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    5672 noise problem

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by calcutron, Jun 23, 2006.

  1. calcutron

    calcutron Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the Aspire 5672 with the x1600 card, and I get this weird high pitched beeping/chirping sound from the left side of my notebook. The sound is high pitched and in intervals that occurs every few seconds kind of like the chirping of a cricket but faster. Anyone else have this problem and is there a fix, this sound is annoying.
    thanks
     
    calcutron, Jun 23, 2006
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  2. Tokuman

    Tokuman Notebook Evangelist

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    Are you sure it is your GPU?
     
    Tokuman, Jun 23, 2006
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  3. calcutron

    calcutron Notebook Enthusiast

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    how do i find out if it is from the gpu? It is from the bottom left side
     
    calcutron, Jun 24, 2006
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    cwaddell Newbie

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    Hi,
    My laptop started making a noise too - very high pitched like a microphone makes sometimes. It is continous and doesnt stop until the battery is removed and have no idea whats doing it. I have almost filled my C drive so want to try and get some stuff off the laptop, but dont know if keeping it on will make it worse or not. Does anyone know what is wrong with it?
     
    cwaddell, Jun 26, 2006
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  5. calcutron

    calcutron Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think mine is comming from my hard drive as that is the only thing on the bottem left.
     
    calcutron, Jun 26, 2006
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    ejl fudge

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    it definitely sounds like the hd. you could try downloading some thing like notebook hardware control (nhc) and using their hd acoustic management option to see if that will reduce the sound.
     
    ejl, Jun 27, 2006
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    calcutron Notebook Enthusiast

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    i downloaded nhc, but the option for hd acousitc managemtn is grayed out so I can't change it. Do you have any idea why? Or other solutions? Thanks
     
    calcutron, Jun 28, 2006
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