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reinstall on OS and now HD is LOUD!!!!!!

post #1 of 15
4/27/06 at 3:14am
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ok so i get my notebook (xps 140) and i reinstall the xp media os and i reinstall all the drivers. system is faster and more resonsive, whoever now the HD(100gb 5400 rpm) spins and i can hear it spinning everytime i am doing something(gets on my nerves BAD ) WTF. when i first got it the HD was silent and i never heard shit now i can hear it very easyily, its not a clicking noise. its just a spinning noise. WHAT GIVES?


also my cpu runs much hotter, it use to idle in the low 30's and the fan was silent and now it is idleing in the high 40's and i have to use I9KfanGUI and but the fan on high to make it cool and it still really doesnt cool down to 35 C . again WTF I DONT GET IT. an have gone to the dell site and installed all the newest drives and even upgraded to bios A04

i am SO MAD and lost please help me, this is very sad
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post #2 of 15
4/27/06 at 7:17pm
That's odd. I've reinstalled on mine and have no problems whatsoever.
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post #3 of 15
4/27/06 at 8:30pm
Check your BIOS settings. I can't think of where but somewhere I'm almost positive you can adjust settings for your hard drive. Off, Silent, or Performance or something similar to that.
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post #4 of 15
4/27/06 at 9:19pm
Notebook Hardware Control has settings that control the sound of the hard drive, try that. http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm
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post #5 of 15
4/27/06 at 9:57pm
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ok so i started to study were the noise is coming from and it turns out that it is coming from the fan, what is wierd is that the fan was not this loud before. it turned on and vented heat but not as loud as it does now. i did the bios flash update on the dell website. changed from A03 to A04, does the bios control the cpu voltage cause i sware that my volt was 1.5 before the install on the os and the bios flash and now it is .98-1.35 and changes between those two volt readings.

could this make my fan run louder some how and make the cpu run hotter?
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post #6 of 15
4/27/06 at 10:19pm
nah fan is either off, low, or high. bios doesnt adjust it much more.

its not always right at 2500 rpm for low, but its always close.

my fan is louder than new, but its on 10hrs a day, maybe a new one for me.
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post #7 of 15
4/28/06 at 1:42am
When you did the reinstall of the OS and drivers, did you install the drivers in this order?

1. O/S (duh)
2. Notebook System Software
3. Chipset
4. Video Driver
5. Sound Driver
6. Lan Driver
7. Everything else (Direct x, etc)

The Notebook System Software MUST be installed BEFORE any other driver for your system to work properly. Hope this helps ya out.

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Originally Posted by merkyworks
ok so i get my notebook (xps 140) and i reinstall the xp media os and i reinstall all the drivers. system is faster and more resonsive, whoever now the HD(100gb 5400 rpm) spins and i can hear it spinning everytime i am doing something(gets on my nerves BAD ) WTF. when i first got it the HD was silent and i never heard shit now i can hear it very easyily, its not a clicking noise. its just a spinning noise. WHAT GIVES?


also my cpu runs much hotter, it use to idle in the low 30's and the fan was silent and now it is idleing in the high 40's and i have to use I9KfanGUI and but the fan on high to make it cool and it still really doesnt cool down to 35 C . again WTF I DONT GET IT. an have gone to the dell site and installed all the newest drives and even upgraded to bios A04

i am SO MAD and lost please help me, this is very sad
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post #8 of 15
4/28/06 at 2:27am
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wow so i put in my system tools and drivers cd from dell and it does an auto find for all the drivers that you need. well i scroll down and look though them all and guess what is not checked, the notebook system software. so i installed it and restarted and already i can have to core voltage go up and not have the fan kick on and the temps are still 43-44 C so i am happy about this. if i could get the cpu down into the 38C range them im set
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post #9 of 15
4/28/06 at 5:18pm
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Originally Posted by Sony311
When you did the reinstall of the OS and drivers, did you install the drivers in this order?

1. O/S (duh)
2. Notebook System Software
3. Chipset
4. Video Driver
5. Sound Driver
6. Lan Driver
7. Everything else (Direct x, etc)

The Notebook System Software MUST be installed BEFORE any other driver for your system to work properly. Hope this helps ya out.

NSS before chipset?

interesting...
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post #10 of 15
4/29/06 at 8:30pm
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Originally Posted by chevyrulz099
NSS before chipset?

interesting...

It makes no difference whether you install NSS before chipset, or NSS after chipset. As long as those are the first two, you're fine.
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post #11 of 15
4/30/06 at 4:22pm
Actually, it does make a difference....The system software helps prepare the system before putting in the chipset. PLUS, doing this first ensures proper installement of any driver (DELL or Non-DELL) without hiccups. I've tried with the system software after and before and it does do things differently (i.e. HDD noise, Temps, etc). I have actually seen first hand actual DELL documentation from DELL engineers that even advise this to have the Call technicians do this order when a customer requests help on re-installing their O/S and drivers after a reformat.

When most people blow out their partitions and do a clean install things look fine, but will later find problems with their system later (temps, BSOD, System cashes) and naturally assume that the hardware is garbage but in most cases all it took was the system software to be loaded FIRST. This also applies to desktop models as well. The system software makes a big difference. I know it doesn't make sense, but remember what the NSS does - it installs updates and core files PRIOR to installing DELL's files.
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post #12 of 15
4/30/06 at 4:24pm
Glad I could help BTW, to get your CPU core temp down, I would recommend taking out the thermal tin that DELL uses and apply Arctic Silver 5 or your favorite thermal paste instead. It should reduce the temps by at least 5 degrees celsius depending on what you are doing with your machine.



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Originally Posted by merkyworks
wow so i put in my system tools and drivers cd from dell and it does an auto find for all the drivers that you need. well i scroll down and look though them all and guess what is not checked, the notebook system software. so i installed it and restarted and already i can have to core voltage go up and not have the fan kick on and the temps are still 43-44 C so i am happy about this. if i could get the cpu down into the 38C range them im set
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post #13 of 15
5/21/06 at 6:49am
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Originally Posted by Sony311
Actually, it does make a difference....The system software

.....sorry re the noobie Q but (I have done many Dell reinstalls) but what is the system software .... and where is it?
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post #14 of 15
5/21/06 at 10:34am
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Originally Posted by SGG
.....sorry re the noobie Q but (I have done many Dell reinstalls) but what is the system software .... and where is it?
Go to Dell's Driver & Downloads page for the drivers. Near the bottom of the driver list you'll see:

System and Configuration Utilities

Expand it. For notebooks it's called: Dell Notebook System Software
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post #15 of 15
5/21/06 at 11:08am
Muchas Gracias
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