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Title: High pitched noise while doing backup
Post by: mackayr on May 28, 2005, 07:33:02 PM

I have an older machine (AMD K62-450 - remember those?).  It's running an SME Server mainly for file storage, print server, and a small website.  Recently, I attempted to backup to desktop using the server-manager backup/restore utility.  After about 230 MB, I heard a high pitched noise coming from the server (speaker?) and the backup seemed to slow down.  Everything seems to be fine otherwise.  Any ideas?

Title: High pitched noise while doing backup
Post by: Peter on May 28, 2005, 07:55:32 PM

The noise is very likly to be one of your Fans which needs changing possibly one on the video card, however just stop each in turn till you discover which is the problem.
Peter

Title: High pitched noise while doing backup
Post by: dilligaf on May 30, 2005, 07:52:34 PM

It is "overheating"
The older AMD is famous for that, had lots do it, if it is a high pitch "alarm" sound that will be what it is.

Title: High pitched noise while doing backup
Post by: duncan on May 31, 2005, 01:31:32 AM

Close the door to the room or turn up the music to drown out the noise.

Title: High pitched noise while doing backup
Post by: mackayr on July 22, 2005, 04:20:09 AM

For anyone who sees this discussion and has a similar problem, here's the solution.  It was indeed overheating, but the problem was merely years of dust collected around the fan/heatsink.  A quick removal and I huffed, and I puffed, and I blew the dust away ... and voila!  No more high pitched noise.