I just got a new Sony Z-series laptop. It is a nice laptop, but I don't why there is a very slight vibration. It is not very serious but enough to make me feel uncomfortable. I am not sure whether it is caused by the fan or the harddrive.
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I put a 320 gig 7200prm hard-drive into the laptop. Now the laptop is slightly vibrating.
I have twice removed and re-seated the 7200prm HD into the laptop. It's in there firmly, but it still slightly vibrates. The small vibration is most noticeable on the wrist rests, and the upper left side of the laptop.
No vibration at all in the upper right corner of the laptop.
I just received my e6400 yesterday and I love everything about it. However, the entire computer vibrates slightly. The vibration is definitely coming from the hard drive. I called Dell tech support and based on the description I gave them they told me to just send the computer back for a replacement. I would like to keep this specific computer and just replace the HDD (I like the LG screen and I don't want to get stuck with a different make/model). I'm going to call customer service on monday to see if I can get a replacement drive.
I currently have a 160GB Momentus 7200.3 st9160411asg, it doesn't make any noise, it just vibrates. I tried reducing the vibration by re-seating the drive and applying some electrical tape. I also turned on the quite mode in BIOS. Neither of these worked.
I never had this problem in other laptops with solid HDD mounts. I don't want to feel any vibration from the HDD under normal use. Is this possible with the e6400 considering the poor HDD bay design? I did read that some members had less vibration with other drives. I guess there are several ways to address this problem.
1. Request a specific model of 7200rpm drive from Dell that has the least chance of vibrating (can I do that?)
2. Downgrade to a 5400rpm drive and hope that it doesn't vibrate. (it would help if I could request specific model here)
3. Upgrade to an SSD, problem solved. (However I fail to see why I should have to spend an additional $255 and loss capacity just to get a drive that does not vibrate, especially in a high end computer)
4. Get the cheapest drive from Dell and buy an aftermarket drive HDD or SSD.
5. Send the E6400 back and buy a T400 which will more than likely not have a vibrating drive.
After typing all this out I just realized that the Dell tech may want me to send back the whole computer because there may be something wrong with the frame that allows the vibration to propagate.
Does anyone else get a slight tingling or vibrating sensation on the right palmrest? It doesn't really bother me but I just find it peculiar....it's really hard to describe except that my hand can feel some kind of vibrating going on (it's very subtle and doesn't make noise). Anybody else know what I mean?
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