Squeak sound in Nvidia Control Panel

[weyland yutani]

Since today, whenever I launch or apply settings in Nvidia Control Panel, I hear a very short squeak sound coming from my pc . . . wtf!

My GTX1060 still sounds normal at idle and under heavy load. I can't decipher if its coming from the gpu or psu (my hearing isn't very good) My previous card, a HD7950 had loud coil whine under heavy load but it died over a year ago.

This sound only occurs when I launch or apply new settings in NCP and only started today, doesnt make any sense. I updated to the latest drivers 385.69 a few days ago without issue. Any ideas?

 

[weyland yutani]

go back to the last driver you had and see if its still happening

Yeah think I'l try the previous driver. Could it be a psu thing maybe? It's a Corsair HX650 I've had since building this pc over 6 years ago.

Yean I noticed since switching to nvidia that the control panel is a bit slow and laggy and now I hear a small mouse inside my pc whenever I use it

 

[weyland yutani]

It's bizarre and going back to the prevous driver I was one doesn't fix it

 

[weyland yutani]

Any idea about my issue in the OP? I only hear this squeak when accessing or saving changes to settings. Could it be a bad capacitor in the gpu? I dont hear anything like this or coil whine when stressing the card in a demanding game.