Hardware Laptop making weird noise

Zane_Julien · Dec 7, 2020

Hello everybody,
I'm not sure if this is the right category for this, but I didn't know where else ‍

. So, I've got a Lenovo Ideapad 320 Laptop with Windows 10 on it, and I've never modded something on it. Today, I was editing an image with Gimp (ca. 2650x 1900) and when im moving around an image, my Laptop makes a noice (I turned the speakers off) that reminds me of the sound when an old printer is printing something. I can't remember that it had ever done it before, and it's still making this after restarting Gimp. Is the Laptop broken?

CheatFreak47 · Dec 7, 2020

Zane_Julien said:
Hello everybody,
I'm not sure if this is the right category for this, but I didn't know where else ‍. So, I've got a Lenovo Ideapad 320 Laptop with Windows 10 on it, and I've never modded something on it. Today, I was editing an image with Gimp (ca. 2650x 1900) and when im moving around an image, my Laptop makes a noice (I turned the speakers off) that reminds me of the sound when an old printer is printing something. I can't remember that it had ever done it before, and it's still making this after restarting Gimp. Is the Laptop broken?

Sounds like it could be a problem with the fan, laptops have really inadequate cooling solutions that forces fans to run and do a lot of work, so they tend to wear out after some time, and get nosier. If it continues to make a lot of noise, you may want to look into getting the fan replaced.

Personally I'd just replace the fan as soon as I notice, but I realize not everyone is as tech savvy as I am, and taking apart laptops is kinda scary.

Zane_Julien · Dec 7, 2020

CheatFreak47 said:
Sounds like it could be a problem with the fan, laptops have really inadequate cooling solutions that forces fans to run and do a lot of work, so they tend to wear out after some time, and get nosier. If it continues to make a lot of noise, you may want to look into getting the fan replaced.

Personally I'd just replace the fan as soon as I notice, but I realize not everyone is as tech savvy as I am, and taking apart laptops is kinda scary.

I'm hearing the fan of the laptop all the time, and this weird noice is more like the whistle of a teapot that's finished. [Im from germany, my descriptions may be a bit confusing]

zxr750j · Dec 7, 2020

Can you record the sound? (I'm so curious!)

Zane_Julien · Dec 7, 2020

zxr750j said:
Can you record the sound? (I'm so curious!)

No, it's really silent, I can only hear it when really focusing because of the fans

zxr750j · Dec 7, 2020

Have you tried a different mouse?

Zane_Julien · Dec 7, 2020

It's not because of the mouse, I even tried it with the touchpad and the noice is still coming when moving the image

zxr750j · Dec 7, 2020

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterra..._making_buzzing_noise_only_when_moving_mouse/

Maybe?

Zane_Julien · Dec 7, 2020

No, tried both ports, and also without mouse or anything in the USB ports, still happening

megazoid2k · Dec 29, 2020

It could be coil whine from the processor, Kaby Lake processors do suffer this issue, you can try reducing the maximum processor state in the power options and see if it helps.

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