Question Weird sound coming from computer when moving mouse/dragging youtube videos.

[mm1532]

So i just recently found out this very strange issue, where if i move my mouse, my pc makes this weird static sound. The sound also randomly pops up when idle, and when i'm watching videos/dragging a video time to a place where it hasn't buffered. I've tried to move the mouse to different USB ports, both the case and motherboard ports, and it still makes the sound.

https://imgur.com/a/a1yJRby

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/a1yJRby
here is a link to the sound. Someone please help! I'm worried that his could cause an issue with my hardware.

 

[ProgamerIV]

This is called a coil whine, and the most likely component to make this sound is the graphics card.

I can't see it clearly in the video, but I assume you don't use any PSU cable extensions or adapters, do you? Those can cause this issue as well.

You can read about coil whine here:

What Is Coil Whine, and Can I Get Rid of It on My PC?

Modern PCs are ridiculously powerful, so creature comforts like low noise levels have become more important.

www.howtogeek.com

Unfortunately as the article says, there's no fix for a graphics card making this noise other than replacing it.
It's not likely to break for this reason, though - my old R9-290X card did this for 3 years before I replaced it, since then it's used by a friend of mine, still going strong. He bought a silenced PC case to "fix" it, now it can't be heard unless the room is completely silent at night.

 

[mm1532]

This is called a coil whine, and the most likely component to make this sound is the graphics card.

I can't see it clearly in the video, but I assume you don't use any PSU cable extensions or adapters, do you? Those can cause this issue as well.

You can read about coil whine here:

What Is Coil Whine, and Can I Get Rid of It on My PC?

Modern PCs are ridiculously powerful, so creature comforts like low noise levels have become more important.

www.howtogeek.com

Unfortunately as the article says, there's no fix for a graphics card making this noise other than replacing it.
It's not likely to break for this reason, though - my old R9-290X card did this for 3 years before I replaced it, since then it's used by a friend of mine, still going strong. He bought a silenced PC case to "fix" it, now it can't be heard unless the room is completely silent at night.

Hey. I've actually narrowed it down to it being my motherboard. I took a piece of paper and rolled it into a tube, and it is definitely coming from the motherboard. It is really obvious when i booted into bios, as the noise was more prominent and louder. Is it normal for a motherboard to coil whine when idle?