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While SSD’s lack mechanically moving parts (like legacy HDD’s) there are components capable of generating noise. For example, coil whine occurs at the capacitor level. And to my knowledge, there aren’t any mechanical parts inside a capacitor. So if coils can whine, SSD’s can sing. Video linked...

In the video link below, you can hear a high pitched noise coming from my Samsung 990 Pro SSD. The SSD was originally a 990 Pro with the LED heat sink but I removed the heat sink to test whether the sound was coming from there or not. It appears the high pitch noise is coming directly from the...