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Dell Precision M65 Notebook high pitched buzzing sound

I just received my new Dell Precision M65 Notebook with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor in it. When the processor is idle it makes a high pitched buzzing sound. It's driving me nuts! After doing some research on the net I've found a quickfix to this problem using the RMClock Utility that can be found at http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml. An exact description on how to use this utility can be found on http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/showthread.php?t=3516.

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It’s very frustrating to buy a 2500 EUR notebook and use this kind of quick fix to have it work in an acceptable manner. Isn’t there a bios update available to fix this problem? Are there other processors on the market that don’t suffer from this problem? If so, I just ask Dell to refund the notebook and buy a machine from another brand …

Thanks,

Jochen

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jneyens

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I have an open ticket with Dell on this subject. I'm still waiting for their proposal on how to tackle this issue. When given a solution I will post it.

Thanks,

Jochen

ParadiseITS

I've put about 50 Core 2 Duo machines in the field and never had this problem... they aren't Dell's though. Perhaps there was a bad batch of chips out there and Dell got a bunch? It happens sometimes... Intel had a similar problem with the early Pentiums...

jneyens

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DELL is sending me a brand new machine. They admit that some machines suffer from this problem. Let's hope the new one doesn't :-)