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
    2020-08-14T14:15:14+00:00

    My Microsoft laptop 3 makes this same buzzing sound. It worries me that it's some type of short circuit because that's what it sounds like. After searching, this seems like a common problem. Maybe it's an inherent defect in the computer since it seems like those that replaced or repaired their computer still had the same problem. I'm a little disappointed by this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-03T08:21:26+00:00

    Hey guys!

    I'm with you as I faced this issue several times. 

    After 3 replacements, Microsoft told me that they received in the last week of July a batch of Surface Laptop 3 (Total Black in alluminium) not affected by the static buzzing noise. 

    I've done my third replacement then, and so far it seems is working decently, with bluetooth not disappearing every now and then. 

    Hopefully things are fixed by now!

    PB

    Thanks for letting me know I will contact customer support again and see what they have to say this Time.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-02T18:57:22+00:00

    the bluetooth always lags

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-02T18:54:52+00:00

    same when i play universe sand box it starts making an electric or static sound

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-07-19T02:02:14+00:00

    I would like to provide my experience as well.

    It's been 2-3 weeks since I've had it. This past week, lets say 3 days ago I started noticing that it would overheat while charging and hearing the fan. The first time I freaked out and turned it off, verify that everything was well. I thought it was just me, thats until finding this forum and several others. Fast forward to today, I was simply browsing the web, connected the charger and it instantly overheated. I felt as I was being burned by fire. Then, it started freezing and afterwards, simply crashed. After trying to turn it off and opening the task manager it appeared the blue screen of death. Right now is just a piece of garbage in my eyes.

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