CPU Whine

I recently got a T61p and it seems to exbit a lot of a high-pitched noise whenever the CPU active (non-idleing). I seems to be what others are calling "CPU Whine" for other models that have had the problem.

Is this mean that there is a significant problem with the computer? I'm leaving for college in a little over a week so I rather not have to send it in for work, but I don't want to wait until it fails. Any suggestions?

 

Not a significant problem, only annoying. If you want to fix it, currently the only known method is using RMclock to prevent the laptop from down-stepping the CPU speed. This will cause a hit on your battery life. I personally just used RMclock to disable low speeds while plugged in so I only get the whine when on battery. When on battery, I deal with it.

 

I recently purchased a R61 with vista and my laptop seems to exibit some type of cpu whine when it's not plugged int. Why would it not whine when pluged in, and make more noise when not plugged in?

 

The whine only occurs when the CPU enters a lower frequency mode. When plugged in, the CPU is probably not downclocking as much, and not to the point that causes it to whine.

 

I'm running RMClock with a voltage of .95 to .9875 for the differnet modes, it provides me a lot of extra battery life so I'm sure I really want to live on 100% CPU again.

If this doesn't damage the laptop I will learn to live with it. The graphics card is probably going to expload anyways .