hello,
this is my first post so i hope you FOLKS can lend me some help.
my PC has started to make a really shrill high pitched noise a bit like an alarm clock,
its starting to get worse- it had been an intermittant problem, happening every couple of weeks- but now it happens just about every time i use the PC.

i've posted a clip of the noise here:
http://livingtonerecordings.bravehost.com/



it seems to be happening when-

accesing cd's
burning cdr's (usually as disc writing session is closing)
BROWSING the internet, particularly when roaming the bands on myspace
downloading big files
running a virus scan

so far i've FIGURED out that it could be the hard drive, or perhaps a fan thats not working properly.

any ideas would be helpfull.
i'm currently toying with replacing the hard drive or adding an extra one- so if this is something simle to fix like a fan it would be super- if its something tragic i'll have to save my pennies for a new PC. (boo-hoo)It was hard to make out with your recording, but it is a failing fan.welcome to the forum !

it "sounds" more like a humming from what I could decipher *

(might help to turn the tv off in the background!)

but great effort providing the wav TA chaps, i should have turned the tv off but i was catching up on Rome.
i'm GOING with the fan theory, as its cheap to fix and going by some other stuff i have researched it sounds like the problem.

if replacing the fan dont solve it i'll return with a pristine super deluxe recording complete with curses from me in the background!

cheers!well then! let me be the first to screw up your thread~ I heard that show Rome is really good !! never seen yet ?