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    X200 - High-pitched beeping sound (long beeps)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Mysteriouskk, Oct 23, 2008.

  1. Mysteriouskk

    Mysteriouskk Notebook Geek

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    If I'm in a silent room, I can hear a fairly quiet, but high-pitched beeping sound coming from the laptop. It is sort of annoying when I'm the only one in the room, because it is fairly high-pitched. It's not the hard drive, because I replaced it with a SSD, so I'm thinking it has to be something else.

    Anyone else notice this, or is mine defective?
     
    Mysteriouskk, Oct 23, 2008
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  2. aespinalc

    aespinalc Notebook Evangelist

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    my last dell did the same thing... its not normal.. but not risky, since it did it for 2 years and counting... no idea what it is though... i came to think it was the electricity flowing through the laptop but... no idea
     
    aespinalc, Oct 23, 2008
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    It might be the CPU. Does it go away if you do anything CPU intensive?
     
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    Apparently, this is completely normal and has been written about extensively under the term "cpu whine."

    It, however, does not affect all systems, and it affects my W500. I am unsure if I want to get rid of this notebook b/c of this really annoying whine. I mean, I had a Dell xps m1330 that had this whine, but no other systems, so clearly some systems don't possess it, even though most people say it's normal.
     
    pufftissue, Oct 23, 2008
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