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My computer makes a odd buzzing noise when chrome is open

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202683825 views
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Problem

I whenever I open google chrome or firefox on my pc I get a really annoying buzzing noise. I've been trying to pinpoint the noise - I removed all hard drives and swapped them all for new ones. Doesn't seem to be the hard drives. I have an SSD, so I ran only that drive and the noise still existed, s…

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Summary:
Intel Core i5 760
8GB DDR3 Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
Gigabyte P55A-UD3R motherboard

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Fix for: My computer makes a odd buzzing noise when chrome is open

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This is indeed caused by frequently shutting down and waking up the CPU. It is supposed to be silent, but some aging systems will start to buzz especially when running on batteries, this is often due to coil noise in the VR (voltage regulation) circ…

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