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Inspiron 2650 Noisy!
Hello all,
My Inspiron 2650 is now about 3 years old, however, I just replaced the hard drive and upgraded the ram. The basic specs are as follows:
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 - 1.6 GHz
Ram: 512 MB
HD: 60 GB (26.9 GB Free)
OS: Windows XP Home Edition SP 2
My question is regarding noise. My computer is noisy even when absolutley nothing is running. I ran MS Antispywear, I submitted a HijackThis report to a variety of forums, I ran CleanUp! to rid me of my temp files - yet, still this undying noise.
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 - 1.6 GHz
Ram: 512 MB
HD: 60 GB (26.9 GB Free)
OS: Windows XP Home Edition SP 2
My question is regarding noise. My computer is noisy even when absolutley nothing is running. I ran MS Antispywear, I submitted a HijackThis report to a variety of forums, I ran CleanUp! to rid me of my temp files - yet, still this undying noise.
A description of the noise: a higher frequency noise which to me sounds like it is coming from the HDD - I can't be sure, but it isn't an airy sound like fan noise. It almost sounds like a 56K modem while in use...like that fax machine white noise.
Please, please, please - let me know if you know any type of fix. I am at wits end! Thank you!
jankerson
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April 9th, 2005 13:00
jankerson
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April 9th, 2005 14:00
Yep, Hitachi drive make noise, more than most.
Thats normal for them.
jankerson
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April 9th, 2005 14:00
abajorek
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April 9th, 2005 14:00
abajorek
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April 9th, 2005 14:00
Well, the device manager only lists the serial number, and that is: HTS548060M9AT00
With a bit of research on altavista, I found that the model number is in there, HTS548 - and that this hard drive is made by Hitachi.
I hope this helps!! Do certain manufacturers have noisier hard drives or something?
RichardLusignan
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April 10th, 2005 18:00
I had a very similar problem with a 2650, it did that high-pitched noise even in the BIOS, albeit to a lesser extent.
It seemed at the time to come from underneath the keyboard near where the video card is attached, upper-center of the keyboard. I tried it with the HD out and the noise was there.
The only thing that I could do at the time was to adjust power settings to use less power (and to my disappointment, less performance), and that helped a lot. As the machine was lent to me by my company, I was very glad when they exchanged it for an 5160 (although that machine has other kwirks...)
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