Weird sound coming from acer swift 3

prabal_rawat
prabal_rawat Member Posts: 10

Tinkerer
edited November 2023 in 2020 Archives
I had recently bought  a acer swift 3 SF314-41 ,with 4gb RAM and 128gb SSD around 3 months ago. I had upgraded the RAM to 8gb using a Hypersonic 4gb DDR4 2666mhz stick as it was the max that was supported according to command prompt. After using it i noticed a sound coming from the right of the body (if you look at it from the back). It sounds like an electronic cricking,sizzling-ish,wheezing sound.It is very faint, you have to bring your ears very close to the body to hear it.....It is definitly not the fan as that is sounding perfectly okay......What can it be? Is it dangerous? Is it normal motherboard noise?



p.s- I am thinking it is coil whining but i can't remember if it was present 3 months ago...

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  • prabal_rawat
    prabal_rawat Member Posts: 10

    Tinkerer
    Edit: It seems to lessen but not stop completely when plugged in.(Kindda sounds like a HDD, but there is none in my laptop)
  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,246 Trailblazer
    Test by pulling that memory stick back out, I seem to remember someone complaining about a high pitched buzz that ended being traced to the memory stick.
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