Re: [Thinkpad] T41 squeals when lid is lowered??

At 07:44 PM 3/20/2004, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
>It does really sound like mic feedback
>Make sure the mic is muted in both playback and record modes.

Thanks! That was it - there is a separate (hidden) setting for the
microphone in the main volume control. (Why setting the mic volume to zero
in *both* the Audio and Voice sections of the Sounds control panel doesn't
zero it out is another question, lol :-)

Greg

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Greg K" <lists@gak.com>
>To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
>Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
>Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 9:28 PM
>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T41 squeals when lid is lowered??
>
>
> > Fn+F4 successfully puts it into standby.
> >
> > Interestingly enough (thanks for that idea, btw), If you tell it to do
> > nothing, it doesn't try and enter standby and still makes the feedback
> > sound when you lower the screen lid. You don't have to close it all the
>way
> > to make the sound. It's as if it isn't turning the internal mic off.
> >
> > At 06:05 PM 3/20/2004, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> > >It like a standby failure alarm. If you go into power properties and set
>the
> > >standby switch to "do nothing", does it still sound when you close the
>lid?
> > >What about when you hit Fn+F4??
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Greg K" <lists@gak.com>
> > >To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > >Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:44 PM
> > >Subject: [Thinkpad] T41 squeals when lid is lowered??
> > >
> > >
> > > > Here's an odd question that I can't find an answer to on Google. My
>new
> > >T41
> > > > makes a squealing noise when I lower the lid - it sounds like
>microphone
> > > > feedback. It's clearly not mechanical in nature (it doesn't happen
>when
> > >you
> > > > move the lid when the machine is powered off.) The sound keeps going
>as
> > > > long as the lid is held down and appears to stop the machine from
>entering
> > > > standby.
> > > >
> > > > The noise seems to start about when the "going to standby" beep
>usually
> > > > would have been emitted. Turning the speakers off stops the problem -
> > >oddly
> > > > enough selecting another input source other than the built-in mic does
> > > > *not* fix it.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone else seen this? (It's not subtle, btw)
> > > >
> > > > Greg
> > > >
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