Re: 2.5.69 strange high tone on DELL Inspiron 8100

Tuncer M \ (tuncer.ayaz@gmx.de)
Sun, 11 May 2003 21:27:30 +0200


On Sat, 10 May 2003 22:28:10 -0400
Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> wrote:

> > first, as you see in my other reply to Xavier Bestel disabling
> > "apm idle call" fixed the problem, it seems, but I didn't want
> > to disable those calls because of thermal reasons.
>
> Maybe you could set 2.5 to run at 100 Hz? I don't know
> if that's possible, but it could let you test if that's what
> makes the noise so much more annoying.

yep that is true, tried 2.4 with "APM idle calls" enabled and
there was that noise - just at 100hz :D
would be interesting to know how many laptops have such issues.
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