I use a Laptop 16 w/ a Graphic Module and at the upper middle of they board, their is a buzzing type sound. This sound only occurs when running anything GPU (intensive?) related. It seems to be the loudest so far when running the Epic Games application.
I have taken out the Graphic module and ran the Epic Games app, but the sound still persists.
Is this buzzing sound a common occurrence that I don’t need to be worried about? I sadly can’t seem to send videos over the chat.
PS. I have contacted the Support team, we are trying to resolve the issue. The Laptop was purchased at the end of March and is now being worked on
But I figure I should also ask the community if it’s just a common occurrence or not
Not sure exactly how common hum or buzzing is.
But it at least seems to not be too uncommon among a variety of electronics, including laptops.
Yeah, when there is higher power requirement is often when an audible hum or buzzing will appear, if the device experiences it.
As far as it being an indicator of some kind of hardware malfunction or an impending problem soon to come? No, it should not normally be a worry in that regard.
The cause is usually the power supply circuity. Conversion of one voltage to one or more different voltages is required very often with electronics. And to do it efficiently / without producing a ton of waste heat, requires circuity that operates at high frequencies, which unfortunately has a tendency to produce an audible hum or buzzing. Of course, designers work to minimize it, employing different techniques to dampen vibrations. But it’s hard, and some people are more sensitive to noise than others. Also, certain frequencies most people normally can only even hear at all if they’re young enough, as we lose a bit of our high frequency range as years go by. I have one USB adapter that I like, except for the fact that I can’t have it too nearby! As it hums when power is being drawn. Annoying little thing it is.
TL;RD
It can be hard to completely eliminate such hum or buzzing sometimes. But it shouldn’t be loud enough to be annoying, assuming you aren’t especially sensitive to noises. People usually know if they are, because a lot of electronics and even some lights will bother them, sometimes greatly. If it seems loud in your laptop & you’re not just especially sensitive, yeah, keep working with support. As your laptop could be noisier than others, noisier than it should be.
Another possibility, to be treated with skepticism: something within the cooling fan assembly is on the cusp of manufacturing tolerance and deforms minutely as the system heats up. The deformation is sufficient to cause the fan blade(s) to foul.
That’s a different effect.
Most materials expand when heated. Designers know this and factor expansion into the things they design. However variance in manufacturing tolerance and the behaviour of bonded materials that expand at different rates can cause moving parts to come into contact as they heat up.
When a rotating object like the tip of a fan blade comes into contact with its housing it can make a whining or buzzing sound, the pitch of which is a function of the oscillation frequency.
I’ve only seen pictures of the FW laptop’s fan assembly. However those pictures suggest that the rotating part of the fan is partially enclosed. I was speculating that contact between the rotating blade(s) and their enclosure might be the cause of the sound you were asking about.
The noise occurs with any games. Any ideas where the problem may lie?
I have taken out the GPU module already, and it still consists.
When Running a test on the CPU the sound isn’t heard (so far I’ve tested anyway).
I think that is bad fan noise.
To be sure try to switch the fans off and see if the noise goes. On Linux, the following.
This should tell you the speed the fans are running at currently. sudo ectool pwmgetfanrpm all
This should manually switch off all the fans. sudo ectool fanduty 0
This should switch the fans to auto again. sudo ectool autofanctrl
Might anyone know if my Storage and RAM components are fine? The RAM and NVMes were purchased separately, I don’t believe their the source, but it’s always a chance.
It is very unlikely for ssds or ram to produce noise. They have no moving parts and also usually don’t consume enough power to produce coil whine or other audible electromechanical effects.
anyone know how to use the AMD software to turn off using the GPU when graphical stuff (games, modeling, etc.) start? I can’t seem to find it and wish to try to turn it off to test it
Also replaced the motherboard and it didn’t seem to fix the issue. But I do not have the funding to buy Framework’s RAM, NVMe. I suspect it’s one of these two, since they were outsourced. Could also be the chaises?
Anyone using any of the same specs as posted above of what I’m using? Anyone able to confirm/deny the components?