GA-X58A-UD3R electrical noises [solved]

[Dark Mantis]

Thanks dkslim, mine makes more of a low pitched humming noise that rises and falls usually at about 1Hz  from the same area. It actually reverberates through my desk and is very annoying. I have even stood the computer on rubber footings to reduce thenoise/vibration but it is still noticable. Turned off C1E to no effect.

[dkslim]

Hi Dark Mantis, the noise I get is a mixture of high and mid pitched noises. The noise it makes, depends on what I am doing on the computer. For example, when loading Windows or shutting it down, I get a complex beeping and buzzing and blipping, intermittently on and off. When I am running HD Tune benchmark, I get a constant tone beeping. When I am browsing in and out of folders in windows explorer, I get a blip noise as I change folder. And when I am running DPC latency checker, there is a blip blip blip noise. So it varies.

My noise does not induce any vibration though.

Also, when I turn off C1E, the noise is gone.

So it appears we have differently behaving UD7s.

[Dark Mantis]

Mine is more prevalent at some times than others but I cannot pin it down to any particular circumstance. At first I thought it was the power supply but then managed to rule that out and I use watercooling so I could rule out the fans also. It definitley originates from the CPU area. It seems to be the coils/capacitors.

[dkslim]

My sound is predictable and reproducible at will. I can pin it down to particular circumstances. Also I am sure it is not the power supply or other components (I have swapped them out, no difference).

[onemilimeter]

Hi Dark Mantis, the noise I get is a mixture of high and mid pitched noises. The noise it makes, depends on what I am doing on the computer. For example, when loading Windows or shutting it down, I get a complex beeping and buzzing and blipping, intermittently on and off. When I am running HD Tune benchmark, I get a constant tone beeping. When I am browsing in and out of folders in windows explorer, I get a blip noise as I change folder. And when I am running DPC latency checker, there is a blip blip blip noise. So it varies.

My noise does not induce any vibration though.

Also, when I turn off C1E, the noise is gone.

So it appears we have differently behaving UD7s.

Those underlined are also observed when my UD3R loaded with F5.

[The Joker]

The only way I find can get rid of the noise is disabling C1e.

End of Story.

[Dark Mantis]

The only way I find can get rid of the noise is disabling C1e.

End of Story.

Doesn't make any difference on my machine at all

[The Joker]

The only way I find can get rid of the noise is disabling C1e.

End of Story.

Doesn't make any difference on my machine at all

Which noise do u get and after update which ones still occur?

Mine is mainly the psu beeping noise. Also I got an x58a-ud3r Rev 2.

[Dark Mantis]

I am afraid that so far there is no update available for us UD7 owners. runn3R said it is in the pipeline but when it will be released is anyone's guess. I am running the lastest incarnation of the BIOS but it is not that new.

[dkslim]

The only way I find can get rid of the noise is disabling C1e.

End of Story.

Doesn't make any difference on my machine at all

I remember that with the UD3R rev 1.0, the first 2 I got had the noise even after disabling C1E, but the third one had no noise after disabling C1E. So, there is some sample variance in the motherboards. However, I found that regardless of what C1E setting you have, you can eliminate the noise coming from the motherboard by fixing a vcore voltage value, rather than leaving it at Auto. Maybe you want to try that.

[venganza]

For what it is worth, my UD9 does not exhibit any untoward noises, or any at all in fact.

[onemilimeter]

For what it is worth, my UD9 does not exhibit any untoward noises, or any at all in fact.

That's great... well... do u think Gigabyte will allow customers (who has the noise problem) to swap their boards (e.g. UD3R) with UD9?  

[kangoo]

do u think Gigabyte will allow customers (who has the noise problem) to swap their boards (e.g. UD3R) with UD9?  

good joke

[Dark Mantis]

For what it is worth, my UD9 does not exhibit any untoward noises, or any at all in fact.

That's great... well... do u think Gigabyte will allow customers (who has the noise problem) to swap their boards (e.g. UD3R) with UD9?  

Does that include UD7 owners too? 

[The Joker]

For what it is worth, my UD9 does not exhibit any untoward noises, or any at all in fact.

That's great... well... do u think Gigabyte will allow customers (who has the noise problem) to swap their boards (e.g. UD3R) with UD9?  

Does that include UD7 owners too? 

No, but you get a free set of steak knifes.