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Alienware Aurora - Odd cricket/chirping noises?
Hello. Every so often I hear weird chirping/cricket noises coming from inside the case, and I can't exactly pinpoint where it's originating from either. I had my ear near the hard drives, the PSU and the fans.. I still can't locate where it's coming from. Everything is clean and my drivers are up to date, also my hard drives were replaced recently. This problem started yesterday.
Sidenote: I have a mini-fridge in my room and I had it on the same power surge protector, I noticed my monitor would go out just for a second every time the fridge's cooling kicked in, I recently moved the fridge and plugged it in else-where. Could this have caused the chirping noises? I've had the fridge and the computer on the same power surge protector since I bought it many many months ago.
Thank you for reading
Not a huge deal. Probably just the pump bearing going bad. If you dont want to spend the premium for the alienware logo you can get a new system for like $100 at newegg. Search for Corsair H50 and it should swap right out. I believe the brackets should be the same but do more research before hand as im not 100% sure on that. I will be able to tell you when my new aurora r3 comes in, next week or so.
FYI I wouldnt wait too long either as if the pump does fail your CPU will quickly overheat and shutdown the computer. But dont worry no damage should come of it, even if that does happen. It SHOULD have a built in auto shutdown.
Search for Corsair H50 and it should swap right out.
Others have tried. IIRC, the connectors are different. Search forum.
Here is one:
http://en.community.dell.com/owners-club/alienware/f/3746/p/19369911/19842505.aspx#19842505... theres another somewhere because I posted a pic of mine also.
Also, the official Dell (Asetek) part for the Aurora and Area-51 are different.
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added note: it doesn't happen all the time, it can go hours without the chirping sound and it's often very faint.