Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264449AbTEJRZI (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 13:25:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264451AbTEJRZI (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 13:25:08 -0400 Received: from imap.gmx.net ([213.165.65.60]:57658 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264449AbTEJRZH (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2003 13:25:07 -0400 Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 19:35:26 +0200 From: Tuncer M "zayamut" Ayaz To: Tuncer M "zayamut" Ayaz Cc: jamie@shareable.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.69 strange high tone on DELL Inspiron 8100 In-Reply-To: References: <1405.1052575075@www9.gmx.net> <1052575167.16165.0.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030510162527.GD29271@mail.jlokier.co.uk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1839 Lines: 43 On Sat, 10 May 2003 18:51:18 +0200 Tuncer M "zayamut" Ayaz wrote: > On Sat, 10 May 2003 17:25:27 +0100 > Jamie Lokier 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. rebooted with a reconfigured kernel to assure it's not cpufreq. same behaviour without cpufreq. btw, I'm not 100% sure anymore now running 2.4 whether I really heard the same noise just quiet. hard to differentiate and also doesn't matter from my view as it doesn't annoy like the 2.5 noise effect. --> if it's the same noise, it would be ok, as you don't hear it normally sitting in front of the box, but running 2.5 is not nice with that high-pitched tone. - 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/