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    HP Spectre x360 Kaby Lake - Fan buzzing noise and never switches off

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Joshva, Dec 15, 2016.

  1. Joshva

    Joshva Notebook Consultant

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    Is anyone else experiencing a fan buzzing noise when you listen closely to the left side fan?

    Also, does your fan ever turn off? Mine still goes quite loudly at 45C processor temperature

    I have installed the latest bios and all latest drivers
    I have passive cooling on
    I have set bios to fan not always running
     
    Joshva, Dec 15, 2016
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  2. AndreaM

    AndreaM Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's not the fan.
    it's the motherboard/cpu phases which emits electrical noise.
    This is the reason you hear it even when you have the fan turned off. Bios and drivers have nothing to do with it.
    It's pretty common in many modern laptops/ultrabooks.
     
    AndreaM, Dec 19, 2016
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  3. Joshva

    Joshva Notebook Consultant

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    Mine was a broken unit btw. It wasn't coil whine. It only occured when the fan was going. Was definitely a broken fan.

    I returned it and the new unit is perfect
     
    Joshva, Dec 26, 2016
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    AndreaM Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh, I thought it was just a coil whine issue. The term "buzzing noise" made me think to the typical noise of coil whine.

    Nice to know you solved it!
     
    AndreaM, Dec 30, 2016
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  5. Joshva

    Joshva Notebook Consultant

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    It was definitely a broken unit. I returned it and swapped it. My new one is AMAZING! So perfect.

    I've ordered 3 Lenovo Yoga 910 and 3 Macbook Pro 13 non-touchbar. All had some manufacturing defect.

    The only one that doesn't is my HP Spectre. PERFECT
     
    Joshva, Jan 8, 2017
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