My mouse and PC have been making me angry for over 5 years, but now a simple setting in the driver finally remedied the situation

I have to admit one thing straight away: I wouldn't have had to deal with the problem that this was about.

More precisely, it is a high -frequency tone that occurs when my mouse moves.This is more and less strong, and precisely because it doesn't always appear equally strong, it doesn't always make me just as crazy.

This is probably the reason why my mouse problem has accompanied me for years, although it was ultimately easy to get out of the world.

Before I describe the simple solution in text form, I am interested in whether you also noticed such noises when moving your mouse. You can listen to how it sounds to me in the video above and via the player below. A suitable survey follows.

I can clearly hear the fiepen, but there is a clear background noise. It comes from my (not switch -off) power supply fan and my attempts to remove it as far as possible with various microphones when recording and then using software.

A question of the Hertz count

I quickly came across the solution to my problem when I finally started dealing with it more precisely.

  • I know a similar sound from graphics cards, especially if you create very high frame rates in the four -digit range.
  • This can be the case in menus, for example, where such high FPS numbers like to lead to famous, infamous coil fiepen.
  • This happens with bad luck even at significantly lower frame rates, but the basic problem behind it gave me the idea of ​​adapting the Hertz number of my mouse.

This is the demand rate of the rodent. The higher the Hertz number, the more often the mouse communicates with Windows to communicate the current pointer position.

And lo and behold: I lower the value of the usual 1,000 Hertz to 500 Hertz, as can be seen in the picture for the driver settings above, the annoying sound has practically disappeared.

In everyday Windows life, I do not notice any deterioration in accuracy, even if I like to play competitive titles likeThen prefer to switch to 1,000 Hertz again.

Incidentally, the problem occurs regardless of the mouse used.

  • So the model is not the model on my PC, but the Hertz number that lies. I tested it with the Turtle Beach Kone 2 Air, the Roccat Kone Pro Air, the Asus Rog Harpe Ace and the Logitech G305.
  • The fact that I perceived the sound so well is also due to the fact that my mini-itx housing is very close to me on my desk.
  • Finally, I assume that changing the mainboard would also fix the problem. But the solution via the driver can then be implemented significantly faster.

Let me know in the comments whether you have had such a problem, what kind of mouse you use and with what Hertz number you operate it!