toolset noise feedback

[Legacy_Sydious]

               When I run the toolset (Windows 7 , 64 bit- run in compatability mode) I get a strange humming whine in my speakers. Only when the toolset is the active window. When i switch to another window, it goes away. Any ideas what might be going on?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               So... if you disable your sound and disconnect the speakers, there is no unusual noise being made inside the machine, like a faulty fan or other component struggling to meet the heat dissipation demands or from the read head of your active drive?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Sydious]

               Yes. The noise is coming from the speakers. It changes pitch when I zoom in/out of the area. When I click and hold on a resource (like a creature from the resource tree on the right) then noise stops. If I switch the active window to say a web page, or a file folder or something, the noise stops.
As long as the toolset is the active window, the noise is produced. This is the only application I find this issue with.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               Desktop or laptop/notebook?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_kalbaern]

               This is just a case of stray harmonics being apmlified and not a big concern, It happened on two of my older desktops when in the toolset (one a Dell, the other an HP). The noise is generally low and if you've other sounds enabled (listening to YouTube, Windows Media Player or even an AC unit droning in the background) you'll not notice it. Enabling BGM and Ambient Sounds in the toolset when working on an area masks it nicely too. Since its a harmonics issue, enabling any other sounds through your speakers will generally fix or at least mask it. I've only ever noticed it (and barely) when all my speaker sources were turned off.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Sydious]

               HipMaestro - HP Desktop

Kalbaern - Thanks for your input. Sometimes its louder then other times. It is not very loud, and like you said It seems to get masked with other noises.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Sydious]

               I have been playing around with the noise, and I have discovered it is only when I have an area open and it is visble. If I shrink the size of the section that views the area, the noise gets quiter. If I don't have an area open there is no noise. I have tried turning on the background sound and even the music, and the noise actually powers through it well.

Wish I could figure it out....I am up late at night with things kind of quite, really quite anoying to listen to.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               

Sydious wrote...

I have been playing around with the noise, and I have discovered it is only when I have an area open and it is visble. If I shrink the size of the section that views the area, the noise gets quiter. If I don't have an area open there is no noise. I have tried turning on the background sound and even the music, and the noise actually powers through it well.

Wish I could figure it out....I am up late at night with things kind of quite, really quite anoying to listen to.

Some toolset operations can be taxing.

I'm guessing the resources that the toolset demands are pushing your graphics card beyond what it normally deals with to render it.  It may also be a driver interface issue.  While playing a game (for instance), the same rendering stress can be present except while all the ambient sound masks it (as kalbaern stated previously), you just don't notice it.  

There are certain toolset functions that almost freezes my 3GHz CPU, yet in general, it performs quickly and without issues. The only way to determine exactly which component is responsible for the anomaly is to begin swapping them out with higher-end parts.  When the noise abates, you've diagnosed it.  Also, you may want to run one of those heat-monitoring utilities that checks the performance of all the components.  Excessive heat can change how each performs.

IMO, if you are able to complete your toolset tasks adequately, the diagnostics may be more trouble than just tuning it out.  '>