High Pitched Wine I can't hear?
my roommate and all my friends claim they can hear a high pitched wine coming from my PC that i can't at all hear. as i'd like to figure out what it is, can someone who hasn't already been deafened to these high tones please tell me what emits noises of this sort? i can definitely hear my HD and optical drives, so i'm pretty confident its one of several fans... unless theres something else that makes noise.
i would think the most likely culprits are the R9700 AIW fan, or my northbridge fan on my IS7.
I also have 2 stock lian-li 80mm, 1 lian-li 60mm, and a 92mm sunon on my slk-900.
thanks guys!
i would think the most likely culprits are the R9700 AIW fan, or my northbridge fan on my IS7.
I also have 2 stock lian-li 80mm, 1 lian-li 60mm, and a 92mm sunon on my slk-900.
thanks guys!
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From what I can tell, it means impending failure. Every component that's ever done that has eventually failed for me.
Are you sure they're not pulling your leg? :O
But Prime' does have a good point also. It could also be a sound generated by the PC's audio output, sometimes if the mic input on a soundcard is left un-muted, and it has the additional aplification turned on, that could produce some quite high, erm high frequency noise, depending on the quality of your sound card. So check that angle as well.
I have a really cheap T.V, and it periodically makes high frequency noises, it really bugs me, but if you can't hear it, and presuming it isn't a sign of immiment hardware failure, if you can't track it down... don't worry about it. Who cares if it's driving your mates and possibly your next door neighbours dog round the bend, it's your PC, it's your noise, they need to learn to live with it.;)
It's hard to complain about something when the lecturers are too old to be able to hear it :rolleyes2
Also, for a few weeks a while back I could actually hear my processor when it was working, sort of like a floppy drive, but more of a really high pitched bleeping, very very fast. Sort of like an audible usage notification....
NS
Tried turning the monitors off and the sound was still there (it was the first thing I tried), but as I said, it was only there when the screen saver was on or someone dragged something.
So it may not be your monitor, it could be this mystery thing doing it as well. I'll have a word with one of the technicians and see if they can figure it out. It may be the same problem you have (if it isn't the monitor).
NS
Roommates? Just turn up the music. Pretty soon they will be as deaf as you are.
BUT, turn off the monitor and ask someone who CAN hear the squeel if they still hear it. If not, that is probably your culprit. PSU is also possible, right, Prime, especially if a bit overloaded.
And, have had spindle bearings on an old HD do this, if the lubrication evaporates or is boiled away eventually due to heat friction building up as bearings wear-- more likely with older and also less expensive quality grade HDs. Have had more Seagates and IBMs do this than any other brands-- the very first HDs I got, I actually had to lube the spindle bearings from outside of drive every 6-8 months, but new ones you do NOT lube at all typically.
John.