Clicking noise after install on laptop

[andywizs]

Hello,

Since installing Ubuntu 9.10 I get an intermittent clicking noise, possibly coming from the hard disk or "within" my laptop. it almost sounds like the click noise you sometimes hear through speakers or on a dodgy old record, yet I can turn sound completely off and still hear it.

My laptop is a Compaq Presario v6000 if that helps? I saw an older thread about a similar issue but could find no solution.

Any help appreciated!

[rocklinks]

Snap! It's very annoying! and turning the speakers off, does not fix the problem.

[peculiar penguin]

Do you have some sort of "HDA" (HD Audio) sound controller in your laptop? Karmic now turns these off/on as needed to save power when they're not being used, which can cause audible pops/clicks with some devices.

You can disable this by changing the options of the snd-hda-intel module in /etc/modprobe.de/alsa-base.cfg (set power_save to 0 and power_save_controller to N).

[efes50cl]

[quote=andywizs;8198658]Hello,

Since installing Ubuntu 9.10 I get an intermittent clicking noise

Same problem here my notebook is Lenovo 3000 V200

[Ayuthia]

You can disable this by changing the options of the snd-hda-intel module in /etc/modprobe.de/alsa-base.cfg (set power_save to 0 and power_save_controller to N).

I think that the file location is actually:

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

You can also just comment out the line at the end of the file so that it looks like this:

#options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N

[efes50cl]

I think that the file location is actually:

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

You can also just comment out the line at the end of the file so that it looks like this:

#options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N

Nope didnt work 4 me clicking problem continues. I tried different O.s (Pardus). There isnt any problem ....

[el_uno]

this worked for me, i had to restart my laptop first, but now i dont hear that annoying sound anymore.


thanks!!

[theaaronc]

I think that the file location is actually:

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

You can also just comment out the line at the end of the file so that it looks like this:

#options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N

This resolution worked for me. I was having the issue running 9.10 on a Presario V6000.

Edit: a reboot was also required for me.

[theLegend]

Bingo! This solution worked for my HP Pavilion laptop. Now that tiny little elf who keeps tapping my keys has gone!

[speedync]

Excellent fix. I just commented out that last line, rebooted and no more annoying clicks. Oh yeah, Compaq C700 laptop.