Audible noises from ga-x79-ud7 motherboard

[Charlweed]

Hi! This is my first post.
My ga-x79-ud7 makes clearly audible sounds.
The sounds seem to come from the two rows of black cubes in-between the CPU and the heat-pipe riser. The sounds are loudest with heavy graphics card use, but are noticeable with any significant IO load, including USB devices. The sounds are as loud as conversation, (30-60db at one meter on my sound level meter). The sounds are similar to hisses, squeals, squeaks, scratches and ticks.

Currently, I am NOT overclocking my 3.3ghz i7-3960x .

MOBO: GA-X79-UD7 (rev. 1.0)
BIOS Ver : F7
VGA Brand : Nvidia      Model : 580GTX  SLI: two cards.
CPU Brand : Intel      Model : i7-3960x      Speed : 3.3ghz
Operation System : Win 7 64-bit      SP : 1
Memory Brand : G.Skill      Type : DDR3
Memory Size : 16gb      Speed : PC3-12800
Power Supply : 120 W
Cooling: Water,  13mm inside diameter fittings,  360sq cm radiator,  pump=Koolance PMP-450 17L/min flow.

Hardware monitor   ITE IT8728
   Voltage 0   1.06 Volts [0x58] (CPU VTT)
   Voltage 1   1.50 Volts [0x7D] (DRAM C/D)
   Voltage 2   11.88 Volts [0xA5] (+12V)
   Voltage 3   5.07 Volts [0xA9] (+VCC)
   Voltage 5   0.89 Volts [0x4A] (CPU VCORE)
   Voltage 6   1.50 Volts [0x7D] (DRAM A/B)
   Voltage 7   3.36 Volts [0x8C] (+3.3V)
   Temperature 0   42°C (107°F) [0x2A] (TMPIN0)
   Temperature 1   45°C (113°F) [0x2D] (TMPIN1)
   Temperature 2   35°C (95°F) [0x23] (TMPIN2)

[Aussie Allan]

    Gigabyte are looking into this (so I have been told) as it has been reported by others ..... update your BIOS to F8 which I think should be out on the official site by now .... this should have an impact on your particular problem

  Aussie Allan

[Fatman]

Otherwise RMA the board as this is not normal.

[Aussie Allan]

  Yes and No! .... near on all boards can and will make noise depending on many things ...... update to F8 first ...... if there's no change .... RMA by all means

  It's has been widely documented that there was a BIOS/Noise issue when first released .... it was a BIOS programing error, not poor hardware....the BIOS update apparently fixed ni on all boards ..... if your board does not settle down ...... there could be a problem!

  Aussie Allan

[Charlweed]

  It's has been widely documented that there was a BIOS/Noise issue when first released .... it was a BIOS programing error, not poor hardware....the BIOS update apparently fixed ni on all boards ..... if your board does not settle down ...... there could be a problem!
  Aussie Allan

I'll take this ans very good news, at least until I install F8!
TY

[Aussie Allan]

  Pleasure! 

  Aussie Allan

[Judith Howarth]

This board should work as intended with the f6 bios that it shipped with, upgrading the software is not something that a user should need to do on a new product, besides upgrading to a new bios will not replace these faulty transistors which are the reason that the f7 and x number of days and hours later the f8 bios were released to cover up for in the first place------see Gigabyte board burn  http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gigabyte+ud3+burning&oq=gigabyte+ud3+&aq=3&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=1660l7200l0l9258l13l13l0l3l3l0l254l1797l1.6.3l10l0  We are all due a refund, because all that replacing bios every week can do is extend these boards out of their warrantee perion.  This is shamefull.

[Aussie Allan]

  You don't seem to be listening to what has been said .....  I gave a very detailed description the second time  that part of your problem was a BIOS issue that has been resolved .........and what's a warrantee perion ?

  And going back to your other thread ...... if you had the machine built......why are they not fixing it......they have a legal obligation too.

  Aussie Allan

[Judith Howarth]

Should have read warrantee period, as for the other good question.  My suspicion is that since every single UD3 and UD5 as well as other model 2011 Gigabyte motherboards are all effected, and since Gigabyte has yet to produce any replacement boards, that repairing a computer, with a motherboard that does not yet exist is impossible.

Your question has been answered, you may now feel free to answer mine, which is how do I get the smart 6 software that shipped with this motherboard UD3 to function as it clearly says that it should, but does not?

[Judith Howarth]

No response..............?

[Aussie Allan]

  Yes!...........Warrentee is Spelt......  "WARRANTY" ........Know how do I know that has splelt it that way in the past 

 

  Aussie Allan