Same problem with sound

I have the same thing occcuring on my computer. It sounds like someone else is using the PC behind the screen, while i'm using it. Every time I boot up the PC from a cold start, and after my home page has loaded, I hear a click (like clicking on a link) that comes out of nowhere. It's mostly at startup, but I have noticed it before while visiting a web site (none in particular), and i'm getting the feeling that my computer is trying to run two operations at the same time.

This PC is a DEll 1764 (i5 intel) running Windows 7, along with broadband (cable, not DSL), and the speed has not impressed me. I had an older Sony dual core Intel & was running DSL 6mb, and it actually played video playback smoother, and without the buffering I sometimes run into now with this computer.

I run weekly scans (Trend Micro), and nothing other than a few cookies are found.

I am confused on this problem also.

Thanks,
2-Cups

Mod edit: Topic split from another topic found here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic360679.html
Done to allow greater focus on this particular post

Edited by rigel, 16 November 2010 - 09:51 AM.

Clicking...are these sounds coming from inside the case...or through the computer speakers?

Louis

The clicking sound on my computer is coming from inside the case itself (just like clicking on a link). It sometimes sounds as if someone else is using the PC behind the screen while i'm using it (especially at start-up).

Sorry for the delay in my response, but I also don't use the PC that much, and my experience in forum usage is even lower than my computer knowledge

Have a great day,
2-Cups

Do you only hear this sound when you have your browser open?

I suggest, you start new topic in "Am I Infected?" forum.

I made a mistake in the above reply about where the sound (clicking) was coming from. It clicks through the speakers, but it does it at start-up, and from time to time during normal usage (with or without browser opened).

As mentined earlier, I run Trend Micro several times a week on this computer. Everyday I do a "qiuck scan", and at least two times a week, a deep "full system scan" with only cookies for the most part being found.

Thanks again,
2-Cups

I still suggest, what I suggested above.