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    130W PA-4E Power adapter making noise...

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by EGM92, Mar 9, 2010.

  1. EGM92

    EGM92 Notebook Evangelist

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    Weirdest thing is currently happening, I heard something come from the floor just now. It sounded like a mouse or something chewing/clawing away at something. I freaked out I searched the entire room and finally narrowed down the sound to my damn power adapter. It was making a sort of clicking/ light scratching noise. It's still doing it, is this normal, this is the first time I've heard it.

    Heres an MP3 I made of the noise.

    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3226360/Untitled.mp3
     
    EGM92, Mar 9, 2010
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    Mine does that too for some reason, it makes some kind of weird buzzing sound
     
    parkjoony, Mar 9, 2010
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    I had time to do a little testing, I can't figure out why it's doing it but I kno how to reproduce the noise. If the system is in use it doesn't click at all, but as soon as the screen dims and then turns off while the system is running the clicking/popping noise starts.
     
    EGM92, Mar 11, 2010
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