Hissing Noise from the computer

[sp0nge]

Hi all, im having a bit of trouble with my computer as it seems. Hopefully somebody here can help me.

Whenever I play a large game, such as the Sims 2, or use a large amount of RAM with any program, a hissing noise (psssssss) comes from inside the shell of the computer causing my framerate to drop from a good 30-40 to 3-7.

Diagnosis?

Cheers,
sp0nge

 

[saltynay]

swap out the ram with a friends see if problem occurs

 

[sp0nge]

Ok ill give that a shot.

Now to make sure I don't take out anything i'm not supposed to, can you tell me exactly where I should be looking for the RAM?

 

[Phantom118]

You should be looking here

For something like this.

I don't know what kind of ram you have, but if it's the more $$ stuff it might look something like this.

 

[peterhuang913]

the real stuff looks like this:

 

[sp0nge]

Ok thanks,

Ill post a status report when Im done

 

[AND_YOU_ARE]

Pop open the case when you hear the sound, and try to pin it down, where exactly it is coming from.

 

[sp0nge]

Hey good idea.

 

[peterhuang913]

sad that this didnt come first...

 

[sp0nge]

Ok I took a photo of where I think it's coming from. It sounds like its coming from the motherboard :snob: or the GPU (which strangely does not have a fan)