I don't like Noisy. Noisy scares me.
When I bought my Dell1 (dude!), it was silent. Dead silent. Quiet enough that I downloaded an LED program to tell me when the hard disk was doing anything. And, with the screen off, I only knew it was running at all because if I ran Fight AIDS at Home I'd hear a low, steady hum from the fans.
Now, eight months later, the hum is a whine. And it's pretty much always on. And when the computer shuts down, the whine stops in two phases. It's a chord, I guess, since it changes once when the hard disk spins down, and a second time when the fan stops.
I don't like this. I've opened it up and vacuumed lightly a few times, and that seemed to get rid of some of the dust. But I am still wondering whether the noise is impending computer failure, or impending hard disk failure, or merely bad luck.
Not to mention, I don't like working at home, because the noise is getting kind of loud.
Anyone have experience? Clever ideas?
Anyone know? Anyone
March 24, 2004 05:37 PM | TrackBack | in Other