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    Hard drive noise and mouse

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jtom, Dec 13, 2006.

  1. jtom

    jtom Notebook Evangelist

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    This was actually really funny whne I realized this a litte while ago. My hard drive is pretty loud. However, I noticed whenever I hit the left mouse button on my external mouse that the hd noise would immediately stop and once I let go of the mouse button the hard drive immediately starts again.

    Any ideas?
     
    jtom, Dec 13, 2006
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    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    Well I know that the western digital notebook drives are well known for clicking noises (I had one) and aparently they had issues with the power save settings in XP. I was not able to resolve the issue as the firmware was newer than what western digital has on their site and sold it just because of the noise. It was 5400 RPM. Does the noise sound like feed back buzzing? You both have the same model laptop which points to a somewhat specific configuration.

    I have the Seagate 100GB on my E1705 and it's a strange animal. Getting used to it. It sounds like the old SCSI 18GB drives used in unix workstations only on a smaller scale lower noise of course.
     
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    Its a high pitched noise. Its not extremely annoying but I would like to not have it anymore.
     
    jtom, Dec 14, 2006
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    I saw the aforementioned link but my problem seems a little different. I just noticed that when I plug in my power adapter, whether my E1705 is on or off, I hear a whine. When I unplug it the whine slowly dies out. Do I have a problem with the power adapter or the battery or what? HHHHEEEELLLLPPPP
     
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    Is the wall power outlet grounded and are you using a surge protector?
     
    Skye2, Dec 14, 2006
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