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    Can headphone magnets damage the screen?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by 4fingers97, Aug 20, 2009.

  1. 4fingers97

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    headphones have magnents in them. If they touched the screen would they damage the screen?
     
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    No, or actually I'm very doubtful since the magnets in headphones aren't strong enough
     
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    Also another thing is that sometimes when it is quiet on my computer I can hear beeping noises throught the headphones. They are faint but u can here them. Does that have something to do with the core 2 duo whine? It only does that sometimes though.
     
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    Beeping? And only through headphones, not over the built in speakers? If that is the case, I'd think you are getting cable noise from something touching/rubbing the headphone cables.
     
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    Could be a cell phone near the speakers.
     
    the_flying_shoe, Aug 20, 2009
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    could be microphone interference
     
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    i heard it was something to do with like core 2 duo whining. IDK what is causing it.
     
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    are you undervolting?
     
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    No I am not.
     
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    If you hear whining then your motherboard must have some bad quality capacitors.

    But I don't think whining comes from the speakers (or headphones).
     
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    Laptops are notorious for not having much shielding, so the beeping you're hearing is just interference from virtually everything. If you listen, you should be able to hear everything from the fans speeding up the the optical drive spinning up. I noticed that when I got a Compaq a few years ago, and on pretty much every laptop I've used aside from my Alienware.
     
    cyberlogicx, Aug 21, 2009
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