Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!gitpyr!is813cs From: is813cs@pyr.gatech.EDU (Cris Simpson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Computer Whine Message-ID: <6439@pyr.gatech.EDU> Date: 23 Sep 88 16:03:13 GMT References: <45900151@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> <6319@xanth.cs.odu.edu> <5606@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Reply-To: is813cs@pyr.UUCP (Cris Simpson) Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 28 In article <5606@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> jsf007@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Steve Fintel) writes: >I also have a PS/2 Model 80 in a quiet room, and I also get the high pitched >whine. In my case, it happens (intermittenly) when the machine switches in >and out of protected mode. It is definately NOT the video monitor (I have >connected two different monitors to this machine - further, it whines with >the monitor switched off). In either case, it's quite irritating even >though it doesn't seem to bother my dogs. >Anybody else have any ideas on what might be causing it??? It was reported in several trade rags (infoworld, etc.) that the 80 whined when using the 387. It was supposed to be fairly loud. I have a Dell Sys 200 with a 10Mhz 287. There is a quite noticeable whine when doing any FP intensive stuff, such as a(n) FFT. Running Pspice can be maddening. None of this matters if it really is going protected that makes the whine. In such case, never mind. cris -- ||...despair! Despair I can handle, it's the hope... J.Cleese,Clockwise || Cris Simpson is813cs@pyr.gatech.edu GA Tech Atlanta,GA ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!is813cs