I’m curious, how many people are aware of these sounds. I have designed, etched, and built my own switching power supplies along with winding my own transformers. I am aware of the source of the noise. So, does anyone else hear these high frequency sounds regularly?

    • michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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      11 months ago

      The CPU itself doesn’t produce sound, but inductors (coils) can. Therefore, when you move the mouse, the CPU power increases, potentially causing inductors to go into resonance.

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        11 months ago

        Graphics system usually. Back in the day I used to be able to tell where on the screen the cursor was from the pitch of the coil whine.

        I buy better hardware nowadays 😂

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        11 months ago

        I thought it was maybe some kind of audio chip interference coming from the CPU as it’s not tied to cursor movement in my case