This is really annoying. When I play a game on my PC this really high tone, high frequency sound starts coming out of my monitor. It also happens when visualisations in Windows media player are in full screen mode. Could someone tell me how I could get rid of this. Thanks in advance.
2006-07-10 12:01:19 · 6 answers · asked by farhad01582 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
This is due to the change in resolution and refresh rate of your monitor when a game runs or when you switch a visualisation to full-screen. As the refresh rate changes, the frequency of signals sent to the monitor changes and some of these signals interfere with other circuits in the monitor, resulting in oscillations that have a frequency low enough for them to be audible.
A simple solution would be to switch your computer off for a few seconds, to let the oscillations die down, and then switch the monitor back on. If that does not work, try changing your monitor's refresh rate settings through the Windows Display Properties, as explained below.
1. Right click on your desktop (not on an icon) and select "Properties" from the menu that pops up.
2. Click on the Display Properties window's "Settings" tab.
3. Click on the Advanced button to bring up the advanced settings window.
4. Click on the "Monitor" tab of the new window.
5. Make sure the option "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display", if there, is checked.
6. Bring down the list under "Screen refresh rate" and select a different value (try a higher value if possible and avoid values equal to or below 60 Hertz).
7. Click on OK to save the changed setting. Windows will adjust the refresh rate and ask you if you are happy with it. If you are, click on Yes. If the screen goes blank or fuzzy, wait and it will recover after a few seconds. Then try a different refresh rate and try again.
8. Once you have changed the refresh rate successfully, click on OK on the Display Properties window to close it.
2006-07-10 13:43:25 · answer #1 · answered by What's the Q? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be that you have your resolution too high. On a CRT monitor (not LCD), they can only take so much before the radiation goes through the glass or starts making it vibrate. If you're using CRT, try to keep your resolution at or below 1280 x 1024. You could get cancer otherwise.
2006-07-10 12:08:49 · answer #2 · answered by Zach C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like your monitor is reaching the boiling point - meaning it's at the top end of it's abilities. Try reducing the refresh rate and see if this alleviates the problem.
2006-07-10 12:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the games might be signalling for the mother-ship!!! oh.. wait.. no.. that's another sound... does it sound like morse code?
has anyone been changing settings? like when you installed the games? check those settings first.
2006-07-10 14:24:16 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cheap video cards often interfere with the sound. Get a better video card.
2006-07-10 17:07:35 · answer #5 · answered by SnowXNinja 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your refresh rate is too high for your monitor. keeping this up might burn it out.
2006-07-10 12:05:49 · answer #6 · answered by iammisc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋