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From: hscott@netcom.com (Harold Scott)
Subject: Re: Memory making sounds.
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 23:25:26 GMT
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Thomas B Blackman (gblackm@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu) wrote:
: Ok, I know is sounds weird but its true. I have a friend running 2.0.5
: release and he gets a strange sound coming off the motherboard.
: Listening closely its sounds like its coming from the memory banks and
: sounds like a scratching sound. This problem mainly happens when he is
: compiling something.
: Has anyone experienced something similar? Its kinda weird to listen to.
: We have tried all sorts ideas so isolate the sound, and we cant figure it
: out. As far as we can tell, its the memory.
: As for the computer, its a p90 with 24megs, old intel board (forgot the
: model). Its not a triton.
Did you disconnect the speaker ?
You could have leakage or ground loop of some sort that during certain
activity causes the speaker to emit digital noise.
I had a similar problem with an old 286 mother board.
scott