs and DVDs run perfectly.
turn off the tower and stick your nose in the PSU fan hole and take a sniff, then open the tower and do the same
if the odor is more powerful in the area of the PSU, it is probably coming from there and needs to be replaced.
you can also do the 'sniff' test to the video card
your looking for what stinks the most LOL
Will try that right away!
For the whining, try hitting the tower with a heavy book. It worked for my old pc.
Might work. It certainly does with my TV.
...and another two words for your American to English Dictionary, Ecko......!
Ithor....Either.
Transister...Transistor.
...Keep 'em coming, Cameron. We learn a new word every day...
...like "Poast" for "Post"........!
LOL...!
Paul... ...!
I would immediately suspect a cooling fan, either something is caught up in it or the fan bearings are about to fail. Either way it's not going to do your PC much good.
You definitely have at least one fan on your PSU (mine has three), another one on your motherboard, and probably at least one more on your graphics card. Try and figure out which one is making the noise, and see if anything is wrapped around the shaft (in our house it would be cat hair). Clean it if you can.
If you have to, take the offending item to your local computer shop and ask if they can replace the fan. Cooling fans are there for a reason, don't run the PC without them, not even "just for a little while"!!!
Gryshnak
The cooling fans seem to be OK. Also the sound is not really one you'd expect from a broken cooling fan, it's like a high frequency tone, my dad couldn't hear anything, neither could my mum, my brother could though.
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Could this perhaps be my onboard sound card acting up?
It's been crashing my PC in games and a few times when listening to music too, for some time now.
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