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GX501 buzzing/clicking noise

ManofOneWay
Level 7

‎10-18-2017 11:56 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 08:49 PM by Community Admin

Hi guys,

I recently purchased a Zephyrus GX501, and I'm noticing that under load there is an obvious buzzing/clicking sound coming from the laptop. The sound seems to increase when graphic settings are higher, and becomes significantly lower when not running anything or even during loading screens. Has anyone else noticed this?*
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Digimutant
Level 7

‎10-18-2017 12:02 PM

ManofOneWay wrote:
Hi guys,

I recently purchased a Zephyrus GX501, and I'm noticing that under load there is an obvious buzzing/clicking sound coming from the laptop. The sound seems to increase when graphic settings are higher, and becomes significantly lower when not running anything or even during loading screens. Has anyone else noticed this?*


Might be a power management thing. The only way I get rid of it on my G752VT which exhibits a similar noise is turning to Power Saver mode.
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ManofOneWay
Level 7
In response to Digimutant

‎10-20-2017 11:36 AM

Digimutant wrote:
Might be a power management thing. The only way I get rid of it on my G752VT which exhibits a similar noise is turning to Power Saver mode.


This dosn't seem to be fixing it for me. Is anyone else with a GX501 getting similar noises?
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PiTpOsSuM
Level 7
In response to ManofOneWay

‎10-24-2017 02:54 AM

Yes I have the same noises. They are not very loud but you can here them under load. I know this issue from other "graphics cards". For me it is "normal" but it will be hard to get complety rid of it. You can have a "silent" card but you can also have a card which makes this noises. For me this isn't a problem. I only hear it when everythin is completly silent an playing a "light" game. In Movies or Browsing I'cant here anything.

Edit: Can't here any clicking noises in my machine. Only a light electrical noise, like a capacitor.
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DJRiful
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In response to ManofOneWay

‎10-25-2017 10:16 PM

ManofOneWay wrote:
This dosn't seem to be fixing it for me. Is anyone else with a GX501 getting similar noises?



Nope, silent as ever. Maybe the fan defective bearings?
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ManofOneWay
Level 7
In response to DJRiful

‎10-26-2017 10:02 AM

After some research the sound appears very similar to that of coil whine.*

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DJRiful wrote:
Nope, silent as ever. Maybe the fan defective bearings?


Seriously? Zero noise?
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DJRiful
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In response to ManofOneWay

‎10-26-2017 05:08 PM

ManofOneWay wrote:
After some research the sound appears very similar to that of coil whine.*

*

Seriously? Zero noise?


Wind noises... but can you record it? I am not sure what click. You mean like the ballpoint pen extract in and out clicking at the end of the pen?
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mhe
Level 7

‎02-16-2018 03:11 AM

I have the same buzzing noise that depends on fan RPM, it wasn't there from the start but seems like one of the fan bearings went bad quite quickly.
Would happily fix it myself if somebody told me where to get a fitting fan. Haven't done anything else to it other than replace the SSD.
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SteveEricJordan
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In response to mhe

‎03-16-2018 11:01 AM

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?100812-Zephyrus-is-making-weird-noise
This is my thread about a similar problem.
Would you say it's the same as yours? And do you know more about it yet? It really sounds like the graphics card is making all kinds of noise to me.
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mhe
Level 7

‎04-24-2018 05:04 PM

Mine is definitively fan RPM dependent, I verified that. Currently travelling, but as soon as I get home, I'll have to fix this. This is really getting out of hand, a -100mV undervolt made it a bit quieter als the lowered temps reduce fan RPM but it is still there and annoys the hell out of me. This is not what I paid 3 bloody big ones for. In that price category I expect actually good components.
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