About this tag
Discussions tagged with 'high pitched' on WindowsForum.com cover two main hardware-related issues: a high-pitched hiss from USB ports when inserting memory chips, and a high-pitched whine accompanying black screen crashes during gaming or boot-up. One thread also mentions a high-pitched piano sound in a Windows 7 sound theme. These posts focus on troubleshooting audio anomalies tied to USB power delivery, GPU or system instability, and Windows sound settings. No software updates, security, or AI topics are present.
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    Hiss from usb ports

    I get a high pitched hiss from the computer upon entry of certain usb slots with usb memory chips. I have never seen this phenomena in previous computers, is there any kind of manipulation available of the power/current of these usb or pci devices which might possibly affect their pitch?
    • anotherwindowsuser
    • Thread
    • audio issues computer sound current control high pitched hiss memory chips pci power management usb
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: General Computing
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    Windows 7 Black screen of death when playing games

    In the past I've post an issue I had were I was getting a B(Blue)SOD but now this is something different, I hope. When I launch either of 2 games (Borderlands and The Secret World), after a while, the screen will go dark and most of the time I'll hear a high pitched wine, I'll restart the PC...
    • auutumn
    • Thread
    • bios black screen borderlands bsod computer issues crystaldiskinfo desktop error firmware games health high pitched performance raid sata secret society smart ssd troubleshooting windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 Questions about themes, and the piano sound

    1. First of all, is there a way to disable the lines when moving the top of a program around? Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about - Link Removed due to 404 Error It's as if there's an independent light source or something. I want it to be transparent, but I don't want to see...
    • Tiswell
    • Thread
    • audio settings customization high pitched navigation piano sound themes transparency user interface windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support