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    1520 weird noise from the left side of laptop

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bizekiel, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. bizekiel

    bizekiel Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, I couldn't find anything on this so I'm going to post a new thread

    My laptop seems to make a weird grinding/rattling noise from the left/center of the keyboard. It kind of goes in a cycle, so that it pitches up, then down, up, then down, etc. It's done this before, and a shut down would fix it, but now it seems to always be there.

    It's not the hard drive, I'm pretty certain (I know the sound from when I first got my laptop) and it's not the cpu whine or the headphone jack static. There aren't any problems besides the noise, so I'm not sure what's going on.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
     
    bizekiel, Dec 11, 2007
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