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    Acer M5 581-TG weird noises

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Fandom, Sep 30, 2012.

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    Hello again,

    I'm still looking to see if those weird low-sound "pliing cheeeerp creek bleep" noises that come out of my M5 are natural or not.

    Could anyone explain what could be causing them? They happen randomly and most of the times when the computer seems to be idling or browsing the web. The device is brand new.
     
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    Weird update:

    I installed HDTune Pro and ran some benchmarks. Noticed the creek creek sounds happen during hard seek times, which of course makes sense, since it is a mechanical disk and all.
    The weird thing: When I unscrewed the chassis screws a little (had them all the way tight), the creek creek sounds are now gone. Also, I haven't heard the bliiing bleeep sounds either since I screwed the device all the way last week. Does anyone with laptop experience seem to understand what is going on? Should I still get the device replaced, no matter that the sound has been gone for a few days?
     
    Fandom, Oct 3, 2012
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