I had previously (yesterday) asked a question about why using my mouse scroll wheel was causing a sound to emanate from my speakers. The thread is here:
http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/44421/Why-Do-I-Get-a-Buzzing-Sound-From-My-Speakers-When-Using-the-Mouse-Scroll-Wheel
I am reposting because of the lack of interest/not-knowing-a-solution in the original post, compounded by the fact that no one (except for NotUrOrdinaryJoe) would be alerted by email because of the same.
Since I posted that question, I have found out the following:
- This phenomenon only happens when I am in Internet Explorer, Opera, or Outlook - no other programs.
- The frequency coming from the speakers is different for some sites in both Opera or IE; I have not been able to establish a correlation.
- For the same internet site, Opera and IE do not output the same frequency.
- In Outlook, it only happens when scrolling the preview window. Depending on the content shown in the preview window, the frequency varies.
- My optical mouse does have capacitors - 2 x 10uF Ecaps and 1 disc cap (value unknown).
- Changing to a different optical mouse gave no discernable change in the phenomenon.
- I had a power cord very close to the volume control of my powered speaker system. When I removed the power cord from the vicinity, I could tell no difference in the effect - frequency OR volume.
Sorry to be so lengthy and detailed but the force helping is not
.
But, my curiosity is piqued! Help it I cannot. All and any input is welcome
. (Even from DVader1000
).
I am opening this as a discussion; feedback will be answered
.
Mike
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