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.
The two things that normally make noise in a PC are the fans and the hard disk. Of the two, the fans are far more likely to be the offenders, so that's where I'd start.
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?
well the noise only happened when it froze and stopped immediately when rebooted, what could cause it to not make a noise one minute then start up the next? Also its not making the noise anymore.
I suspect I'd have to see this to figure out what the noise is, since it's not making much sense to me at this point.
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