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I've lost my mind......

susiesusie Member Posts: 7,474 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 2009 in General Discussion
I sit at the computer and I keep noticing a sound when I scroll down a page, or when I click on a link and the page loads.

It doesn't matter if I use the wheel on the mouse or the scroll on the right side of the page, I hear the sound. I'm 48 and can still hear the supposed stealth noise a cell phone makes.

So, am I nuts or is there actually a sound tied to surfing the net?
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  • 7RiverMan77RiverMan7 Member Posts: 1,522 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1 vote for nuts.[;)]
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  • BaseJumperBaseJumper Member Posts: 5,570
    edited November -1
    2 votes for nuts. [:D]
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sound is the net- dragging on the floor. Move your computer mouse up about 4 inches.
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Tinfoil hats are known to make such noises when you turn your head! [}:)]

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    3rd vote for KOoKoo[^]
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  • zinkzink Member Posts: 6,456 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    +4 (if you find yours see if it has been hanging around with mine and return it, PLEASE)

    Lance
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  • susiesusie Member Posts: 7,474 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ok, removed the hat, raised the mouse. Even checked to see if it's tail was caught in anything. Still hear strange sound.

    Guess, I've lost my mind.

    Might be the Malbec?
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ny old Laptop made a click noise when I clinked on a link or When I clicked on a link. It was XP,Vista doesnt do it?
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Ok susie, go to START, settings,control panel, sounds.Uncheck the suspect setting, and call me in the AM..[:D][;)]
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  • susiesusie Member Posts: 7,474 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    fishkiller, I didn't see any suspects. They all looked guilty.[:o)]
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  • crash2usafcrash2usaf Member Posts: 4,094
    edited November -1
    Got a bunch of gunk in the computer just throw it in the dishwasher without over doing it on the soap.. I promise you itll stop making that noise...
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  • susiesusie Member Posts: 7,474 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The sound is a real high pitched whine. Doesn't happen when I'm typing, only when the page is loading or scrolling.

    If I use the wheel on the mouse and scroll one click at a time I can hear it as I make each click, distinct stop and start high pitched whine with each click of the mouse wheel.

    I'll check with my kids tomorrow and see if they hear it. If they do, then I know the insanity is inherited and I have passed it on to them. [V]
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  • storm6490storm6490 Member Posts: 8,010
    edited November -1
    your computer is clogged up with all sorts of spy ware and porno.

    clean it up and refresh the hard drive, clear out the ram or zap the pram (mac)

    sometimes my system will do this and all i have to do is restart and get rid of some stuff.

    what is happening is your ram is sent over to the HD for temporary storage to clear some room for what you are doing at the time. if you have a lot of ram you shouldn't hear the HD fire up unless you are saving something or opening a file.

    you are not nuts! but they may be watching you.
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  • soopsoop Member Posts: 4,633
    edited November -1
    Just turn the radio up until you no longer hear it.It`s the same trick you use when your car makes a funny noise.
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  • DBMJR1DBMJR1 Member Posts: 1,854 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The fan in my little Acer started making a noise, last week. It's going to the shop. It's barely audible.
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  • slipgateslipgate Member Posts: 12,741
    edited November -1
    It is entirely possible that you are hearing the electronics of the monitor. Is it a CRT or an LCD? When screen images change, some CRTs will change their pitch and someone with excellent hearing will be able to pick up on this.

    A friend of mine could listen to a room of monitors and be able to pick out the ones that were near failure by differences in pitch the monitors make.

    Change to an LCD and the sound will most likely stop.
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  • MgderfMgderf Member Posts: 907 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Of all the things I've ever lost, I miss my mind the most"
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have a mouse in the wall that is driving me nuts
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,702 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • HandLoadHandLoad Member Posts: 15,998 ✭
    edited November -1
    Susie - does your setup use an outboard set of Amp and speakers? Could be that the computer sound is set really high, and the audio amp is set kinda low...if so, lower the output that is in software/computer, and turn up the amp a little. When I have the output on this computer up high, I can hear the hard drive, and all sorts of hash.

    Also possible that the amp is too close to the unit - they leak radio radiation a lot, especially if they are cheap clones.

    Another possibility is your Monitor - is it an old school CRT? The Flyback transformer makes a noise that some can hear - it would sound off at every change of scenery on screen.

    Best I can do from here.
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  • susiesusie Member Posts: 7,474 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, I do believe it may be the monitor. Work monitor is LCD, home monitor is CRT. Only hear it at home, so I ain't nuts![:o)] Well, I might be nuts, but that doesn't mean the sound isn't real.

    I heard it even after turning off the speakers, which are just your average everyday run of the mill computer speakers.

    So for the nut voters, you may be right, but it has nothing to do with the sound I was hearing. [:I]

    As I said in my original post, I can hear the high frequency cell phone scree that most adults can not hear.
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