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7 year old Dell, running Windows 7, 250 GB SSD C:\
with 960 GB spinner for image storage etc. Makes a peculiar sound at first day startuo : https://vocaroo.com/i/s10aoBahOEH6 No other adverse symptoms. It's NOT the CD Drive because it's still there with the drive disconnected, Any idea what this is ? |
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| https://vocaroo.com/i/s10aoBahOEH6 | | Any idea what this is ? I like that website. Clean and simple. No nonsense trying to download the file. (Even though they tell me in big red letters that their site won't work without javascript.) You might try unplugging one or more fans to see if it still happens. The housings can sometimes be very tight. For instance, I used to have a graphics card with a small fan that rubbed for a bit when the room temperature was cool. It could be that you have such a fan, that it's just making slight contact, and that you only hear that as the speed ramps up. |
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7 year old Dell, running Windows 7, 250 GB SSD C:\ with 960 GB spinner for image storage etc. Makes a peculiar sound at first day startuo : https://vocaroo.com/i/s10aoBahOEH6 No other adverse symptoms. It's NOT the CD Drive because it's still there with the drive disconnected, Any idea what this is ? It sounds like a fan starting up but bumping against a loosely hanging cable. I've had that problem. After a second or two it keeps the cable at bay with generated wind. If I'm right, you should hear something similar at shutdown. Ed |
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writes: wrote | https://vocaroo.com/i/s10aoBahOEH6 | | Any idea what this is ? I like that website. Clean and simple. No nonsense trying to download the file. (Even though they tell me in big red letters that their site won't work without javascript.) I had to enable Flash to hear it. You might try unplugging one or more fans to see if it still happens. The housings can sometimes be very tight. For instance, I used to have a graphics card with a small fan that rubbed for a bit when the room temperature was cool. It could be that you have such a fan, that it's just making slight contact, and that you only hear that as the speed ramps up. Like Spalls, I wasn't sure which sound was the problem; the general consensus that it's a fan seems likely. On at least one Dell I've encountered, the fans start at full speed, then settle down. Is this something that's just started happening, or something that's always been the case? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf WANTED, Dead AND Alive: Schrodinger's Cat |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
| I had to enable Flash to hear it. I just clicked on the option to download as mp3. |
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On 12/15/18 10:06 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[snip] I had to enable Flash to hear it. I don't have Flash on this computer, and still heard the sound. That sounds like one of those badly written sites that use AUDIO as a fallback for Flash, instead of the other way as it should be. [snip] -- 11 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "SENILE.COM found. Out Of Memory." |
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Thanks all for responses.
It happens every time, after being off for a time, like over night. My "Go" is the press of the start button. I've checked out the 2 fans thorughly, and all is smooth, tight and seems right. The sound is hard to pinpoint 'cause it's so short and only happens once a day, but seems central to the PC and I'm suspecting it might be through the speaker, if there is one. This has been an ongoing thing for some time now, but I've always wondered about it, and occasionally put out out a feeler. |
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:22:28 -0500, "Mayayana"
wrote: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote | I had to enable Flash to hear it. I just clicked on the option to download as mp3. +1 one. I never allow Flash. Don't even have it installed. Too much of a security risk. As to the sound - I have no idea what the first one is. The second sound at the very end is the HD spinning up. Have you tried sticking a plastic screwdriver to your ear and pressing it against various areas of the PC ? Like listening for knocks in a car engine. It can help you to pinpoint the origin. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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"Shadow" wrote
| I just clicked on the option to download as mp3. | | | +1 one. I never allow Flash. Don't even have it installed. Too | much of a security risk. I'm surprised that anyone does. I've never had it installed, but these days it's being phased out, anyway. I also don't normally enable sound. I turn on the speakers if I want to do something like watch a video. Otherwise, I don't consider sound to be a relevant part of using a computer. Sounds that accompany message windows or Explorer actions are nonsense at best to me. At worst they're jarring. I have all of that disabled. Example: Try saving this to Notepad, rename as msg.vbs, and run it: msgbox "Here's a nasty one!", 16, "Error message" |
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 16:35:10 -0500, "Mayayana"
wrote: "Shadow" wrote | I just clicked on the option to download as mp3. | | | +1 one. I never allow Flash. Don't even have it installed. Too | much of a security risk. I'm surprised that anyone does. I've never had it installed, but these days it's being phased out, anyway. I also don't normally enable sound. I turn on the speakers if I want to do something like watch a video. Otherwise, I don't consider sound to be a relevant part of using a computer. Sounds that accompany message windows or Explorer actions are nonsense at best to me. At worst they're jarring. I have all of that disabled. Example: Try saving this to Notepad, rename as msg.vbs, and run it: msgbox "Here's a nasty one!", 16, "Error message" "Windows Scripting Host disabled on this machine" (rough translation from Portuguese). I get also error messages when I try to run .jar files. Odd, huh ? I'm surprised I've never been hacked, what with all the missing "essential" stuff. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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"Shadow" wrote
| msgbox "Here's a nasty one!", 16, "Error message" | | "Windows Scripting Host disabled on this machine" | I'm surprised. You seem to be very knowledgeable, and WSH is a very handy tool. In any case, the 16 causes a message that shows an error message, with a red circle containing a white X. There are different types of messages: plain, Information with a small i, question mark, exclamation and error. The default error sound makes me jump. For that reason, whenever I need to show a message I use information: Msgbox "message here", 64 It produces a gentle ding sound. But on my main machine I don't actually have any WAVs in the media folder. There are not even any options in the Sounds applet. |
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