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Beep from the HD area on M1530
Hey,
I've got an m1530 with what I think is a HD that beeps from time to time. It makes a beep, then clicks, then goes on its merry way?
Questions you may ask:
Q Is the sound coming out of the speakers?
A I dont think so, you even get it when you have headphones plugged in.
Q Whats it sound like?
A It sounds like a pretty hight note, maybe an E sharp, and it lasts about 1 second.
Q Any other issues?
A None that I can spot, HD seems to spin the rest of the time.
I've got an m1530 with what I think is a HD that beeps from time to time. It makes a beep, then clicks, then goes on its merry way?
Questions you may ask:
Q Is the sound coming out of the speakers?
A I dont think so, you even get it when you have headphones plugged in.
Q Whats it sound like?
A It sounds like a pretty hight note, maybe an E sharp, and it lasts about 1 second.
Q Any other issues?
A None that I can spot, HD seems to spin the rest of the time.
mwmcginn
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February 27th, 2008 20:00
Love the latin quote, maybe you are the man to solve this!
Pawk
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February 27th, 2008 20:00
mwmcginn
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February 28th, 2008 12:00
mwmcginn
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February 28th, 2008 14:00
Hello,
The Hard Drive may be Defective. Contact the Toshiba Rma Dept. at
510-651-6077 ext.1 for warranty service.
Toshiba Technical Support.
-----Original Message-----
From: ToshibaSDD@www.toshiba.com [mailto: ToshibaSDD@www.toshiba.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 6:47 AM
To: sdd_techhelp@pcs-sj.com
Subject: HDD FORM REQUEST
Name: MMcGinn
Email:
Category: HDD
Model: MK1637GSX
Phone:
Question: I am receiving an intermittent beep from this HD running in a
laptop with windows vista. I am certain that this noise is from the HD.
Is this a warning noise; or what does it indicate?
flapcats
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February 28th, 2008 14:00
I have no idea what it is though, sorry.
mwmcginn
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February 28th, 2008 14:00
flapcats
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February 29th, 2008 10:00
flapcats
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February 29th, 2008 10:00
Changing the HD is the last thing I want to do, it'd take ages to get everything set up again.
Is the Beep a known problem that turns into drive failure?
Since it's not actually broken, would dell still replace it?
mwmcginn
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February 29th, 2008 17:00
flapcats
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March 4th, 2008 13:00
Do you know if it'll come with Vista and the recovery partition for that machine or would you need to reinstall it all yourself?
mwmcginn
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March 4th, 2008 17:00
flapcats
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March 5th, 2008 13:00
Blestemat
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March 9th, 2008 18:00
mwmcginn
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March 11th, 2008 19:00
Blestemat
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March 11th, 2008 20:00
They had me do the same with the same results (no errors). Now they asked me to set Quiet Mode into the BIOS's HDD acoustic mode. Hope it works. I'll try when I get back home.