Re: 2.5.69 strange high tone on DELL Inspiron 8100

[Tuncer M "zayamut" Ayaz <tuncer.ayaz@gmx.de>]

On Sat, 10 May 2003 11:52:39 -0400 (EDT)
Ahmed Masud <masud@googgun.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sat, 10 May 2003, Tuncer M zayamut Ayaz wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 10 May 2003 11:39:12 -0400 (EDT)
> > Ahmed Masud <masud@googgun.com> wrote:
> >
> > can't say whether there is an internal speaker it could come
> > from. source of sound is right beneath the keyboard,
> > and creating load aka moving an x11 window around produces
> > funny patterns --> no high tone, it almost disappears,
> > but just low-volume sound reacting to when I move the
> > window around.
> > for a non-hardware-expert this is strange stuff.
> >
> 
> I think your keyboard may have a stuck key *grin*.
> 
> Suggest the following:
> 
> 1. remove keyboard from computer, to see if that stops the sound.
> 2. remove mouse from computer to see if that stops the sound. (ps/2
> mice can be silly)
> 
> if neither then we can say you have an odd bug.

dunno how to remove builtin keyboard but plugging out externel ps/2
mouse doesn't change a thing. but pluggin it in again makes the
sound stop for .5sec and start again after that period.