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    Buzzing sound on my new E1505 when playing BF2

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Jeff Coleman, Sep 20, 2006.

  1. Jeff Coleman

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    I get this buzzing sound on my new E1505 when i play BF2, it at first sounded like it was coming from the speakers, but I'm not positive. It's really annoying, anyone ever heard of this?
     
    Jeff Coleman, Sep 20, 2006
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    Is it your fan?
    Tim
     
    Tim, Sep 20, 2006
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    fans
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    Open I8kfangui , set all fas to off , then 1 by 1 try each fan low and high modes to find out if its the fans and which side .

    Fans are easy to replace by yourself if you don't have in-home service .

    Speakers
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    Connect headphones to see if the sound still there .
     
    gilo, Sep 20, 2006
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  4. Jeff Coleman

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    Its not the fans, i read on some other forums and some people are linking it to the graphics card, a few people said Dell had to send them a new laptop, this really sucks. No one has heard of this? It only happens when i play a game like BF2, the menu in BF2 is fine, but once the map loads and the game starts it starts buzzing.
     
    Jeff Coleman, Sep 20, 2006
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    Think it could be something that has to with GPU or LCD? Does it change the resolution when you start playing the game?
     
    Syndrome, Sep 20, 2006
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  6. Jeff Coleman

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    nope, resolution is fine. I plugged in headphones and it does the same thing through them, so i know it is an internal issue.
     
    Jeff Coleman, Sep 20, 2006
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    My graphics card makes a fun noise under some circumstances, like a screeching mouse. But this only happens when I'm running linux.
    However, no problems at all on windows, and battlefield 2.

    The only thing I can think of is trying new drivers.
     
    MC., Sep 21, 2006
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  8. Jeff Coleman

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    when i reformatted my laptop i installed the latest version of Omega Drivers...i had these in my last E1505 and it worked perfectly.
     
    Jeff Coleman, Sep 21, 2006
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    Try running BF2 on DC power, and see if you still have that problem...
    Apparently there was defective DC-DC SMPS on a batch of Dell motherboards which would buzz under load when running on AC...I had the same problem on my m1210 and Dell replaced the motherboard
     
    Superczar, Sep 21, 2006
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    Just tried that, still buzzes using the battery. This sucks.
     
    Jeff Coleman, Sep 21, 2006
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    well after 3 hours with tech support they are sending me a box to ship the laptop out in. This pisses me off, i get 1 day to enjoy my new laptop, an now it's another 2 weeks with no computer, have to say this is my first bad experience with Dell.
     
    Jeff Coleman, Sep 22, 2006
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