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    Strange hard drive(?) beeping sound HELP!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by excelsior!, Oct 30, 2007.

  1. excelsior!

    excelsior! Newbie

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    Hi, I bought a R61 about 3 months ago and so far I love it. But, there is this annoying light beeping sound comming from it all the time, I think its from the hard drive. It sure as hell isnt from the speakers because I muted them and it still does the beeping. Its faint and not very loud but when I'm in the quiet its annoying as S***!

    Please help me, I think its associated with the hard drive light
     
    excelsior!, Oct 30, 2007
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  2. LaptopGuru

    LaptopGuru Notebook Evangelist

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    Perhaps its an acoustic characteristic of the drive.... What model is it (check device manager) -- guessing Seagate or Hitachi. If it's Hitachi, there is a tool that lets you tune performance and acoustic parameters that may eliminate it.
     
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  3. Preacher

    Preacher Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, I had this problem too.

    Here's a solution, except .. perhaps ... it's crashing the computer, though I'm not sure.

    http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/showthread.php?p=31347

    But at least it fixes the beeps. Not sure yet if it makes me crash.. but I think it isn't making a lot of other ppl crashing so maybe you're lucky
     
    Preacher, Nov 1, 2007
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