Fan rubbing & electric buzzing sound

[Silntknight]

Chiming in to add that I am experiencing the same. It’s very faint but seems to be proportional to the CPU load. It reminds me of when computer HDDs would make similar sounds while seeking.

It seems others are experiencing this as well:

Framework 16 gpu buzzing sound?

That is coil whine. Some amount of it is expected. But if it is very noticeable anytime you use the GPU I would create a support ticket for Framework.

Very loud electric sound. Graphics or processor?

Update on this, the sound is always present when on AC (using the FW 180 watt power supply and provided cable). It just gets louder when reading/writing data. On battery the laptop is nearly silent when idle but you can still hear the buzzing when reading or writing data (and you can tell the difference between reading and writing). In a quiet room I can hear it up to about a 2-3 feet away before it gets drowned out by other humming things in my house. I have quite sensitive hearing. I’m stil…