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    more squeals!

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by squeak83uk2, Mar 14, 2014.

  1. squeak83uk2

    squeak83uk2 Notebook Consultant

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    i posted about this issue about 5 months ago, and it only seems to get louder.

    Basically My m11x-r2 squeals loudly when on AC, its eminating from the alienhead, area, unplug the ac cord and it goes silent ( but my battery is shot so i cant leave it off for long, ) The squeal comes and goes, but is more noticable after powering up or on wake up, it goes quiet then sometimes it comes back.

    you can hear it from 2-3 foot away but its soooo damn hard to get on a microphone, since it doesn't really pick it up, its not the ac adapter as this is a good, 4-5 foot away..

    i tried my best to get it on camera again,



    the machine is idle, muted, and its there, please crank your volume a little if you cant hear it right away

    hopefully you can notice ( apart from the rustling behind, that when i unplug and the alienhead goes red, it goes quiet,

    im still under warranty and im hoping i can get this fixed before anything goes really wrong when the warranty expires (which knowing me is like a week or two after )
     
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  2. Benchmade 42

    Benchmade 42 Titanium

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    I hear it. Damn I regret selling my lunar shadow m11x r1 back in 2010 because the m11x is one sexy and cool little computer :eek:

    I would definitely send it in for warranty repair because that squealing noise could be a faulty hardware component on the inside that is about to fail but we are not sure. Could also be a coil whine.
     
    Benchmade 42, Mar 14, 2014
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  3. Bendak

    Bendak Notebook Evangelist

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    How is it with plugged in but without the battery?
     
    Bendak, Mar 15, 2014
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  4. squeak83uk2

    squeak83uk2 Notebook Consultant

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    its a little quieter, but there is still a smaller noise eminating from the middle
     
    squeak83uk2, Mar 17, 2014
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