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    High pitched screech

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Benjyo, Aug 21, 2008.

  1. Benjyo

    Benjyo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Right my laptop randomly and sometimes frequently makes a quite horrid high pitched screech sound im not going to say i dont know what it is because i have just had a new hard drive shipped to me because the old one died, the hdd my 6625 came with was a hitachi 7200rpm 120gb, the new hdd i was sent is exactly the same except for it is a Toshiba.

    Now i noticed my laptop used to make a quiet chirping type sound almost constantly like there was a cricket in my laptop before my hdd died i didnt think much of it.

    I got this new Toshiba and that chirping went away, i though great but now i get this random and quite violent sounding screech and the only thing that is different is the hdd.

    I have no idea what this is, should i be worried?
     
  2. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    I'll assume you had a Hitachi TravelStar (like I have) with an aggressive power management setting.
    That would account for the 'chirping' sound which are the load/unload cycle sounds.
    A violent sounding high pitched screech sounds worse though and would certainly make me worried.

    Are you sure these aren't BIOS beep codes?; link. (I hope not...).
    I'd contact Zepto about it anyway.
    Good luck.
     
  3. Sprint

    Sprint DTR Super Mod

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    from wich part of the laptop does it come (when its open). the HDD is in the bottom right corner.
     
  4. Benjyo

    Benjyo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Its not BIOS beep codes, its like a screech that lasts for a second or less it seems completely random however im not sure. Sometimes it wont happen at all while i am using my laptop for a 4 hours session maybe and others it happens more frequent. I cant quite tell where it is coming from, except for it seems like the right hand side when my laptop is open, its hard to tell as i cant make it do it myself.

    I'll give zepto a ring, just thought it may be something normal...i guess not.
     
  5. Sprint

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    Screeches and beeps are never normal cept if you produce it yourself or the ticking of the hdd