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Weird noise not from HDD

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#1 ·
its a high whiny noise that usually happens when winXP boots, but often happens earlier in start-up or randomly if it boots up completely. this always causes freezing and sometimes an instant reboot, once it froze so I left it, and I got constant high-beep low-beep tone going on from the PC speaker.

winXP professional
512 ddr ram
athlon 1.4
nVidia geforce 2 MX

can't imagine whats making this noise, Its not the PC speaker, or my HDDs, only other thing I can think of is the power supply.

only changes I've made recently is I got broadband
 
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Its not coming from the CPU fan, and thats the only fan I have. Thats why I suspected the Power Supply, as its the only other thing with moving parts, or maybe it has a hissing cap.

As for the mobo, I bought it two years ago and cant remember what it is. Is there any way I can tell from windows?
 
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