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    hard drive noise?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by arghilost, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. arghilost

    arghilost Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi. i've recently purchased a dell xps m1530 and i was wondering about the scratching/crackling noise in the background. i'm assuming it's the hard drive but i never noticed it on my inspiron or anyhting. is this common with the xps models? and is there anything i can do about it? thanks.
     
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Its common with all modern computers.
     
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    the_forge.nz Notebook Consultant

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    I own a XPS 1530 , I hear the HDD faintly spinning sometimes whent some processing happens , none of this scratching - crackling thing and probably there is nothing you can do about it short of trying different HDD's to see which spins quiet
     
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    it sounds like it doesn't bother him, more that he's just curious if it's normal. If it's a constant sound try adjusting your brightness and see if it goes away at full.
     
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    okay...now that i think about it. it is kind of annoying, but i guess its okay. according to the thread posted by gunned i guess it happens to a lot of people. if i return it for a new one, would it most likely do the same thing? is this something a driver update could fix? if so, i could just wait it out.
     
    arghilost, Apr 9, 2008
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