Gigabyte B650m gaming x ax coil whine is a notable feature.
Gigabyte B650m gaming x ax coil whine is a notable feature.
Hey there, I just purchased a new PC today (prebuilt without an operating system), but I’m experiencing coil whine problems, possibly on the motherboard. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ja5zQwS1S7o (short clip I recorded, the audio is louder than shown). Specs: Windows 10 Ryzen 7600x, Gigabyte B650M gaming x ax Fox Spirit Cold Snap XT120 BLACK (air cooler), Kingston FURY Beast 32 Go (2 x 16 Go) DDR5 5600 MHz CL40 Gainward, GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost Fox Spirit GT-750P, 80PLUS Platinum. What I attempted: Updated all drivers, disabled XMP profile, upgraded BIOS from F4 to F7B. Even after the successful update, I rebooted and got a black screen for a while. After a forced restart, it returned to version F4. I’m giving up on the BIOS upgrade—I don’t want to risk damaging my new PC. Here are some photos from the BIOS to help identify possible fixes for the coil whine. https://imgur.com/a/RIdU6G5 Spoiler (I promise my screen looks cleaner than it seems...) Thanks for your support. I’ll reach out to customer service tomorrow, but I’m worried they might ask me to return it... which isn’t ideal.
Coil whine on Gigabyte motherboards appears frequently online. Finding effective fixes is difficult; often the only option is to return the board via RMA. Before proceeding, verify if the issue originates from the motherboard itself by running CPU benchmarks. Use tools like Cinebench or OCCT stress tests to observe whether coil whine intensifies under heavy CPU workload. If the problem stems from the GPU, your replacement approach will be simpler.
Hey Thanks for your answers. I'm going to try Cinebench this evening after work. But right now, I have a dumb question : Does coil whine eventually go away (or get less noticable) ? I'm asking this, because I remember that when I got my previous PC, the GPU (GTX1070) was making a lot of noise in a lot of games. After a while it completely stopped making weird sound (except still makes it in some very old retro games). (what I mean, is Coil Whine due to new out of factory parts, needing to get used being under power ... I don't know, I'm speculating, I'm far from being knowledgeable when it comes to hardware) And I just remembered that here in France we have a 3 days week-end. So I'm going to contact the costumer service today and see what I can do best. Because I only have 7 days to return the PC, and if I wait tuesday, 4 days will already be gone. Thanks.
Coils would complain I wouldn’t really focus much on it. For instance, I almost didn’t notice any coil whine on my AM4 setup, but with AM5 it turned out more obvious. Same graphics card, identical power supply, just a different platform. This isn’t a flaw and can’t be fixed through a return process.
Hey, I spoke with the customer service team. They said it was impossible for the motherboard to cause coil whine—it might be the PSU or GPU. To simplify things, I can take my computer to a nearby store that can inspect it and fix any issues if needed. I’m not sure if this is typical for Ryzen 5 7600X CPUs, but when I load a game on MSI Afterburner, the temperature jumps to 90°C before slowly dropping to around 55–60°C. This hasn’t happened with my previous CPU (i5 6600K) and seems unusual. For me, it’s not normal. I also noticed the CPU clock stays at its maximum even when idle, which never occurred on my old i5. At this point, I think someone handling my PC might have made a mistake or didn’t test it properly before shipping. The cable management is top-notch. I plan to visit the store tomorrow morning and hope for a positive outcome (or at least the PC being handled correctly).
Hi there, sorry for the confusion my last post may have caused. It seems high temperatures are something we’ll have to adapt to: a new generation and new methods of working. Goodbye to the days when I could run without any interruptions from the PC. Now I handed over my computer for quality checks, and it turned out the motherboard was faulty. They plan to replace it, redo tests, update the BIOS, and then return it. I’ll mark it solved once I have the machine back. (Hope by next week.)
EDIT: The PC is back and functioning perfectly. For future reference, if your new PC behaves oddly but other parts work fine, it could be the motherboard that’s the issue.