Re: [Thinkpad] T40: Fan noise (was: Any way to turn off keyboard beep?)

This would be the infamous (?) "buzzing" noise made by some T40 fans. When
running, they don't stay at a constant speed - every 5 - 7 seconds it sounds
like the fan is spinning up (just for a fraction of a second), resulting in
an irritating "buzz" or "click" sort of sound coming from the cooling fan.
IBM disavows any and all knowledge of such a problem, and most other people
that have this problem seem to have found no satisfaction either. =/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deanna Berman" <dberman@4dv.net>
To: "Andrew Hiew" <yenlo@telusplanet.net>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T40: Any way to turn off keyboard beep?

> Which fan noise? Running too loud in general, or running unnecessarily
when the computer is in suspend? Or ...?
>
> Deanna
> dberman@4dv.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Hiew" <yenlo@telusplanet.net>
> To: "Deanna Berman" <dberman@4dv.net>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 15:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T40: Any way to turn off keyboard beep?
>
>
> > Thanks so much for the info - the damn keyboard beep was driving me
*nuts*
> > (almost as nutty as the damn fan noise on the T40 i've got - I don't
suppose
> > you've got a fix for that too, eh?? <fingers crossed> :-). Option
number 3
> > worked like a charm! :-)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Deanna Berman" <dberman@4dv.net>
> > To: "Monks, Peter" <peter.monks@vignette.com>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:46 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T40: Any way to turn off keyboard beep?
> >
> >
> > > I'm obviously in the minority here, Peter, but I still think you
can -- at
> > your option -- change it to the less obtrusive default
> > > Windows sound or turn it off entirely.
> > >
> > > >From discussions of this issue that I've found on the web, it appears
> > that it is not uncommon in Windows XP for events/sounds
> > > portions of the registry to get corrupted, causing Windows to use that
> > loud internal system beep instead of the Windows event sound
> > > (varies by desktop theme, customizable).
> > >
> > > I read several suggested fixes; the following are mostly quotes. From
> > other people's responses, it sounds like #2 was the most
> > > successful.
> > >
> > > 1. Run regedit, go to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound\ . In the
> > entry "beep", replace the "yes" entries with "no" .
> > >
> > > *2. The previous solutions (NB: regarding fix for some missing keys)
> > didn't work for me since I do have the correct keys under
> > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents. I found that the data at the root of
> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER had been nulled, instead of "value not set"
> > > there was nothing. The solution is to delete the string - windows will
> > rebuild the correct one instantly and your sounds should be
> > > restored. It worked for my system.
> > > Before: HKEY_CURRENT_USER (Default) REG_SZ
> > > After: HKEY_CURRENT_USER (Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
> > >
> > > 3. No need to edit the registry. Just open the Device Manager, select
> > View -> Show Hidden Devices, and disable "Beep" under
> > > "Non-Plug and Play Drivers". It works on my Windows XP, and turns off
even
> > the speaker on my motherboard, which I cannot just
> > > unplug.
> > >
> > > 4. If you have PictureShow 2 and your problem with the sound events
> > started after installation go to
> > > http://www.ulead.com/tech/dps/dps_ftp.htm
> > > to download a patch that will fix this issue.
> > >
> > > 5. Install and run Tweakui (part of Powertoys for Windows XP
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp ).Under
> > > the General tab, unchecking Beep on Errors should get rid of many
system
> > events sounds, and does not restore the default Windows
> > > sounds.
> > >
> >
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Received on Mon Feb 16 18:44:47 2004