[CUBE] Studio Display High-frequency Noise

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On Thursday, Apr 24, 2003, at 00:18 US/Pacific, Kim Kyoung Seop wrote:

> My 2 years old Apple Studio Display 15" LCD makes annoying 
> high-pitched noise.
>
> I'm not talking about the buzz coming whenever you decrease the 
> brightness. I'm talking about the noise always on, very very 
> high-pitched sound. It started last week and stops only when sleep or 
> shut down.
> Weird thing is my wife barely hear it! She is not so deaf or dull.
>
> I've heard some capacitors of a display make such noise and you should 
> have it repaired. But my studio display is out of warranty.
>
> How can I eliminate the noise?
>

The noise is the backlight beginning to fail. Sorry, but you can't make 
the whine go away.