high-pitched noise during bootup

[Mitch Bradley]

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> I do have hot-melt glue, but I'm hesitant to apply it to the devel board.
Glue won't hurt an inductor
> However, since inductor whine seems to be expected, can I assume it won't
> be audible when the board is inside the laptop? Children have better ears
> than most of us and we don't want to give them headaches.
>   
You can't assume anything about the audibility of inductor whine.  It's very difficult to control/predict/manage.

We can try to mitigate it, but it's one of those gremlin things that keeps popping up.

That said, it is quite likely that the case will attenuate it a lot.