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    high pitch noise from left side of KB area (gpu/fan)

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by kinbote, Apr 3, 2009.

  1. kinbote

    kinbote Newbie

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    Got my 7805u couple days ago.... wondering if any one is getting this. I think it may be from the gpu fan. my buddy bought one the same day and he is not; as far as he can tell; getting the noise. If it's very quiet in the room the sound is very noticeable... like a very high frequency eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. it goes away occasionally but is apparent 75% of the time. I'm very anal when i buy a new laptop, plus i went on vacation the day after i bought it so I cant go to best buy till next tuesday to compare, and the not knowing is driving me crazy. feel free to add your 2 cents.
     
    kinbote, Apr 3, 2009
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  2. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    It doesn't sound like anything to worry about really, but if it bothers you, exchange it.
     
    Mormegil83, Apr 3, 2009
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  3. oamster

    oamster Notebook Geek

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    Mine does (or did) the same thing.. the others that I've had didn't do it, or at least I didn't notice it.
     
    oamster, Apr 3, 2009
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    f10167 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Mine has that noise if I flash the bios to 9c.08.00 and 9c.12.00. But somehow 9c.10.00 doesn't give me that noise. Just my 0.2 cents.
     
    f10167, Apr 3, 2009
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  5. Azamatka

    Azamatka Notebook Guru

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    Same noise with some BIOSes.

    Now I've got .10 bios and the sound's gone.

    Anyway, there was NO such trouble out of the box, and whe I started playing with BIOS flashing - it appeared.
     
    Azamatka, Apr 3, 2009
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  6. Kazeari

    Kazeari Notebook Consultant

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    Wait till you grow old or blow your eardrums out with music so that you won't hear the noise...
    But yeah try switching the Bios, something must be wrong if there is a noise..
     
    Kazeari, Apr 3, 2009
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  7. kinbote

    kinbote Newbie

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    i've got bios 9c.17.00. is there a later version i can flash?
    thanks for the previous replys!
    fyi... i am old with blown out ear drums ;)
     
    kinbote, Apr 3, 2009
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  8. Kazeari

    Kazeari Notebook Consultant

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    You need to flash to an older version I think... which is 9c.10.00.

    You must have pretty good ears still or the sound is really bad...
     
    Kazeari, Apr 4, 2009
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