Squeaky noise coming from inside laptop - Spin 5 SP515-51GN-83YY

MobiusXavier
MobiusXavier Member Posts: 7 New User
edited February 2022 in Swift and Spin Series
I am just wondering what can be a squeaky noise coming from inside the laptop while it's being used? I've actually heard this noise before even when computer was shut down. I sent my I have a Spin 5 SP515-51GN-83YY laptop for repair a month before my extended warranty expired for them to fix this and they did not repair anything at all. I just find it annoying.

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  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 45,080 Trailblazer
    This sound is called coil whine. Small electrical choke coils on the mainboard that control battery charging and cpu/gpu load often will emit intermitte nt high pitched sounds when being supplying electical current to the battery and the cpu. Many people, me included, cannot hear these sounds because they are too high pitched. It is a natural electrical phenomenon which is normal and usually cannot be completely eliminated.

    Jack E/NJ

  • MobiusXavier
    MobiusXavier Member Posts: 7 New User
    JackE said:
    This sound is called coil whine. Small electrical choke coils on the mainboard that control battery charging and cpu/gpu load often will emit intermitte nt high pitched sounds when being supplying electical current to the battery and the cpu. Many people, me included, cannot hear these sounds because they are too high pitched. It is a natural electrical phenomenon which is normal and usually cannot be completely eliminated.
    so why didn't it make this noise the first year after I bought it? Only until the last year it started.

  • i3i9
    i3i9 Member Posts: 5 New User
    JackE said:
    This sound is called coil whine. Small electrical choke coils on the mainboard that control battery charging and cpu/gpu load often will emit intermitte nt high pitched sounds when being supplying electical current to the battery and the cpu. Many people, me included, cannot hear these sounds because they are too high pitched. It is a natural electrical phenomenon which is normal and usually cannot be completely eliminated.
    I cant hear those to because I’m partially deaf in 1 ear
  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 45,080 Trailblazer
    edited February 2022
    >>>so why didn't it make this noise the first year after I bought it? Only until the last year it started.>>>

    Coil whine was probably still present but at lower less-noticeable levels in the first months after acquiring the machine.  You have since likely added and are running more-power intensive applications that increase consumption by battery, RAM, cpu, HDD/SSD and especially  gpu if you play more up-to-date games or use graphics intensive programs. You might be able to reduce coil whine levels a little bit by decreasing screen brightness and clicking on the tray battery icon and move slider to the left for better battery life  but a bit lower performance.

    Jack E/NJ

  • MobiusXavier
    MobiusXavier Member Posts: 7 New User
    JackE said:
    >>>so why didn't it make this noise the first year after I bought it? Only until the last year it started.>>>

    Coil whine probably was probably still present but at lower less-noticeable levels.  You have likely added and are running more-power intensive applications that increase consumption by battery, RAM, cpu, HDD/SSD and especially  gpu if you play more up-to-date games or use graphics intensive programs

    HP laptop doesn't make this noise. Instead it makes a fan noise. But this acer laptop similar to the model I have never made this noise even though it was also Spin 5. I remember technical support on the phone saying it could be the hard drive, but they didn't fix anything when I sent it.
  • Easwar
    Easwar Member Posts: 6,727 Guru

    Dust is the most common cause of laptop noises. Dust damages your system in various ways including obstructing your laptops fan, which causes it to make loud noises. ... To clean it; you need to open up your laptop using a screwdriver and use a blower to remove all dust particles.
  • Callistemon
    Callistemon Member Posts: 106 Skilled Fixer WiFi Icon
    Solid State Drives produce this high pitch coil whine, because SSDs have transformers that increase the voltage for writing. Transformers are pairs of coils exchanging energy through a magnetic bridge, with denser windings regenerating higher voltages from the magnetic field induced by the coils from the lower voltage coil. HDDs don't produce this noise, instead having spindles producing sound similar to fans. It could just be that the HP laptop has an HDD.

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