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Strange Siren Noise Coming From Laptop!
ScoobieGirl
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Over the past 24 hours my laptop has periodically emitted a siren type wailing noise. Moving the volume wheel doesn't affect the sound level of it, and it's occured during a variety of tasks, including when I booted it up & it hadn't even got past the bios bit!!
It's never done it before in the 7 years I had it, and I've never heard of anything like this before any ideas? I've run a virus check which came up blank.
In the last few days I've also had an impending disk failure error message :eek: could this be it? I never heard of an audio alarm for something like that before & the siren noise wasn't going off at the time that popped up.
It's never done it before in the 7 years I had it, and I've never heard of anything like this before any ideas? I've run a virus check which came up blank.
In the last few days I've also had an impending disk failure error message :eek: could this be it? I never heard of an audio alarm for something like that before & the siren noise wasn't going off at the time that popped up.
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ScoobieGirl wrote:Over the past 24 hours my laptop has periodically emitted a siren type wailing noise. Moving the volume wheel doesn't affect the sound level of it, and it's occured during a variety of tasks, including when I booted it up & it hadn't even got past the bios bit!!
It's never done it before in the 7 years I had it, and I've never heard of anything like this before any ideas? I've run a virus check which came up blank.
In the last few days I've also had an impending disk failure error message :eek: could this be it? I never heard of an audio alarm for something like that before & the siren noise wasn't going off at the time that popped up.
Get that thing backed up NOW!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek::A MSE's turbo-charged CurlyWurlyGirly:A
Thinks Naughty Things Too Much Clique Member No 3, 4 & 5 0 -
Stompa wrote:
how much better google works when you know how to use it properly.
I had tried without the quote marks and was inundated with results for theft alarms!
Thank you!
Looks like an overheated CPU!!! I'll have to check the fan tomorrow when I'm more awake.brazilianwax wrote:Get that thing backed up NOW!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
Ever since a hiccup with the delete button a few years back it gets done quite often 0 -
ScoobieGirl wrote:In the last few days I've also had an impending disk failure error message
As, Brazilian said, backup anything important asap, the hard disk may be on it's way out.Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0 -
albertross wrote:As, Brazilian said, backup anything important asap, the hard disk may be on it's way out.
Though of course you should be doing that anyway!Stompa0 -
Always! 0
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