Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 10 May 2003 18:51:18 +0200 | From | Tuncer M "zayamut" Ayaz <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.69 strange high tone on DELL Inspiron 8100 |
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On Sat, 10 May 2003 17:25:27 +0100 Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org> wrote:
> Tuncer M zayamut Ayaz wrote: > > what I found out right now is that when there is > > load (moving mailer windows around) the sound > > is gone and reappears if there's no load aka > > I stop moving mailer window (while typing this mail). > > That's the opposite of my Toshiba in any of the lower power modes. > > When there's CPU activity, it emits a quiet high-pitched noise. When > CPU activity stops, the noise stops. This doesn't happen in the > maximum power usage mode (brigh screen, fastest clock), and I don't > know if there's a way to turn it off.
1) with SpeedStep enabled in BIOS and also enabled with software switching to full-speed mode turn down the volum a bit.
2) disabled SpeedStep in BIOS. init-scripts enabled speed step same behaviour as in 1)
funny side is that prior to booting 2.5 on the LILO prompt I listened and would bet that the same noise but very very quietly was still there. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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