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    MX7515 noise

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Ryvius, Oct 23, 2005.

  1. Ryvius

    Ryvius Notebook Guru

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    1)I notice some weird noises coming from it. Everytime when I run something, a low "boom" sound like a vaccum comes up some "dic dic dic" sounds also, is this normal? The dic sounds seem to be coming from my HD while the vaccum sounds seem to be my fan.

    2) I got a HTS541010G9AT00 HD, is that a 5400RPM HD?

    3) What is the brand name for the GCA-4080N?

    4) Is there a way to uninstall AOL completely? I uninstalled everything AOL in the ADD/REMOVE software but it's still there on my taskbar.
     
    Ryvius, Oct 23, 2005
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    The 'ticking' noises - are those coming from your hard drive or you can't tell?

    I'd look in the fan to see if there is anything lodged in there.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 23, 2005
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    The 4040n is a LG drive.
     
    ZaZ, Oct 24, 2005
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    The 'dic'ing noises is most likely coming from your hard drive. Try watching the hard drive light as you hear the sound (its the cylinder). My MX7515 does this, also. My old centrino would make a horrible high pitched noise (but with the same loudness as this drive) unless I had the power saving setting to "Max Battery"


    AOL is like a virus... I ended up formatting. Be sure to burn yourself a new driver CD before you format! The MX7515 does not come with any drivers. Someone was nice enough to post them on the internet though! (actually the 7510gx drivers, but they're the same)
     
    branflakes, Oct 25, 2005
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  5. Ryvius

    Ryvius Notebook Guru

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    how do I burn a driver cd, do I just copy all the drivers or is there a program that will do it for me?
     
    Ryvius, Oct 25, 2005
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    There should be something in under "All Programs" that does it. If you already blew away your install I don't think it will be there any more. When I rebuilt from the recovery (and driver) CD it wasn't there anymore.
     
    ginzero, Oct 25, 2005
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  7. Ryvius

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    I want to do a clean WindowsXP install, do I just insert the installation cd then install XP Pro and then run the driver cd?
     
    Ryvius, Oct 26, 2005
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