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Don't do that. That's a good way to turn an annoyance into a very expensive failure to fix (and, of course, no warranty anymore). Superglue or epoxy on an indu

by janoc 4y ago

Don't do that. That's a good way to turn an annoyance into a very expensive failure to fix (and, of course, no warranty anymore). Superglue or epoxy on an inductor is going to prevent the inductor from having sufficient cooling. As these are usually power converter inductors for various power supplies on the motherboard (GPU, CPU, etc.), they can get fairly warm. If you put superglue on it, it could overheat and literally melt ... If the whine is a problem, you could try to have the laptop replaced but I wouldn't have much hope with that - it is working as intended (as designed ...).

LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
Maybe a piece of https://duckduckgo.com/q=thermal+interface+pad https://duckduckgo.com/q=thermal+interface+pad could do instead? They come in various thickness. Depending on where the coils are located, and if they are in some sort of airstream or not, I'd try that. But only in one piece, not several layered above each other. Could result in dampening the whine, or eliminating it altogether, and better cooling. By pressing on the coil on one side, and some part of the inner casing on the other.