They seem to make a new DV6 every year but This one is mine.
I've had this notebook since September and its awesome. But there is a very annoying issue I have always had with it. When I'm using it in a very quiet environment I can hear it emit a high pitched beep type sound every second. Its extremely quiet but its one of those sounds your brain suddenly notices and you can't stop hearing it - like when some old CRT monitors and tube TV's are left on. I usually only hear it when the PC is idle or doing very basic tasks like I'm doing now typing this. I thought for sure it was something else in my home for the first month until I was using the notebook someplace else and heard the same annoying sound. When I put my ear up to the notebook I can hear it better and that its somehow tied with the fan. I can hear the fan barely slow down by probably 5%, then that beep and the fan speeds up again. This happens continuously until I'm not idle. Anyone else notice this? My motherboard was replaced a month ago (It randomly died) but nothing changed.
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Might this be "CPU whine"?
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Disk drive Actuator Arms are often driven by a voice coil ( RE: Tutorial on the Rotary or Swing Arm Voice Coil Actuator used on modern Hard Disk ), but are usually pretty silent unless they encounter reseeks.
Very High Pitched and Super Quiet beep/sound from DV6
Discussion in 'HP' started by yensed, Mar 22, 2011.