Odd whine when scrolling webpages

[jelifah]

When I am viewing a webpage I like to use my mouse wheel to scroll up and down. Maybe my rig got quiet with my newly installed WD Hard Drive, but it seems that when I use the wheel to scroll up and down I hear a faint whine.

Anyone else experience this?

 

[dave518]

Whenever i minimize or maximize a window i hear a pretty loud whine sound, i have no idea what it could be though.

 

[imported_stev]

I once had a whine when I would move around selected parts of images in Photoshop. It turned out to be the hard drive making the sound. I never understood why it did this, but once I replaced my Dell with my current build, it never happened again.

If I were you, I would try a different hard drive and see if the problem remains.

EDIT: Also, when I began using a Seagate 120 GB 7200.7 in my Dell build as the OS HD, the problem went away. That made me even more sure it was the hard drive.

 

[Atheus]

From the case or the mouse? Is it only when scrolling webpages? Have you tried stressing the system with no sound on? 3Dmark etc...

Capacitors can make a noise, as can fans and hard drives, obviously.

 

[dave518]

For me i have a laptop, I'm pretty sure its not coming from the hard drive, its not located where the whine comes from, maybe it is a capacitor like you said.

 

[imported_AndyT]

I usually run my system out of the case. I often have notices a whine as you describe, but only on certain systems. Some motherboards will whine when you use the built in NIC (ethernet port) and I have had some graphics card that whine when scrollong pages as you decribed. It has been a while and I did have that graphics card at one point, so I would listen or have someone listen to your graphics card to see if it's the problem.

 

[soccerballtux]

Probably capacitors. Two of my previous computers have done that.

 

[imported_AndyT]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
Probably capacitors. Two of my previous computers have done that.

As you say, it could just be a capacitor on the motherboard.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Whatever it is, I find it a little annoying. I get the whine from certain graphics and such.

 

[gsellis]

Experienced this on a desktop. Fixes can include new audio drivers. It can happen with speakers too close to the monitor and poor shielding. Changing your display frequency might also reduce or increase it. Cut the brightness down too if you have it maxed. But if the speakers are right next to the monitor, move them a couple inches away and see if that makes a difference.

 

[andy04]

Originally posted by: gsellis
Experienced this on a desktop. Fixes can include new audio drivers. It can happen with speakers too close to the monitor and poor shielding. Changing your display frequency might also reduce or increase it. Cut the brightness down too if you have it maxed. But if the speakers are right next to the monitor, move them a couple inches away and see if that makes a difference.

I guess you are right. I get this noise when I maximize or minimize my IE. It gets really loud if i turn my speakers all the way up, they are attached to my monitor. Also it went away once... I dont remember when or why, but it might have happened once after i reinstaller windows

 

[WackyDan]

Is it a laptop? Could be a crappy designed/integrated sound card... not in that the card/chipset is crappy, but that it's picking up leakage from somewhere on the system and causing feedback.

 

[Minerva]

Dib blitting (acceleration) stresses the video card in a way that it draws power in quick bursts. The induced voltages in nearby circuits get picked up by higain sections in your audio. Inductors on the board can also "sing" and produce this on their own. This was at its peak with the 5950 ultra cards. Those squealed like a pig getting it from the stern by a donkey.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Not through my speakers, it comes from the mobo on my system near the CPU area. I'm guessing an inductor coil used in the vregs since it varies with what the computer is doing. I just say I can hear my computer "think"