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    What causes the geiger-counter-type clicking sound in my computer when I log on or go to a new website, etc.?

    Question #33945. Asked by Mandelbrotset. (May 19 03 7:23 AM)


    Gnomon

    		It's a setting in Windows: Start/Settings/Control Panel/Sounds

    You should see one 'Complete Navigation'. Change this to None to turn off the click.

    May 19 03, 7:36 AM
    Ian

    		If it's coming from your computer's case, than that would be the 'hard drive', which stores your computer's data (programs, your files, etc.)
    See: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk.htm (what a hard drive is)
    and: http://www.howstuffworks.com/question243.htm (churning sound from computer)

    May 19 03, 10:01 AM

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