Surface Laptop 3 Faint Buzzing Sound

Anonymous
2019-10-23T21:50:20+00:00

Hello,

I’ve got the i5 8GB Surface Laptop 3 (13.5-inch), and today, while browsing the internet, I noticed a fairly faint  buzzing sound coming from under the keyboard. It was faint enough you couldn’t hear it from a couple metres away, and sometimes buzzed continuously, other times buzzed in short repetitive bursts.

It didn’t sound like the fan to me, so I opened up the task manager to see if browsing was straining the computer in some way.

I have updated the computer completely, but the buzzing persisted.

Is this a normal electronics problem? Is it actually just the fan? Or is it possibly a defective unit?

Edit/Update:

I took the device into the MS Store today to see if there was something wrong. The staff took it into the back and tested it. They found increasing the computer's workload caused the sound to increase and described it as a popping static-y sound. They replaced the device and I have a new one now. Unfortunately, I've found through usage that this one is also making the sound. I am waiting to see if a firmware update reduces the noise since it seems pervasive across the devices.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T19:55:48+00:00

    I noticed the same issue on my surface laptop 3 today. Any updates on how to fix it?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T17:56:13+00:00

    No sign of taking care of this annoying issue at all from M. So disappointing

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T05:54:14+00:00

    this annoying issue has been happening since day one. why there is no fix or action or any response from Microsoft???

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-07T16:47:43+00:00

    Same problem with the amd ryzen surface edition SL3 i7 32gb 1tb 15"

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-01-07T16:25:18+00:00

    I have the same issue and noticed it about 2 weeks ago - tried to ignore it but unfortunately, now I know its there, its becoming more and more noticeable.

    Hoping that a fix will be rolled out

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