03-02-2008, 06:36 AM | #1 |
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anyone else hear a ticking sound?
hey, I just noticed a faint ticking sound whenever the screen refreshes on my kindle. I'm not sure if it just started or I just started hearing it, but now that I know it's there it's kind of annoying. do you guys get the same thing, or does it mean something's up?
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03-02-2008, 10:03 AM | #2 | |
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I am sure you don't mean the sound of the actual button itself? Otherwise, absolutely no ticking on my Kindle, but just to be sure, had the wife and a young friend listen carefully. Quiet as a church mouse. |
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03-02-2008, 11:30 AM | #3 |
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no ticking here
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03-02-2008, 02:38 PM | #4 |
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Don't worry, that's just the meter on the EVDO running.
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03-02-2008, 03:41 PM | #5 |
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huh, well that's kind of discouraging. it's not the button clicking itself, it's coming from inside the device and it happens just when the screen goes black to refresh. the tick is pretty audible from reading distance, and if I put my ear right up to it I can hear a whirry-squeaky sound from the hard drive at the same time. somebody on amazon has the exact same thing so I hope it doesn't mean the drive is about to fail or something.
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03-02-2008, 03:42 PM | #6 |
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You'll know when it stops. You'll hear a loud BOOM!
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03-02-2008, 08:20 PM | #8 | |
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You are correct, though. The Kindle does make a sound. I never noticed before because my Kindle is virtually silent. I had to hold it up to my ear in order to hear it. If you can hear the sound when holding the kindle at arms length, then your Kindle is in some way defective. It was probably assembled wrong. |
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03-02-2008, 08:20 PM | #9 |
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well aren't you guys a bunch of jokers with your nice quiet kindles that aren't going to explode. I just sent them an email, I guess I'll see if I'm just being nitpicky or not.
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If I were in your position, I would get the Kindle replaced. |
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03-02-2008, 08:45 PM | #12 |
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Vizplex does not make any sound when updating the screen.
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From 'IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE': "Papa says everytime you hear a click another angel gets its wings" or was it "Bezos gets another buck"? |
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03-03-2008, 11:21 PM | #15 |
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well, I just called and the guy tried to hear it on his own kindle for a while, then eventually decided the kindle just isn't supposed to do that. I was kind of surprised, I thought they'd tell me it was normal and quit complaining but I guess they're going to send out a new one. oh well, at least I'll be able to check if the new one does it too.
I have to say Amazon is doing customer service well. I got straight through to a friendly support guy. I didn't even have to speak my order number into some voice recognition or anything. so yeah...thanks for the input everyone. |
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