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Clicking noise from power supply.

post #1 of 3
12/7/05 at 4:46am
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My XPS2's power supply often makes a loud clicking noise, as if it is cycling on and off. It's plugged into a 20k generator that occasionally surges, and is shut off at random intervals for maintenance. Should I be worried about this clicking noise? It still works fine, but I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced this. If it's a sign of impending failure, I'd like to know so I can go ahead and have dell get another one on the way for me as it takes about 5 weeks for any mail to reach me.

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post #2 of 3
12/7/05 at 5:22am
it's fine.. my 5150 uses the same power supply and it's been doing that for years (I use it with my XPS2 too)

The Sager guys had a thread about this a while back too, everyone agreed it was fine from what I recall.
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post #3 of 3
12/7/05 at 5:47am
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That's good news. I might go ahead and see if Dell will send me another one, they've been real good about sending me parts under warranty without wanting the "broke" stuff back. I don't think it would hurt to have a spare when a replacement one is a month away, I'm doing to much work on the beast to be without it for a month.
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