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    Weird white noise from laptop?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by OKComputer, Oct 25, 2008.

  1. OKComputer

    OKComputer Notebook Guru

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    My newish Dell Vostro has suddenly started issuing white noise from the lefthand built-in speaker. It does this even with no programs running, including IE. Muting everything does nothing.

    I'm baffled. Any ideas?

    Thanks!
     
    OKComputer, Oct 25, 2008
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  2. Sgt. Hollywood

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    Does it sound like hard drive interference being picked up by the speaker?
     
    Sgt. Hollywood, Oct 25, 2008
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  3. OKComputer

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    Thanks for the reply, and sorry for my delay.

    It might well be that. That actually would make sense, given that it's apprently nothing to do with my Internet connection. Not sure why it didn't do this before.

    Any suggestion as to what I could do to stop this interference?
     
    OKComputer, Oct 26, 2008
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    jibberjabbers Notebook Geek

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    I had the same noise on my right speaker last night. It lasted for about 5 seconds..
     
    jibberjabbers, Oct 26, 2008
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