Sounds play an important role in troubleshooting a computer. Computers have pre-programmed beeps and sounds that notify you of clear hardware issues. Then there are the subtler sounds: a high-pitched ...

Some users are complaining that their computer is freezing or crashing and making a high-pitched noise. This is troubling the routine of many users of Windows 11/10. Imagine you are working on ...

Our Hackaday colleague [Bil Herd] is known for being the mind behind the Commodore 128, a machine which famously had both a 6502 and a Z80 processor on board. The idea of a machine which could do ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In virtually every television environment audio hum can be a problem, either in a studio or out ...

So you just unboxed your new entertainment gear, hooked everything up, and you hear buzz, whine, hiss, chatter, or any number of other annoying noises that have been known to plague audio equipment.

While computer audio is fairly mature, there are still problems that can crop up. One common anomaly is a buzzing or humming sound whenever you open a browser window, or move windows around on the ...