GA-X58A-UD3R electrical noises [solved]

[Dark Mantis]

I am happy for you that you managed to change your board for a rev2. I think that was probably a wise choice. Just keep us informed of your progress as you complete your build.

[raya2]

I have a 750w Corsair PSU . If I'll buy a GA-X58A-UD3R M/B, I also gonna have this noise problem or not ? What about GA-X58A-UD3R rev.2 ?

[onemilimeter]

I have a 750w Corsair PSU . If I'll buy a GA-X58A-UD3R M/B, I also gonna have this noise problem or not ? What about GA-X58A-UD3R rev.2 ?

This thread is very long. If you do not have time to read all the posts, I would suggest you to read only posts by the thread starter, i.e. dkslim. I think dkslim did mention few PSUs which would emit the noise due to the UD3R. I think Corsair PSU 750W is one of them...

[Dark Mantis]

I wouldn't worry about it for now. If when you get your board you have the problem then change it but the majority of  boards work fine. I have a Corsair PSU and it works fine with my board.

[raya2]

I think Corsair PSU 750W is one of them...

I read most of the posts in this thread and it seems Corsair PSU 750W is one of them.
So what about UD7 or UD5 ? Are they have this noise problem with my PSU or not ?
And what about other X58 motherboards ? (from other manufactors like msi or asus)
Are the other X58 mobos (from other manufactors)  also have this noise problem ?

I wouldn't worry about it for now. If when you get your board you have the problem then change it but the majority of  boards work fine. I have a Corsair PSU and it works fine with my board

0-  I'm an unlucky person and think in this case also don't have any luck
1-  I don't think that resellers in my country , accept to change the board for some noise .
2- And If they agree with changing , which board(s) I must take in exchange (for X58 chipsets)  so I don't have this noise problem ?

[onemilimeter]

I think Corsair PSU 750W is one of them...

I read most of the posts in this thread and it seems Corsair PSU 750W is one of them.
So what about UD7 or UD5 ? Are they have this noise problem with my PSU or not ?
And what about other X58 motherboards ? (from other manufactors like msi or asus)
Are the other X58 mobos (from other manufactors)  also have this noise problem ?

I wouldn't worry about it for now. If when you get your board you have the problem then change it but the majority of  boards work fine. I have a Corsair PSU and it works fine with my board

0-  I'm an unlucky person and think in this case also don't have any luck
1-  I don't think that resellers in my country , accept to change the board for some noise .
2- And If they agree with changing , which board(s) I must take in exchange (for X58 chipsets)  so I don't have this noise problem ?

May be you should consider AMD platform...

[Dark Mantis]

I run a UD7 board myself and apart from a specific problem to do with water cooling I haven't had any trouble with it. I can say that it is an excellent board on the whole. I also haven't heard of many problems to do with the UD5 either. Bearing in  mind people only come on to a forum like this when they have problems not when everything is running perfectly!

You don't say which country you come from but Gigabyte warranty covers the boards for three years so the retailers have nothing to complain about.

[tracer]

There are plenty of instances on the forums of Asus boards also making noises(although I haven't heard anything as bad as the Gigabyte ones). That is why I don't recommmend people to change brands when they have the problem. I think it's something to do with the chipset and the coils that everyone is now using. Probably they are more prone to oscillation and there is a frequency that they are picking up, maybe through the power supply, and amplifying. That is why only some combinations have this problem. I just don't feel that any of the manufacturers are taking this problem seriously enough. They are more "paying lip service" to us.

Better still, this asus board has so many other problems that I'm going back to the UD3R.
I can't run my ram at it's speced speed without the machine rebooting in 5 minutes. And I can't run my SLI nvidia cards + raid controller (either one graphics card and raid controller or both cards and no controller). First time Asus has let me down that hard.

PC Power and Cooling (OCZ) has offered to "fix" my PSU under warranty. So I will most likely pick up a good new PSU anyways so I can have a spare. What would people recommend at this point? Was thinking of one of the Enermax modular 700watt units.

[Dark Mantis]

As long as it is a quality, well known brand I don't think it really matters. I am running a Corsair HX850 and I'm more than happy with it. It's also guarranteed for 7 years so I don't have to worry for the future. Maybe I should have gone for the 1000w though as in 7 years time I might be running ten graphics cards in crossfire and need that extra bit of power

[onemilimeter]

May be off-topic but I wonder if Intel own X58 motherboard has such noise issue or not.

[Dark Mantis]

Not that I've heard but that doesn't mean it doesn't. I have seen some damning posts on other sites of their new X58 boards in general though.

[runn3R]

(...) I have been running my own exhustive tests on this motherboard since I received it from you. I already stated that thie noise was diminished but still audible on setting it up.

Firstly I thought it might have been down to heat because I liquid cool my entire computer system and therefore with no CPU fan there was no secondary cooling of the CPU surrounding area which is where the coils are located.So to counter this I installed a dedicated fan for these components. I didn't notice any appreciable difference in noise level afterwards.

Secondly I thought it might be related to the PSU as has been suggested in other threads on the forum, so I removed it from the case and fixed it at a distance from the motherboard area(as much as physically possible). The noise continued unabated.

There was only one other avenue open to me and that was the cooling system. So I removed the liquid cooler from the CPU and replaced it with a Zalman aircooler that I had available. Although I had to keep it turned right down to kill the noise of the fan on it the "throbbing noise" has dissappeared as far as I could tell. Thinking it must be down to the waterblock I checked that but it was almost silent(just the noise of the flow of water). From this I deduce that the coils are very quiet but the vibrations are being amplified by the waterblock when in position.

So there is a distinct possibility that the noise on the GA-X58A-UD7 motherboards are coil induced but related to the type of heatsink fitted and that is why some boards have problems while others do not. (...)

Thanks Dark Mantis for tests of new, swapped UD7. It's really interesting that the issue appears only when using watercooling. Your old MB is under investigation in HQ now.

To all users who experience "sound" issue on their MB's.

Please tell me if you use air or water type of cooling for the CPU including of course model name of your MB.

Thanks.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi runn3R
Has there been any indication of the problem yet? On another vein is anything being done about the poor performance of the  Marvell SATA3 problem?

[Arundor]

To all users who experience "sound" issue on their MB's.

Please tell me if you use air or water type of cooling for the CPU including of course model name of your MB.

Thanks.

Thanks for your continued investigation of the matter, runn3R.

I use air cooling (specifically a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus) on my GA-X58A-UD3R rev 1.0 (batch 1002) motherboard and I have the noise issue.

I have an I.R. thermometer gun which I've used to check the temperature of the VRM's and other components surrounding the CPU socket.  Most are in the mid-to-high 40's and none of them are over 50.

[onemilimeter]

Thanks for your continued investigation of the matter, runn3R.

I use air cooling (specifically a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus) on my GA-X58A-UD3R rev 1.0 (batch 1002) motherboard and I have the noise issue.

I have an I.R. thermometer gun which I've used to check the temperature of the VRM's and other components surrounding the CPU socket.  Most are in the mid-to-high 40's and none of them are over 50.

May I know which PSU model do you use in your system?