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    DV6000 screen humming

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bigbulus, Jun 28, 2008.

  1. bigbulus

    bigbulus Notebook Consultant

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    I just bought HP DV6000. I noticed that when screen changes (scroll up, down, or when you browse and page changes), I can hear the hum/noise from the screen. Is this normal?
     
  2. Jstn7477

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    It is probably your processor changing power states, not the screen. It is like a small high pitched squealing noise. This is caused by the toroidal coils (like miniature transformers) that convert electricity to a different voltage so that your processor can use it. There is a whole thread about it somewhere, and many HP laptops, as well as other brands, and even some desktop motherboards have this problem. You can usually fix it with a program called RMClock, and you can learn how to use it in the Undervolting Thread.

    -J.B.
     
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    bigbulus Notebook Consultant

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    I went to that thread about the RMClock. But they don't mention that it can be used to eliminate the humming. I just want to make sure that I modify correct thing

    The noise/humming will appear when Internet Explorer changes page, load page, I scroll up/down a document. Basically, it'll noise when there is changing activity on the screen. So is RMClock is way to go to fix?
     
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    Untick the C4 sleep states in Advanced CPU settings then hit Apply.