Hey everyone! I recently got a refurbished desktop and I'm not sure if the sound it's making is typical. I've been out of the desktop game for a while and I'd love some opinions. Here's a link to the audio recording: https://imgur.com/a/J2MAhSs. Can anyone help me figure out if this is normal or if I should be worried?
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It's tough to tell from the video since I don’t hear any sound on my end. But if it’s a buzzing or knocking noise, it could just be a cable getting a bit too close to a fan – easy fix! Just open it up and tidy things up a bit. If it’s more of a high-pitched whine, that might be coil whine, which is normal too, though annoying. Maybe keep the PC under your desk or use headphones?
That hum you're hearing? Totally normal! Just the fans doing their job. Don’t stress about it!
Yeah the hum/bzzz sound. I haven't had a desktop in over a decade so I wasn't sure if that's a normal sound.
Sounds totally fine to me! It could just be the fans working away. No worries here!
Ok cool. I just wanted to make sure nothing was wrong with the computer.
It's a little hard to hear, but if you have another computer to play it on you can probably catch it. It's more of a humming sound.