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Dell inspiron n5010 random beep and clank (click) Windows 7 (64bit)
Hi.
My brand new n5010 beeps randomly. Single medium-long beep (2sec.) occurs. During the beep there is another mechanical sound inside laptop. The sound can be described as clank or click (very similar like opening laptop`s cdrom). No system freezing no other problems. This occurs 2-3 times a day (sometimes less). No mater if I am using my laptop or it is being idle. So IMHO it`s not temperature problem.
BTW windows Event Viewer has no information at times when beeping and clank`ing occurs.
Can somebody help me? What kind of diagnostics programs I can run? I`ve tried memtest+ with result of 0 errors.. And what kind of logger I can use, taht can catch such error?
Other system specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5-480M
Ram: 6GB (2GB+4GB) 1333MHz DDR3
HDD: 640GB (5400RPM) SAMSUNG_HM641JI
VGA: 1GB, ATI Radeon HD 5650
Superb system, i Just love it but that creepy beep and clank is driving me mad :)
vukis
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August 4th, 2011 01:00
In my specific case it was HDD problem after changing it to Toshiba no more problems
vukis
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February 15th, 2011 11:00
BUMP
Why speedFan app is showing extremely low temperature?
Core0 and core1 ~10 celcius. BTW I recently noticed that there is no changes in temperatures when beep/clank occurs. What is wrong with my laptop?
dto8
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March 15th, 2011 03:00
I have the same problem, but there's nothing wrong with my core temperatures. The beeping and clicking occur about once a day for me, although I only turn on my laptop in the evening.
I've shot off an email to Dell support to see what they can do. Do you have any updates on your situation?
vukis
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March 15th, 2011 03:00
I tried all kind`s of diagnostics (official dell and 3rd party) on my HDD,RAM, and other parts with no luck. Everything passed with success.
So I have taken my laptop to service. They kept it for one week, tried different diagnostics, but as they claimed, that they didn`t hear any sound. When I receive my laptop back home it took 30 minutes to produce that annoying sound again. I mailed to service again and they ordered HDD replacement. So now I`m still using laptop and waiting HDD replacement arrival. Anyway the service are NOT 100% sure, that it is HDD problem. Let`s hope, that it`s HDD problem..
For last week this sound happens almost twice a day, and it is not single beep anymore. Now it beeps in complete random patterns and after making that beep patern as always click sound occurs.
By the way. As I google`d about low fan temperatures I discovered, that Low core temperature, was false alarm because of speedfan app incompatibility with my bios (or something like that).
meehi
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March 19th, 2011 03:00
Hi!
I have the same problem strange beep or clank on every day once or twice.
I just bougth Dell Inspiron n5010
CPU: P6200
RAM: 3GB
HDD: 320GB
VGA: Intel
Any solution are welcome!
Or I hope it will go bad in warranty time so they can change it back for free!
vukis
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March 19th, 2011 04:00
I'm still waiting for hdd replacement. Random beeps+clicks still eats my nerves. I'll let you guys know on any updates. I hope so do you.
p.s. after finding people with same problem but diferent hardware I'm now 80% sure, that it is not faulty hdd :(
meehi
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March 19th, 2011 04:00
Just a speculation but this still could be a HDD problem, like a series of faulty HDDs in every Inpiron n5010 modell. Maybe they used the same hard disk in these models. But as I sad this is just a speculation. I'm waiting for your experience with your new hdd.
vukis
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March 26th, 2011 10:00
O.k. Iv`e got my hdd replacement on friday (yesterday). No problems so far. But only one full day passed, so anything can happen in near future. If problem reappears I`ll let you know. Let`s hope i will never write here again :)
By the way my old hdd was samsung. replacement is toshiba :)
bastienauneau
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May 5th, 2011 13:00
So ?
Mine started doing that once a month after few month, now it's almost every day for few days
Did the new HDD helped ? And if it's HDD it's scary for data !
vukis
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May 5th, 2011 14:00
yeah it helped. new hdd worked like a charm no more problems for two months so far
Noe I just love that laptop :)
Iuliana
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May 20th, 2011 15:00
I have the same problem...bought this laptop 2 weeks ago (win 7 x64) and tonight i heard it doing this beep and click for the first time... Tought it was from the cores, but if u say it was the hdd that`s a bit comforting...hdd is less expensive than the cores :) Hope i'll never hear that again, but i wouldn't count on it.
Cheers!
zeko77
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June 14th, 2011 00:00
Same here. Quite annoying. HDD issue ? win7 64
S4b1n
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August 3rd, 2011 06:00
I have for like a month or so almost the same System as vukis, the topic starter. It's I5-480M, 4GB Ram, 640 GB hdd SAMSUNG ALSO, Ati HD 5650 1 gb, very pleased of it, but i also get the BEEPS and CLICKS.
Not rushing into changing the HDD yet, while I stil have almost another 2 years of warranty. Meanwhile, backing up my information.
Thank you for your information!
leftt 4 dead
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August 4th, 2011 01:00
it could be the fan on the video card
izzyoo7
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August 20th, 2011 09:00
I have the same issue with my inspiron N5010. 4gig, 500gig and ATI 50x video. i hear this ramdom click and beep on the lower left corner. i talked to tech support and suggested the problem is HD. mine too has a samsung drive. I am waiting for the fedex box to arrive to ship the laptop