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Loud chatter under keyboard/mouse buttons
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:08 pm
by RedGreen
I had a loud chatter come from under my mouse buttons and the bottom of the keyboard (mostly on the left side).
This started on my four day old machine. I shut it down and started it back up, the chatter hasn't started back up again after running the machine for a half hour.
Im trying to figure out what could be making the noise, where can I find a diagram of the layout of the internals of this machine?
Any ideas about this issue of mine would be really helpful?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:33 pm
by DavidNY
Which model machine do you have?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:41 pm
by RedGreen
DavidNY wrote:Which model machine do you have?
7668-CTO, its an X61s with internal EVDO.
I have used the machine for a couple hours after I rebooted and the noise still hasnt come back. I am going to call lenovo tomorrow, But in the meantime I have classes and really need to use it so hopefully I dont end up aggravating any problem.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:34 am
by ryengineer
Few people on T6x forum mentioned the high pitched noise comes from the processor and is common on Dell and HP notebooks too, a member even posted a link to another forum leading to two youtube videos of Dell and HP making that noise:
T6x thread.
I am not sure if it's the same noise you're experiencing on your machine but you're free to avail your warranty.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:57 am
by RedGreen
ryengineer wrote:Few people on T6x forum mentioned the high pitched noise comes from the processor and is common on Dell and HP notebooks too, a member even posted a link to another forum leading to two youtube videos of Dell and HP making that noise:
T6x thread.
I am not sure if it's the same noise you're experiencing on your machine but you're free to our warranty.
Thanks for the fast response. However I do not think this is the same issue that I was having, it sounded to me like my CPU fan was hitting against something. Everything seems to be fine now though, it hasnt repeated the noise after hours of use.
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Edit: I did find out where the noise was coming from. For some reason the mic was causing feedback and making the strange noise come out of the speaker. I was really surprised when I muted and it went away, the noise even fooled a couple of my techie friends. I run linux on the thing and I will be playing with its audio settings.