Inspiron One 2305, buzzing

Well, I know with extreme confidence that when I wake my machine up from sleep, that buzzing will be there. I also notice if I have multiple browsers tabs open(I use Chrome) that one some pages the buzzing gets louder. This is very weird. I will call Dell tomorrow. 

I also have this issue with my brand new Inspiron 2305.  I called Dell yesterday and they updated my bios, which did not help anything.  The representative eventually placed an order for a new machine, but I am disappointed to see that it will likely have the same problem.  I am also very frustrated by my Dell representative acting like this was a rare issue, even though I pointed him to this discussion while we were on the phone.  There is obviously some kind of hardware/software defect with these machines, and I don't think Dell is aware of the magnitude of the problem.

Just called Dell to setup the return of my noisy replacement system.  They said they are aware of the problem and their engineers are working to find a fix.  They hope to have a solution in 7-10 days, and they will call me as soon as a fix is available.  I actually spoke with several people, including the manager of the tech support representative, and I really believe they are aware of the widespread nature of the problem and are working on it . Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Another Note.  "Waking" this morning from the sleep I manually induced  last night  for my Dell One 2305, the machine is not buzzing.  Going into screen saver mode so far today has not brought on buzzing.

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And like other observers, I find that after an autonomously initiated sleep the machine woke up buzzing.

.. but after putting the buzzy machine to "sleep" and waking it up shortly after, it was no longer buzzing.

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Just got off the phone with Dell, wanted to log my problem as I was coming up on 1 month.

They updated the Realtek HD audio driver and flashed BIOS to A05.

I didn't have much hope since others had updates, but the machine seems to be quiet now!  Fingers crossed. . .

Are these drivers new?? I've updated all my drivers and BIOS a few times and that never seemed to fix the issue. Trying leaving the display asleep for 5 minutes and THEN wake it up..let me know if you hear the buzzing noise after that...

Spoke too soon!

Forced monitor sleep (1 min timeout) didn't cause hum, but when I reset to 30 min wait time and came back later--hum.  Sorry for the false alarm.

It is NOT a fasle alarm! I forced my monitor to sleep in one minute and the buzz began the second I came back on. I've been trying to write to this forum since December 16. There is a definite design flaw in the Inspiron One 2305. I too got a new computer on December 16. I set it up and fell in love. Sleep mode came on and the buzzing began. I called Dell Tech and we did all the same things y'all have mentioned in your previous posts, including replacing BIOS, et al. Nothing worked. My computer was replaced. I don't like sleep mode just happening on my computer so with this new one, I turned it off. I never had a buzzing issue. As stated, yesterday, I was cleaning and wanted to clean the monitor. I forced a 1 minute sleep. The moment the screen came back on, the buzzing began and it was LOUD. Disgusted, I just turned it off and went and did something else. Then it dawned on me that I had put it in the sleep mode. I turned on the computer, no buzzing. I turned OFF the sleep mode and hibernate mode and set them to "never" and that was it. I have not had a buzzing noise since that one time yesterday.

And I agree with you! They shouldn't have launched the product. They had to know of the problem. There is too high a volume for this to go unnoticed. I love Dell and will stick with my Dell. I have owned Dells since they started selling them and they generally last me 7 years. Maybe there will be a recall.

My buzzing noise is not related to sleep modes...  it is related to what is being displayed.  The loudest buzz is observed in Excel with color coded cells.  Various levels of the buzz are observed in switching tab to tab in a browser as well.   Clever enough, the buzz is not detected when viewing the Dell Stage custom desktop image, dark blue theater curtain screen.... perhaps that was intentional. I was suppose to hear back yesterday on when my 3rd machine was expected to ship, I've since emailed saying I want a refund instead. No response yet though...

i hear you..if the "sleep mode" was turned to off, then there would be no buzzing noise for me either..the point is that this is a brand NEW machine..i shouldn't have to tolerate the noise and work around the issue..they should've tested this AOI before launching the product..

I seriously hope Dell is aware of the issue and is working on a fix..

Try to hit the input button and change input and bring it back to Dell Inspiron One.

This should make the sound go away but have BIOS ver A05 installed and check.

Do you mean restore it to factory status? That doesn't work. Also, changing the BIOS doesn't work either. This is a serious design flaw that Dell must recall. It's on all the machines I've read about so far. Granted, I don't know how many of these machines Dell has sold since it's debut, but I think we have enough of the same issue going on here to show a strict design flaw that must be fixed. Otherwise, this machine is the best computer I've seen in years.