XPS 8700 Weird Noise

Where do you hear the noise? Through the speakers, from inside the tower...?

Are you doing anything specific when it happens? Is it sitting idle, running a specific app, surfing the net, watching a video, using the DVD drive...?

You may need to open the case and then power up to see if you can localize the sound, like a bad fan, a loose cable hitting a fan blade, something vibrating, etc.  Be careful while the case is open. The CPU heat sink will get HOT quickly. Do NOT poke anything metal inside the case and be careful what you touch.

The noise doesn't come through the speakers. It's definitely through the tower.

I have opened the case to see if I can hear where the noise is coming from. It seems to happen more frequently when i'm surfing the net, watching videos, using photoshop,  etc. and less when there are no windows open but it still happens. I have used a sheet of cardboard  paper to try and determine where the noise is coming from but it's difficult to tell where. There's nothing in the dvd drive and the computer is almost completely silent except for the occasion "weird noice" that happens.

It might be coming from the motherboard?? but not sure.

I came across a forum post that said to disable C1 in bios but i haven't done that yet.

Could be a fan or even a bum hard drive.

Does the video card have a fan? Can you correlate the sound to start/stop of either the CPU or video card fan?

Not sure why turning C1 off in BIOS can/would affect noise from the system....

Since the system is new and under warranty, you probaby want to contact Dell Tech Support for assistance.

Hi

I am getting the same sound and its coming from my HDD, 2 TB Segate.

Did you get some solution for it.

I am using Dell XPS8700 i7 4770 16gb ram GTX645.

Thanks

Mine does the same thing.  I have a feeling its the aluminum around the hard drive that's causing the sound to slightly amplify from the case. When I opened my case I noticed the hard drive is installed up against the aluminum in the drive bay, I hope that makes sense.  

I've had my 8700 since last September and so far have not had any issues with the HD.

I am getting the same zipping sound, like the hard drive is vibrating against the case.  Why in the world is the hard drive mounted like this, wand what is a solution?

Same for me my friend! and when I check the performance it made the sound simultaneously as the peak on the screen . mine crash all the time since I both it 31 October, bleu, black screen, re install windows from all possible ways still crash ,second time bring back to FUTURE SHOP geek scrap the 18 dec they send it to dell I guest. first Dell ever want to give a try feeling good about Dell, always have HP never have a single prob. first time that I hear rattle on computer I would describe it like a    DZITtt  like a spark when the hard drive level high.

The sound is from the cheap single 90mm case fan which makes the most annoying sound when it starts up.  It' far too loud.

Same sound coming from my system, as well. It sounds like something is loose and the vibration of the fans/ hard drive causes to start again.

Well, I replaced the case fan with a ARCTIC F9 TC - 92 mm Standard Low Noise Temperature Controlled Case Fan.  The RPM is 50% less than the Sunon that was put in there, but.

The humming continues.

The Noise must be coming from either PSU or CPU fan/vibration.  Has anyone replaced the psu and had a noise reduction?

ST2000DM001-1ER164

what drive did they change it from?

Mine is a ST1000DM003-1ER162

So they changed the same hard drive for the same exact model?  Were you hearing humming noise or clicking noises?