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I hear my computer’s processor when it’s processing. It’s like a modem sound, but high-pitch. All of us used to rely on the HDD distinct sound to know when the
by eastbound 5y ago
I hear my computer’s processor when it’s processing. It’s like a modem sound, but high-pitch.
All of us used to rely on the HDD distinct sound to know when the games were finished loading ;)
- bombela 5y agoahah same. I think we hear the coils that are used to lower the voltage for the CPU. They are modulated based on the current demand.
- taneq 5y agoMy Dell XPS13 does that and it’s super annoying. It’s some kind of cross talk with the speaker amplifier because when I mute the sound or use headphones it goes away. When I was a kid our BBC Micro used to do the same, you could “hear it thinking”.
- sprucely 5y agoYep, my XPS does too. I believe it's called "coil whine" and is caused by surface-mount inductors whose windings aren't fully encased in resin or whatever material they use.