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H67A-UD3H-B3 high pitched coil whine

H67A-UD3H-B3 high pitched coil whine
« on: May 03, 2011, 10:35:50 am »
Hello everyone,

I recently bought a H67A-UD3H-B3 for my new Sand Bridge configuration which I associated with a Core i7 2600K, 8Gb of GSkill and a Corsair TX-650W V2.

A very high pitched noise comes from around the CPU socket when the CPU is idle. For example, if I start a video in VLC, the coil whine disappears, when I pause the video it comes back. The noise isn’t modulated in any way and is constant in pitch typically like a coil whine.
The noise appears when Win7 (x64) starts up but is not present before (in the BIOS for exemple).

I read about related problems on GB forums and tried to deactivate some power saving related features in the BIOS. This brings me to an interesting point: the deactivation of the “C3/C6 states” makes the coil noise disappear. The deactivation of “C1E state” or “EIST” don’t change anything.
The only problem is that without C3/C6 states, the Intel TurboBoost don’t work correctly. Normally the 2600K is clocked to 3.4 Ghz (34 x 100) and can reach 3.8 Ghz  (38x100) one core. Without C3/C6 states the TB is limited to 3.5 Ghz (35 x 100) which is not acceptable for me.

(Same problem here : http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,4793.0.html ... He's running TB off because of this).

I’m seriously considering sending back the mobo under warranty because the noise is really unbearable.
Does anybody had the same problem with this mobo ?

Another point, the BIOS gives me the possibility to change the multiplier (between 16 and 38) but when I set it to 38 instead of 34, I still have 3,4 Ghz under Windows. Is this related to the non-overclocking nature of the H67 ?

Thanks in advance for any advice.


« Last Edit: May 03, 2011, 10:38:28 am by Lumbermatt »

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Re: H67A-UD3H-B3 high pitched coil whine
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2011, 01:14:32 pm »
Hi and welcome tot he Gigabyte Forum.

I have only heard of one other motherboard with a similar noise and that was a few weeks ago. I think the only way you are going to get rid of it without shutting off the C3/C6 power saving states is to RMA it. Contact your retailer for more information.
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