GPU Coil Whine When Moving Mouse

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My GPU has recently started making a bizarre staticy whining noise when moving my mouse, scrolling, or making any visual changes on my screen. It’s particularly bad when using Photoshop; if I zoom in, move something, or just make any visual change, there’s a hiss as long as my mouse moves, and then it stops. I don’t really notice it when gaming or when the GPU is under heavy load, strangely enough. This has gotten worse recently to the point where it’s fundamentally distracting.

I have an AMD 6950 XT and a very good 900-watt power supply. Is there anything I can do about this? I see a lot of posts about coil whine being something that just happens, but this seems over the top.

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Try another USB port; maybe the shielding is bad and bleeding current. Or something else bizarre. Who knows! :smiley:

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Just for reference, are you sure it’s coil whine from the hardware inside the case and not your speakers/headphones picking up electrical noise? If it’s your audio device, using an external USB audio device like a cheap Behringer UCA202 can help. If it’s coil whine, there’s no guaranteed fix. Some suggest undervolting your GPU to see if it makes a difference.

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Happens to me also.

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