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Originally posted by MeEtc
sounds like something similar that has happened to an old Athlon board that I have. I'm not sure of the exact cause, but I believe a capacitor is failing on the mainboard. Whenever power is connected (plugged in, but not powerd on) there is a high picthed whine sound.
Sounds possible, the capacitor may have to fully charge for the rest of the board to work properly. If it's damaged it'll take longer to charge/turn on the rest of the systems
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