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    strange noise

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by darko1515, Dec 25, 2008.

  1. darko1515

    darko1515 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hy. I have a question. I have a xps for about 2 months, and a few days ago in a quiet environment I heart a strange noise coming from the laptop. I do not know how to describe the noise, is like a mouse sound 'zt-zt-zt-zt-tztz-zt-zt-zttzt', you can not hear it , only if you listen in a quiet environment. The sound comes from the processor and is not the usual sound when the pc is loading.
    Could that be a problem,?or is normal?
     
    darko1515, Dec 25, 2008
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    pscbrenden Notebook Enthusiast

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    you might just have a loud harddrive and your hearding the drive being accessed or it could be the drive dying. See if you can download a free HDD diag program online and check it out.
     
    pscbrenden, Dec 25, 2008
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