deeply weird

[SweatyGangsta]

whenever i right click in windows xp or click on a drop down menu the menu doesnt pop up smoothly, it kind of judders. At exactly the same time there is a weird sound that comes from the computer, althougth i havent been able to determine exactly what component is making it.


I have also been having problems with the system totaly freezing in all games.

This must be linked right? has anyone experienced this before?
How do i stop it?

 

[Big B]

Is it a grinding of some sort? If it is, that might be the hard drive...

 

[SweatyGangsta]

no its more of a chercher cher sound and its either coming from the graphics card or something near it

 

[Big B]

Might wanna check the CPU fan or PSU fan as well as the video card, since they all tend to be in that same area.

 

[SweatyGangsta]

it cant be the fans since the noise only happens when something slides in like a drop down menu. Also the PSU is Brand new and there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with the CPU fan althougth i still need to reapply the thermal paste.

 

[Big B]

Well, just now I've hit the SHIFT key 5 times and brought up the prompt for sticky keys and I get some sort of sound. Try that and see if that gives you the same noise your getting with the other stuff.

 

[SweatyGangsta]

no that sounds way differnet, but my sound seems to have stopped now.