Swimmer Posted October 15, 2006 CID Share Posted October 15, 2006 Alright this has stumped me for quite some time now.. I acquired a HP Pavilion ze4400 from a friend.. I have had it for about 3 months and for some reason it has extremely high pitched noises coming from it.. I disassembled it to clean the fan and heat sink earlier this month.. That didnt seem to help the cause.. I am pretty much open to any suggestions on how to get rid of it.. I have heard about the speaker in the model being like this if there was a power surge.. But i was told that the only reason that he wanted to get rid of it was due to a faulty hard drive and dead battery. Thanks guys.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted October 16, 2006 CID Share Posted October 16, 2006 power supply? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted October 16, 2006 CID Share Posted October 16, 2006 I would think fan or HDD. Do you have another PC that you can swap components with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted October 16, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 16, 2006 power supply? laptop I would think fan or HDD. Do you have another PC that you can swap components with? laptop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted October 16, 2006 CID Share Posted October 16, 2006 Alright this has stumped me for quite some time now.. I acquired a HP Pavilion ze4400 from a friend.. I have had it for about 3 months and for some reason it has extremely high pitched noises coming from it.. I disassembled it to clean the fan and heat sink earlier this month.. That didnt seem to help the cause.. I am pretty much open to any suggestions on how to get rid of it.. I have heard about the speaker in the model being like this if there was a power surge.. But i was told that the only reason that he wanted to get rid of it was due to a faulty hard drive and dead battery. Thanks guys.. Sure sounds like a pwr supply to me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted October 16, 2006 CID Share Posted October 16, 2006 all right bro - ....i dont know if this is a coincedence....but i had some annoying high pitched noise come from my computer area as well.....took me a while to find out where its comming from...and as it turns out, it came from my monitor .....that was wierd because it seemed it was comming from the box, but every time i would come close to it, it would dissapear...... ...wierd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted October 16, 2006 CID Share Posted October 16, 2006 all right bro - ....i dont know if this is a coincedence....but i had some annoying high pitched noise come from my computer area as well.....took me a while to find out where its comming from...and as it turns out, it came from my monitor .....that was wierd because it seemed it was comming from the box, but every time i would come close to it, it would dissapear...... ...wierd You have a very good point.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 16, 2006 CID Share Posted October 16, 2006 swimmer have you looked here http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=231348&admit=-682735245+1161021003773+28353475 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted October 16, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 16, 2006 that look like the problem.. now to flash it on to a linux computer.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted October 16, 2006 CID Share Posted October 16, 2006 i had a monitor once that did that. It turns out it was the built in speakers on the monitor that were causing all the noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted October 17, 2006 CID Share Posted October 17, 2006 quicker fix : put some earmuffs on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted October 17, 2006 CID Share Posted October 17, 2006 Dont have any earmuffs. and it was summer so that would be quite odd/hot to do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PeePs Posted October 17, 2006 CID Share Posted October 17, 2006 If you are talking REALLY high pitched I'm thinking its your monitor. Does it sitll make the noise when your monitor is off? My friend's monitor makes that really high pitched noise, but only at the higher refresh rates. Funny thing is he can't even hear it because apparently he can't hear noises that high in pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted October 17, 2006 CID Share Posted October 17, 2006 If you are talking REALLY high pitched I'm thinking its your monitor. Does it sitll make the noise when your monitor is off? My friend's monitor makes that really high pitched noise, but only at the higher refresh rates. Funny thing is he can't even hear it because apparently he can't hear noises that high in pitch. Hehe, that reminds me. Name that site: "Is your monitor on?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted October 17, 2006 CID Share Posted October 17, 2006 If you are married swimmer that would explain it. It sounds something like my wife when she finds out the last potato chip is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 17, 2006 CID Share Posted October 17, 2006 If you are married swimmer that would explain it. It sounds something like my wife when she finds out the last potato chip is gone. :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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