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Mister Natural
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Ok let's play a little game. It's friday and everyone can chime in with their theory on the problem.
The problem you ask? I got 2 computers Reuters sent me for setting up their new internet based product. I was quite disappointed to see they sent me 2 pc's which barely fill the minimum specs to running their program. An IBM netvista desktop model, P3-900, 256 meg ram, Windows NT 4-sp6, a whopping 1 meg onboard video which will barely run 1024x768 at 70hz. Since this pc will be connected to the internet I wanted to make sure all patches and security updates were on the pc. I was once again disappointed to see as soon as I connected to the internet IE 4 launched, the default browser. Web pages wouldn't even display properly on microsofts own web site. So I download and install IE 6sp1 so I can get to windows update to check for updates. Installed and went to windows update. As soon as I went to windows update I start hearing this awful screetching noise. I thought it was a bad fan. That kind of noise like a bad bearing, or dust in the bearings. I took the cover off and then realized it wasn't a fan at all. The sound was coming from the harddrive! What the hell, I never heard that kind of noise from a hard drive. I figured since it was an IBM pc it must have a deathstar drive in it. After investigating further I realized it wasn't the hard drive after all. Tucked underneath the hard disk is the pc speaker. I stuck my ear next to it and sure enough it turns out the noise is coming from the pc speaker. A static type noise sounding similar to a bad fan as mentioned. Now here's the wierd deal. The sound only starts when I go to the MS windows update site. The pc will run just fine otherwise. I can go to MSN or any other site, but when I go to windowsupdate the noise starts. Of course I resolved the issue by disconneting the pc speaker. The motherboard does have AC97 onboard sound. I haven't plugged speakers into yet, hopefully I won't have the noise there.
Anyway, if your bored today and want to lend a theory to what the deal is, feel free to comment.
The problem you ask? I got 2 computers Reuters sent me for setting up their new internet based product. I was quite disappointed to see they sent me 2 pc's which barely fill the minimum specs to running their program. An IBM netvista desktop model, P3-900, 256 meg ram, Windows NT 4-sp6, a whopping 1 meg onboard video which will barely run 1024x768 at 70hz. Since this pc will be connected to the internet I wanted to make sure all patches and security updates were on the pc. I was once again disappointed to see as soon as I connected to the internet IE 4 launched, the default browser. Web pages wouldn't even display properly on microsofts own web site. So I download and install IE 6sp1 so I can get to windows update to check for updates. Installed and went to windows update. As soon as I went to windows update I start hearing this awful screetching noise. I thought it was a bad fan. That kind of noise like a bad bearing, or dust in the bearings. I took the cover off and then realized it wasn't a fan at all. The sound was coming from the harddrive! What the hell, I never heard that kind of noise from a hard drive. I figured since it was an IBM pc it must have a deathstar drive in it. After investigating further I realized it wasn't the hard drive after all. Tucked underneath the hard disk is the pc speaker. I stuck my ear next to it and sure enough it turns out the noise is coming from the pc speaker. A static type noise sounding similar to a bad fan as mentioned. Now here's the wierd deal. The sound only starts when I go to the MS windows update site. The pc will run just fine otherwise. I can go to MSN or any other site, but when I go to windowsupdate the noise starts. Of course I resolved the issue by disconneting the pc speaker. The motherboard does have AC97 onboard sound. I haven't plugged speakers into yet, hopefully I won't have the noise there.
Anyway, if your bored today and want to lend a theory to what the deal is, feel free to comment.
