# My wireless mouse is sending some kind of interference to my pc speakers!  help!

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 4, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wireless-mouse-is-sending-some-kind-of-interference-to-my-pc-speakers-help/199438 "2003-09-04T01:14:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![lukaspriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5a626/32.png) [@lukaspriest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lukaspriest)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wireless-mouse-is-sending-some-kind-of-interference-to-my-pc-speakers-help/199438/1 "2003-09-04T01:14:08Z")

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I went and got a new video card today - a geforce fx 5900, replacing my old radeon 9500. Everything’s been fine, until I just realized that when I am surfing through internet explorer and use my mouse wheel to scroll the page up and down, it sends this soft screeching sound to my speakers! And I can’t figure out why! Its bugging the hell out of me! I tried changing the channel of the frequency on the mouse/receiver (its a logitech) and checking the connections on my speakers (glorious logitech z 560’s) but to no avail. It only happens when I scroll a page up or down on a website. It almost sounds like a little bleep or something, but when I do it quickly, the combined sound sounds like a screech of some sort. I know this is a long shot, but does anyone have any idea?

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**Author:** ![Phage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Phage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phage)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wireless-mouse-is-sending-some-kind-of-interference-to-my-pc-speakers-help/199438/2 "2003-09-04T01:20:11Z")

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Is it possible that the bleep might be a programmed “feature”? It probably came with some software, checking the settings might reveal a sound feedback option. You also might want to check the placement of the receiver, as it may be communicating back to the mouse.

(Get rid of the old Radeon 9500?! I could take that off your hands…)

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wireless-mouse-is-sending-some-kind-of-interference-to-my-pc-speakers-help/199438/3 "2003-09-04T03:39:35Z")

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Things to try

1: You can test the “feature” aspect by using a wired mouse.

2: Plug the Logitech IR send-receive module into a different USB port

3: Per Phage try different physical locations for the send-receive module

4: Download the lastest drivers for the mouse and video card

5: Is the “line in” box muted on your sound control applet (double click speaker icon) . If not check the “mute” box to shut it off.