Question Strange noise during testing of an SSD using Samsung Magican?
Question Strange noise during testing of an SSD using Samsung Magican?
It sounds similar to the original, but with slight variations in wording and structure.
I also experienced an unusual odor last week, which is what's causing my concern. A leaking capacitor and similar sounds are quite connected.
the last post in that reddit post makes me wonder if HWINFO would reveal anything in relation to when noise happens.
Download HWINFO -
https://www.hwinfo.com/download/
when you open the app, click the tick box next to show sensors only, and click run
in the next window, click on the gear icon in bottom right, this opens settings.
On General tab, under polling period, set it to
500
and click the set button next to it, and click OK. this reduces the amount of time between sensors updating so its more accurate and you can watch CPU fall and rise all day.
now I would open the sensors view and look for the fans on it - you might be amazed at how many sensors you have... but the fans should be on one area marked for motherboard
if its like mine, sections are:
memory
CPU
memory timings
CPU again
next section should be motherboard, which is what you might want to look at
it should show the fan rpm, might even show pump rpm. (windows has no idea what speed my pump is running, by design... it runs at PWM)
in theory you could add those to your task bar as sensors. I have a few of the temp ones on mine
This shows temps but same works for any sensor
mine just show - Core temps, case temps, CPU package temps, NVME temp, GPU temp
Yes, I verified these details.
I performed no issues on benchmarks—486 runs in Blender, 3056 single scores on Geekbench, multi 20567, Cinebench R23 single 2251, multi 36100/36600.
I primarily use Linux, spending about 99% of the time on it and not frequently testing the system.
It seems this usage pattern might be causing the current problems.
Temperatures are fine I think.
Even on Cinebench R23 I didn't see anything more than 70 75 degrees
At the OCCT there were moments of 79 80 degrees, that's the most
Apparently the pump is working well with the CPU cooling, but this noise...
I hope it's not from the motherboard and some capacitor, but I don't think so, it's most likely from the pump
Well, the noise is clearly audible even outside the box, a medium-strong squeak
This is when testing the SSD with the Samsung Magician program
I replayed the audio once more and could only detect possible water movement. I won’t attempt to listen again because outside noise would interfere. I was playing music through headphones, turned them off to watch your video, and then heard a noise—my first reaction was to get up and check if the sound came from my PC, but it was actually a plumber working outside with his pump. If my PC were that loud, I wouldn’t be typing right now.
I’m picking up three sounds:
- One resembling water flow
- Two fans
- Another that’s harder to describe, blending with the pump noise.
With so many sources around, it’s tricky to pinpoint.
A way to reduce interference might be to make a funnel from paper and try to focus on the sound inside. Or perhaps limit SSD testing if it only happened once.
The machine was at the service center a week ago for a water cooling check. I also requested tests, but they found nothing and confirmed everything is okay.
The SSD is a 990 Pro 1 TB, impacted by the first faulty firmware. It has already reached 8% of its lifespan, yet the program reports it's functioning properly.
If there is noise only under load, it might be related to the power supply, video card, cooling system, or capacitors.
Turning off the power supply and video card suggests the issue could be with the pump or a capacitor.
it might require updating certain Windows drivers, but it works fine in Linux.
hwinfo only checks sensors—it's not a benchmark.
you probably have something similar on Linux; just keep an eye on temperatures and monitor noise.
sorry about the Magician issue on Linux.
There is something similar but not the same, DC Tool Kit for Linux from Samsung.
I don't use dual boot, I'll soon just delete Windows and have only Linux again.
But I had to do these tests for myself, because they told me everything was fine, well, apparently it wasn't.