Weird ratling sound coming from back of PC (most likely power supply)

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  • drancia
    PCHF Member
    • Jul 2022
    • 1

    #1

    Weird ratling sound coming from back of PC (most likely power supply)

    For a while now (maybe around 3-4 days) I have this weird ratling/crackling sound. It’s coming from the back of my PC. I honestly don’t know what causes it, because it happends very infrequent. I can go hours without hearing it once and then suddlenly I hear it 3x in a row. At first I thought it might come up when I am running high perfomance programs but that is not the case. I cannot seem to find any patterns to this whatsoever.
    Now I do think it’s the power supply and I have the 650 Watts AZZA PSAZ (80+ Bronze) power supply (If that is any help to you).
    I also attached a video where you can hear the sound. The inital video is about 6min long, again going 6min without hearing it once and then it popped up twice. I kinda sound lika a rattle snake.


    Things I tried:
    Changing power supply cable
    Changing plug
    I also opend my PC but due to the fact it happends so infrequent it is really hard to work on this
    Any suggestions?
  • Bruce
    PCHF Moderator
    • Oct 2017
    • 10702

    #2
    lay the case on its side for a few days and see if it repeats.
    also try poking a soft bristled brush into all the fans (don’t forget the one in the power supply), just enough to stop them spinning.
    that should pinpoint if it is a fan/bearing making the noise.

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    • Bruce
      PCHF Moderator
      • Oct 2017
      • 10702

      #3
      @drancia - still need help?

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      • phillpower2
        PCHF Administrator
        • Sep 2016
        • 15209

        #4
        Abandoned/closed.

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