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    Sounds

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jtom, Jul 18, 2006.

  1. jtom

    jtom Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an xps 1210 and have noticed something very annoying: every few seconds the notebook emits a high pitched noise that last for a few seconds. This might not seem like a big deal but when I am totally quiet doing work it gets so annoying that I have to turn it off.

    Any way to get rid of this sound?

    Thanks
     
    jtom, Jul 18, 2006
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Is the sound coming from your regular speakers or the system speaker?
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 18, 2006
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    Your sound card is no good. Call Dell and get it replaced. I had the same problem with my first XPS
     
    gridtalker, Jul 18, 2006
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  4. jtom

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    I dont think it has anything to do with the speakers. I thought it was the dvd drive making the noise.
     
    jtom, Jul 18, 2006
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    Is it the wifi beep? Intel software has it set at default to beep, but I don't remember all of the details. I know we've had several users complain of this beeping noise before but not sure if it is the same as what you are describing.
     
    Amber, Jul 18, 2006
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  6. jtom

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    Its hard to describe. Its not a beep rather its a high pitched noise (if that isnt confusing). Its sounds kinda like the noise the dvd drive makes when its reading a cd. I thought I could possibly disable the drive and see if thats the source of the sound.
     
    jtom, Jul 18, 2006
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    what cd/dvd drive do you have?
     
    Amber, Jul 18, 2006
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  8. jtom

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    the sony dvdrw
     
    jtom, Jul 18, 2006
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    I think I know what you're talking about - is it an intermittent, high pitched buzzing noise?
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Jul 18, 2006
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  10. jtom

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    YESSSSS!!!!!

    Thats it!!!

    It happens every few seconds. It is extremely annoying when I am doing work. I was doing chemistry a while ago and had to shut it off because its so annoying when doing work.
     
    jtom, Jul 19, 2006
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    I have an update for this issue. I have fixed the problem. I wanted to increase my performance so I disabled alot of the backgound processes and configured my power settings to max performance. After a little while, I realized that theres no more sounds!! Its really weird but at least its fixed.
     
    jtom, Jul 26, 2006
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  12. JediDurron

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    I just bought 2 E1505 and am having htis problem on both of them, please tell me exactly what you did to solve this problem...
     
    JediDurron, Jul 27, 2006
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    I just went to msconfig (type in RUN). I went through each list on each tab and disabled everything I didnt use. I then went to the power options on the control panel and configured it to max. performance.
     
    jtom, Jul 27, 2006
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