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April 27th, 2005 00:00

Weird High pitched noise

Everytime my wireless is on, I hear this quiet, high pitched noise coming out of the computer. When I turn off the wireless capabilies (FN+F2), the noise is gone and can no longer be heard. I bought this computer about two months ago, i never heard this before. Could it be that the dell bluetooth card is about to go?

I have an MX 900 mouse and it doesn't work anymore, but the keyboard does. I'm wondering if anyone else experienced this. It's an 8600 by the way.

-Paul
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    Posted April 27th, 2005 01:00

    Normally Fn+F2 is the hotkey for Wifi cards. The bluetooth card is turned on and off a different way. Actually, a high-pitched noise can sound kind of cool... Because there are no moving parts inside a wireless card, it is hard to locate what the noise actually us. Try just listening to different parts of the computer while the wireless is on to figure out what part of it the sound is coming from.

    As for the mouse, go through the normal steps... reinstall the drivers, and see if you can make it work on another person's computer that has bluetooth. It is remotely possible that these two problems are related, because they both involve wireless. If your keyboard is bluetooth also, try turning off your mouse or taking it out of range and then turning on your bluetooth module.