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Hi,
For the past couple of days I’ve noticed a new strange behaviour when shutting down my PC. For context, I’ve recently bought a second HDD and installed it inside of the case, I have also performed a system format, the issue didn’t appear until after Windows reinstallation, though I cannot be sure whether the source of the problem lies in faulty system configuration or damaged hardware.
Now about the issue itself:
When the PC shuts down, it seems that the PSU turns off first, as I can still hear the fan running inside. Shortly after the PSU turns off, I can hear a strange beeping or buzzing sound, after which the rest of the PC shuts down normally. I haven’t encountered any problems while using the PC because of this, and my leading theory is that for one reason or another, the PC merely powers down out of order, which causes one of the devices inside (be that an HDD, GPU or something else) to play the beeping sound, as some devices are known to do that when they detect a lack of power, which would mean the issue is harmless. Nonetheless I’d want to make sure whether I’m most likely right or wrong about this.
Links lead to a sound recording of the entire shutdown process and a cleaned up version of the beeping sound itself.
At around the 18 second mark you can hear the PSU shutting down, and immediately after you can hear the strange sound and the rest of the PC shutting down too.
For the past couple of days I’ve noticed a new strange behaviour when shutting down my PC. For context, I’ve recently bought a second HDD and installed it inside of the case, I have also performed a system format, the issue didn’t appear until after Windows reinstallation, though I cannot be sure whether the source of the problem lies in faulty system configuration or damaged hardware.
Now about the issue itself:
When the PC shuts down, it seems that the PSU turns off first, as I can still hear the fan running inside. Shortly after the PSU turns off, I can hear a strange beeping or buzzing sound, after which the rest of the PC shuts down normally. I haven’t encountered any problems while using the PC because of this, and my leading theory is that for one reason or another, the PC merely powers down out of order, which causes one of the devices inside (be that an HDD, GPU or something else) to play the beeping sound, as some devices are known to do that when they detect a lack of power, which would mean the issue is harmless. Nonetheless I’d want to make sure whether I’m most likely right or wrong about this.
Links lead to a sound recording of the entire shutdown process and a cleaned up version of the beeping sound itself.
At around the 18 second mark you can hear the PSU shutting down, and immediately after you can hear the strange sound and the rest of the PC shutting down too.
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