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Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 31 December 2008, 15:56, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> It's coming from the case, not the speakers. |
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>>> BTW, this happens in both gentoo and windows xp for me. |
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>> Same here. The sound is loudest when running the "Mother Nature" test |
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>> of 3DMark 03. Happening with every card I ever tried (an old Radeon |
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>> 9800, an X1950XT and my current HD4870). Could be the graphics cards |
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>> then. But it would be interesting to know why this is happening. |
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> Google for "coil whine" or "coil noise" and see if it applies to your |
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> case. I had one Abit motherboard replaced because the noise it did was |
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> really unbearable, although hearing it change pitch depending on what |
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> you were doing was kind of cool. |
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I will investigate now I know what I can search for, and yes the pitch |
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change was interesting. I once played a game for an hour before I notice |
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d the sound was interference and not dark, moody music :D |
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Thanks |
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