Is my PSU dying?

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LoganT

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I have a "Rosewill RP550-2 ATX 2.01 550W Power Supply" that I bought on "11/29/2006". However it keeps on making this annoying buzzing sound. I thought maybe a cable tie was stuck in there, but that's not the case. I have uploaded a 10 second sound clip of the noise.

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Are you sure that's not just a fan? I know you say there's nothing around there, but I seriously doubt a PSU would make those noises and work :P Have you limited it to your PSU? Perhaps even tried another in the system?
 
The_Other_One said:
Are you sure that's not just a fan? I know you say there's nothing around there, but I seriously doubt a PSU would make those noises and work :P Have you limited it to your PSU? Perhaps even tried another in the system?
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I originally thought it was the CPU cooler, so I unplugged it. Then I thought it was the case fan and unplugged that. When I had both the CPU cooler and the case fan unplugged, the PSU is the only one that made that noise.
 
I sometimes find that these buzzing issues can be corrected by slightly loosening or tightening some of the screws on the PSU fan.
 
ceewi1 said:
I sometimes find that these buzzing issues can be corrected by slightly loosening or tightening some of the screws on the PSU fan.
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yeah I've eliminated some of these annoyances in the past by taking some
3m double sided tape and outlined the psu whereever it touches metal on metal with the case.
 
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