Triton 700 - buzzing / coil whine coming from the chasis

Hello,

Tonight I noticed that my Triton 700 has a buzzing, slightly crackling sound coming from the lower part of the chassis, around the right side of the keyboard.
The sound increases under load, as expected, and disappears when the machine is idle or not under any serious load. I mostly do not notice it over the sound of the fans when at high load, but in a very silent room it can be distinctive and noticeable.

I am not sure if this has been the case since I own it, or if it started happening now.

My question is if this behavior is expected by this machine, or should I be trying to return it for repair (most likely motherboard change)?

If this is normal for the model, then there is no use trying to get it repaired, but at the same time I am not sure if the problem existed at first, and if it appeared later on then it's definitely something I'd like to get fixed.

What do you guys think?

Accepted answers

ven98

Most likely it is a coil whine coming from the GPU or something related to it, as you say it is located in the right side of the keyboard. Coil whine is harmless to the machine and doesn't indicate any fault. If you decide to send it for repair because of it , they will send it back saying it is normal.

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Broko

Forgot to mention that it is definitely not coming from the speakers and it's audible when they are fully muted.
I know there is a different issue with crackling speakers, which I have also experienced with this machine, but this problem is different and is most definitely originating from the electronics under the keyboard.

asad814

yes the motherboard need to be replaced

ven98

Most likely it is a coil whine coming from the GPU or something related to it, as you say it is located in the right side of the keyboard. Coil whine is harmless to the machine and doesn't indicate any fault. If you decide to send it for repair because of it , they will send it back saying it is normal.

Queen6

Try using ThrottleStop and unchecking C1E this may solve the coil whine, however the notebook may also consume slightly more power.

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Broko

Queen6 said:

Try using ThrottleStop and unchecking C1E this may solve the coil whine, however the notebook may also consume slightly more power.

Q-6

Interesting, but doesn't this option prevent cores from shutting down automatically, thus increasing heat emissions? I am using ThottleStop already (and MSI AB), both tools for undervolting the CPU and GPU respectively, in order to keep temps below 75/70C (GPU/CPU). Still, I might try the option to see how it goes - thanks.

And thank you everyone else for the rest for the comments so far.

I think I rather go with the comment that coil whine is normal, too much hassle to open and change the MB of such a relatively new and very expensive machine.

In case the while increases with time, that might be a real problem, I reckon.

ven98

To reduce the coil whine you can turn Vsync on, but if the laptop is with the 144Hz display vsync won't help.

Broko

It's the 120hz model.

Wouldn't v-sync overlap with the g-sync functionality, though, or introduce some kind of latency?

ven98

If your fps is under 120fps all the time vsync is not needed. Usually gsync works between 30fps and the maximum your monitor can display(120fps), which means if you fps goes higher than 120 you will experience tearing, therefore vsync is needed to cap the fps to 120. Vsync and Gsync don't overlap with each other. You can try running them both and you will see no difference between vsync on and off when gsync is enabled.

Queen6

Broko said:

Queen6 said:

Try using ThrottleStop and unchecking C1E this may solve the coil whine, however the notebook may also consume slightly more power.

Q-6

Interesting, but doesn't this option prevent cores from shutting down automatically, thus increasing heat emissions? I am using ThottleStop already (and MSI AB), both tools for undervolting the CPU and GPU respectively, in order to keep temps below 75/70C (GPU/CPU). Still, I might try the option to see how it goes - thanks.

And thank you everyone else for the rest for the comments so far.

I think I rather go with the comment that coil whine is normal, too much hassle to open and change the MB of such a relatively new and very expensive machine.

In case the while increases with time, that might be a real problem, I reckon.

TBH I doubt you will see any noticeable difference in temperature as it related more to the system being at idle than under load. Coil whine is normal, equally due to manufacturing variance, hence why some notebooks can suffer more than others.

You already have ThrottleStop installed so nothing to loose, worst case scenario battery runtime will be depreciated a little, equally TS has profiles for such purpose...

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Keicchan

i had the same "issue" for some days in some games only (triton 700 1080) that vary with the fps output, enabled vsync for 120fps and gsync in windows and turned off.. but yeah it's annoyng to know that it's there anytime i hit some high fps in some occasions

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