You just beat me to it. This is the answer, but the solution isn't guaranteed to work - it didn't for my friend.
You just beat me to it. This is the answer, but the solution isn't guaranteed to work - it didn't for my friend.
The reason for the sound is do to a faulty ground on the motherboard. Make sure everything is grounded properly.
Check the mounting screws on the MOBO and case. Reseat cards, etc.
If its a laptop, tighten the screws on the bottom of the lappy, this will tighten the grounding mobo to the grounding plate. (Usually the bottom of the case.)
Check the mounting screws on the MOBO and case. Reseat cards, etc.
If its a laptop, tighten the screws on the bottom of the lappy, this will tighten the grounding mobo to the grounding plate. (Usually the bottom of the case.)
I think he hit the nail on the thread. Back in the old Anandtech search archives I think there is a thread that covers audio 'jitter' and the EMI that some video card circuit designs can pick up.
The solution was to find a video card that words.
I've had 2 machines where this would happen on: an Abit BP6 with dual celerons and an Asus A7V with an Tbird-750. I could hear a very faint "noise" when doing anything compute-intensive. Hard to describe it. Not really white noise or mechanical-sounding and not really a "whine" either and it wasn't related to the PC speaker. At first I thought it was related to the video card since, like you said, I first noticed it when scrolling. But after some tests, I found that anything compute-intensive that didn't output anything to the screen would also cause it.
Eventually I wrote it off to either the CPU, the memory or the mainboard. After a while, I got used to it and decided to consider it a feature: a sort of audible system load indicator if you will.
Eventually I wrote it off to either the CPU, the memory or the mainboard. After a while, I got used to it and decided to consider it a feature: a sort of audible system load indicator if you will.
I always thought it was the HDD because it was loading the pages up from cache, and since the cache is so tiny (compare to the whole HDD) it does very tiny little movements, and hence creates those noises.
That's what I thought anyways.
That's what I thought anyways.
It's funny that you mention this, because mine used to do it also. I couldn't really tell where it was coming from since the sound was so faint and high pitched. Nobody else could hear it except for me.
When I replaced my video card the sound went away, so I'm guessing it was my video card.
When I replaced my video card the sound went away, so I'm guessing it was my video card.
Rock Hydra
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We have computers at school that make a clicking noise sometimes when I try moving the mouse or hitting anything on my keyboard.
Also, when I'm using headphones i hear a raint buzzing noise go thorugh them when I minimze/maximize a window and or star scrolling.
I couldn't stop it, so I learned to live with it.
Also, when I'm using headphones i hear a raint buzzing noise go thorugh them when I minimze/maximize a window and or star scrolling.
I couldn't stop it, so I learned to live with it.
Nope, but something in my Dell notebook is giving unwanted sound effects whenever my LAN port's active. The rate of noise (puny wheezing sound) is proportional to the packet transfer rate. :|
My old iMac does this. It makes like a weird oscillating noise whenever a bright white screen is present on the monitor like an empty browser window. It also does it when I scroll. My NF7-S used to do that until I replaced the video card and power supply. I think it's like a weird grounding issue.
Glad it worked for both of you.
I'd bought a 5900 as soon as they came out as well as another a while ago from a forum member here, both did it, drove me crazy =)
For those that don't know, it sounds odd, not like an electrical noise, really have to hear it for yourself to understand.
=)
I'd bought a 5900 as soon as they came out as well as another a while ago from a forum member here, both did it, drove me crazy =)
For those that don't know, it sounds odd, not like an electrical noise, really have to hear it for yourself to understand.
=)
musicman64's solution worked for me. I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop and it only did that when the CPU switched to the higher clock speed (it switches between 600mhz and 1700mhz).
my laptop does the same noise you're describing. i just live with it.
my desktop PC does it in the right speaker whenever you move the mouse at all. it's annoying as fuckk. i have an audigy 2 ZS.
my desktop PC does it in the right speaker whenever you move the mouse at all. it's annoying as fuckk. i have an audigy 2 ZS.
Cerb
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This is often refered to as blitt noise. It has something to do with lots of parallel transactions ove the PCI and AGP buses when you scroll and mvoe windows around. Its existence and strength seems to vary, but exists on most PCs. The only thing I find that typically kills it is going into the troubleshooting tab under advanaced display properties, and brigning it down to at least the 3rd notch.
The problem is that moving trasnparent stuff is slower, you don't get hardware smoothing of video (DVD playback, FI), and games just won't run.
The problem is that moving trasnparent stuff is slower, you don't get hardware smoothing of video (DVD playback, FI), and games just won't run.
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