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

It does really sound like mic feedback
Make sure the mic is muted in both playback and record modes.
----- 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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