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    Large hissing noise from adaptor

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by taylorlee, Apr 17, 2009.

  1. taylorlee

    taylorlee Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,
    finally got my 7807, everything is pretty good but the adaptor is giving large hissing noise. Anyboddy have any idea how to mute the adaptor? Thanks a lot
     
    taylorlee, Apr 17, 2009
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  2. Persnickety

    Persnickety Notebook Evangelist

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    Mute it? It sounds more like something is seriously wrong with it. Does it come from the brick itself? Have you tested the cables for loose connections and so on?
     
    Persnickety, Apr 17, 2009
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    Seany12 Newbie

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    GET RID OF IT! The hissing noise means one of the Batterys is ready to blow, and could be devistating thats bad news. Or if its the adapter could be a wire going
     
    Seany12, Apr 17, 2009
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    nacr05 Extreme Overclocker

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    Is it coming from the battery or the brick??
     
    nacr05, Apr 17, 2009
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    Tehkun Notebook Evangelist

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    lol I have the exact same thing. I think I asked this a while ago and someone said that its kind of common. I really don't mind, I just noticed that the hotter it gets the louder it is. When I threw a blanket over it by accident after a while I could hear it over the fan, but after I let to cool down it stopped.
     
    Tehkun, Apr 17, 2009
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  6. taylorlee

    taylorlee Notebook Enthusiast

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    wow, that's scary, I just called gateway and they'll replace the birck, thanks a lot
     
    taylorlee, Apr 17, 2009
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    yeah, the hotter the louder, really bothers me
     
    taylorlee, Apr 17, 2009
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    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    lol u ppl are crazy, mine did it randomly, its when too much power is being drawn through the unit, the power adapters for these units were not powerful enough so this sometimes happens. Its not a big deal but if it really bothers you you can get a new, more powerful one.
     
    narsnail, Apr 17, 2009
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    That's exactly what's happening. You can get a new one from Amazon with a 180W draw instead of the 120W Gateway adapter and you won't hear the sizzling. I don't mind it really.
     
    maskedformed, Apr 17, 2009
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    The only reason to get a new one would be if the noise annoyed you.
     
    idiotpilot, Apr 17, 2009
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  11. taylorlee

    taylorlee Notebook Enthusiast

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    any recommendation which model should I take, there seems to be a lot of them. Thanks
     
    taylorlee, Apr 18, 2009
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    taylorlee Notebook Enthusiast

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    kind of bothers me, and probabily will bother my co-workers in the office as well, i'm electrical engineer, and our traning tell us that kind of noise means something really goes wrong,
     
    taylorlee, Apr 18, 2009
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    AGREED..........
     
    TANWare, Apr 18, 2009
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    maskedformed, Apr 18, 2009
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