noise coming from my PC when i do things (sound clip inside)

SidewinderINC · 21 Feb 2006 at 18:56

Hi all,

right, this is starting to annoy me, not much but enough

basically sometimes when i do things with the mouse, my computer makes funny noises, sort of like a cricket or grass hopper calling.

thats the best way to describe it, but ive got a sound clip too, this was taken as i resized the WMP window horizontally :confused:

www.44norman.f2s.com/noise.mp3

you'll have to turn it up quite a bit, but ignore the sound of the fan, its not that noisy in real life

i promise its not a stupid thing where you'll listen and it'll go RAR! its only around 10 seconds long

i can hear it quite clearly above the fans if i'm just sat at the computer with music on!

can anyone hazard a guess as to where this noise is coming from? and if there is anything i can do about it to make it go away (and dont just say never resize WMP)

Cheers

S.INC

JonD · 21 Feb 2006 at 19:10

I had this problem. It was because I used onboard sound. I could "hear" the mouse move. Must be the electric or summit. It went when I got a seperate sound card.

Not sure if its what you have.

SidewinderINC · 21 Feb 2006 at 19:14

i have an M-Audio sound card, cost me £95 so it better not be that!

Alexrose1uk · 21 Feb 2006 at 19:15

Its usually the onboard sound chip being flakey or overheating a bit. I get the same if I leave my nf7 chipset fan unplugged for too long when my systems running, sound crackles and hisses a bit when the mouse does something. To solve it, your chipset just probably needs cooled better.

Orifice · 21 Feb 2006 at 19:57

If it sounds like a cricket or grass hopper, then i'd hazard a guess at the PSU being the culprit. My Abit Digidice did a similar thing, psu sounded like a miniature zoo sometimes.

SidewinderINC · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:49

it does sound like its coming from the chipset area more than the PSU... what chipset coolers are recommended? active or passive as long as its awesome and quiet!

lemonkettaz · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:52

i have the same sound i think, i thought there was a wasp flying about... and i dont react to wasps lightly (child fear) so i jumped out the room. it is the psu though, i tightened the screws at the back, and it hasnt come back since... weird.

Alexrose1uk · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:55

whatever you can get mate! I have a fan on my nf7 but I'm sure if you could mod a small fan, and get some decent heat conductive stuff on it, a fan would run fine

SidewinderINC · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:09

whats better out of the zalman and the thermalright chipset cooler?

Alexrose1uk · 22 Feb 2006 at 17:25

zalman I'd say- passive and meant to cool well, so no higher power draw, and quiter operation.

Cannaton · 22 Feb 2006 at 17:38

i have a similar problem on my motherboard, asus a8n-e, its like a high pitch scratching/buzzing sound. however i find that muting line in and mic etc in sound control panel almost eliminates the problem for me.