Slight click when turning over X40

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kadf88 · #1 Post by **kadf88** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:31 am

I'm not sure if this is normal or not but when i flip my X40 over (when its off). it makes this slight click, its coming from inside. i'm not quite sure what it is.. is it the HD? is it normal?

bigblue · #2 Post by **bigblue** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:00 am

That's probably the Active Protection System kicking in.

kadf88 · #3 Post by **kadf88** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:08 am

That's probably the Active Protection System kicking in.

its does this even when the machine is off?

bigblue · #4 Post by **bigblue** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:11 am

kadf88 wrote:its does this even when the machine is off?

Oops, skimmed over that part. Perhaps it's part of the APS hardware? I'll let the owners with X40's post their experiences, my apologies.

beerak · #5 Post by **beerak** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:23 am

kadf88 wrote:I'm not sure if this is normal or not but when i flip my X40 over (when its off). it makes this slight click, its coming from inside. i'm not quite sure what it is.. is it the HD? is it normal?

No, it is not normal. My X40 does not do anything like this when turned off.

Take it to the service.

eriqesque · #6 Post by **eriqesque** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:51 am

beerak wrote:
kadf88 wrote:I'm not sure if this is normal or not but when i flip my X40 over (when its off). it makes this slight click, its coming from inside. i'm not quite sure what it is.. is it the HD? is it normal?
No, it is not normal. My X40 does not do anything like this when turned off.

Take it to the service.

Actually then you might want to send yours in for service. Casue all the ones I have seen and heard of do this. It is part of the APS system on the board.

mattfromomaha · #7 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:00 pm

I actually took my sister's X40 apart because the noise was bugging me. It's caused by the release mechanism button for the PCMCIA card.

When you press the button to release/eject a PCMCIA card, the button is attached to a probe that pushed another probe to eject the card. The two probes are free to move a little and tap each other, which is the clicking you hear. It's perfectly benign.

kadf88 · #8 Post by **kadf88** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:04 pm

eriqesque wrote:
beerak wrote: No, it is not normal. My X40 does not do anything like this when turned off.

Take it to the service.

Actually then you might want to send yours in for service. Casue all the ones I have seen and heard of do this. It is part of the APS system on the board.

whew.... thanks for the replies guys

beerak · #9 Post by **beerak** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:16 pm

eriqesque wrote:
beerak wrote: No, it is not normal. My X40 does not do anything like this when turned off.

Take it to the service.

Actually then you might want to send yours in for service. Casue all the ones I have seen and heard of do this. It is part of the APS system on the board.

Are you telling me turned off IBM makes clicky sound ???

eriqesque · #10 Post by **eriqesque** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:17 pm

beerak wrote:
eriqesque wrote:
Actually then you might want to send yours in for service. Casue all the ones I have seen and heard of do this. It is part of the APS system on the board.
Are you telling me turned off IBM makes clicky sound ???

Iam telling you all the ones I have heard about and have come in contact with make this noise when turned off.
mattfromomaha says it's from the PCMCIA slot eject button. A tech at IBM says it is part of the APS so who knows what it is. But again all the ones I have seen do it.

dorin · #11 Post by **dorin** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:50 am

i confirm its the PCMCIA thingy! i just put one PCMCIA card and no noise after!

so relax hdd its fne!

dorin

jonnnny · #12 Post by **jonnnny** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:13 am

Yup my x41 does the same thing

and indeed, it is the pcmcia.

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