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post #41 of 52
7/9/06 at 5:49pm
Sweet jesus im glad i found this thread. I recently moved onto a Macbook Pro as my main computer, and my I9300 sits under my monitor powered up (not in sleep or suspended etc) and cause the CPU was idling, the buzzing was present. Never noticed it before i stopped using it cause obviously, my CPU was working!

Anyway, thankyou
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post #42 of 52
7/9/06 at 5:57pm
I think this buzzing is what they call "whine" in some MacBooks.
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post #43 of 52
7/9/06 at 8:32pm
Yeah I was thinking that myself.

As I said I have the Macbook Pro, and there is the whine on that, but it doesnt seem as obvious as what it does on my Dell. But it looks possibly like all Intel chips maybe have a whine issue when they slip into their idle states?
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post #44 of 52
10/1/06 at 6:18pm
Hi everyone ! thanks alot for this fix ! i find this little utility very nice to have with my Dell inspiron 640m. that buzzing noise was giving me headakes and was very annoying !

I am using RMClock V 2.2 and the only problem i found using the HLT command was that my computer did not go into "sleep" and Hibernate mode on it's own.

You know, the power options of windows you can set a timer for the computer to close the monitor, close hard drives, go into sleep mode or hibernating. Well, since i checked the HLT command on RMClock, it closes the screen and the hard drive after the idle time, but does not go into sleep or hibernate mode on it's own. I can still put it to sleep but i have to do it manually ! ..

Anyone has a fix for this, i was really using the sleep and hibernate automated functions

thanks again !

jovani
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post #45 of 52
10/11/06 at 4:13pm
Guys!! i made it! i just fix my new HP DV9085ea spanish version. i use rmclock for the fix. now i dont hear any buzzing noise cheers!
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post #46 of 52
10/12/06 at 8:12pm
Thread Starter 
Guys, all the program does is prevent your CPU from going into C3/C4 deep sleep power saving mode. Lightarrow, it may be that due to this, the computer no longer goes into sleep mode because it is never truly idling. Another possibility (more probable) is that because the HLT command takes the idling job away from Window's System Idle thread, Windows constantly sees that the CPU is operating at 100% (because of the HLTcommand). The CPU is not physically running at 100%, but Windows is fooled into thinking that it is. Therefore, because of that, Windows will not automatically put your system into standby mode.

The only way to solve your problem is to not use RMClock but exploit a bug in Windows which also causes the same effect (which is to prevent CPU from entering C3/C4 sleep state). The method involves plugging in a USB storage drive (thumbdrive or external hard drive). However, people complained that because of this bug, the battery life was decreased. So Microsoft came out with a patch to fix this bug. You guys might have read about it as the Centrino / Core Duo USB Battery Drain Patch or whatever. But, once you apply that patch, the USB method no longer works and you will have to resort to RMClock.

I personally don't use RMClock anymore. I instead have a USB external hard drive that is constantly plugged in. No buzzing whatsoever...unless I unplug the hard drive of course.

Hope that helps!
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post #47 of 52
10/16/06 at 10:47pm
Installing the bluetooth module and not letting it "idle to save power" also gets rid of the annoying whine in my 9300. Yes, not allowing the bluetooth to power down cause eat up maybe 15-20 minutes of battery time, but it was either that, or my sanity.
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post #48 of 52
12/7/06 at 12:51am
Sorry to bump up this thread, but i`m also getting this buzzing noise from my E1705.

I tried to use this fix but its not accpetable for me. Its not a "true" fix, it just load the cpu at full when idle...

Is there a official solution for that? Is that a Windows bug or what?

Thanks
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post #49 of 52
3/10/07 at 1:23pm
re-bumping this thread:

The solution fixed my buzzing, thank you! But one question....I'm assuming since it's keeping the CPU running at a higher level...this eats up my battery life true? Before I think my windows battery indicator gave me 4hrs at around 90ish% but now I only get 2.5 with the utility running. Thoughts?
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post #50 of 52
4/11/07 at 8:19pm
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Originally Posted by A4orce84
re-bumping this thread:

The solution fixed my buzzing, thank you! But one question....I'm assuming since it's keeping the CPU running at a higher level...this eats up my battery life true? Before I think my windows battery indicator gave me 4hrs at around 90ish% but now I only get 2.5 with the utility running. Thoughts?
Same problem here, is it just normal or a new problem with Core Duo Processors? The fan is working much more and the cpu is getting very hot (around 65° Celsius). Any hints how to solve the problem?
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post #51 of 52
4/11/07 at 8:48pm
Are you sure the fans are not dirty?
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post #52 of 52
4/12/07 at 5:20am
yes, the notebook is 3 weeks old
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