I have a brand new Lenovo G50-30 (literally got it today) and it works fine, however, when I watch videos on Youtube there's an occasional slight freeze and a buzzing noise. It's a problem my old laptop had too, which was a HP. I've turned off the microphone, but I don't know what else to do, or what may be causing it, as it's freakin' new.
Laptop Buzzing Through Speakers?
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Your location of laptop. Sometimes the noise could be generated by a nearby electronic device interference. Keep the laptop in other place? I can't really find any other coincidence between old and brand new laptops you had. And i believe when you picked up from shop, it was working fine.
Asher
TAKE IT BACK RETURN IT
Gary
The G50-30 is one of the generic N2830 Celeron laptops available for under $250 in a few brands.
It is a relatively slow processor for a new laptop and the base Lenovo model starts with minimal ram.
If watching youtube(or any other streaming) on wireless, you can improve the continuity by direct ethernet cable. The freeze should be that your internet is not getting data into the laptop fast enough. On wireless, it is about the speed of data. If you have the same issue by direct cable, it is your isp (internet service provider) service level.
Are you using any external hardware that might account for the buzzing? That would be any speakers or headset or microphone plugged into the laptop. If you get an issue with two different laptops as a "buzzing", it is something external to both laptops.
I can tell you about a high pitched whine coming from ceramic capacitors on a Thinkpad model set 10 years ago, but that is not likely the issue you refer to.
I have 32 years experience in computer hardware, and streaming delays are in data send or data receive building a cache to play and if you are not getting data fast enough, it stops to collect more.
Buzzing is an electrical interference generally between mic+speakers, but that is going to be by the connections to the pc rather than inside a pc, and so I note about external hardware and how it is connected. Many new laptops are using an Audio Combo Jack (headphone and mic)
that detects what you have plugged in.
You can get it cheaper than this, but look closely at the 3.5mm pin on the cable
http://www.startech.com/Cables/Audio-Video/Audio-Cables/35mm-4-Position-to-2x-3-Position-35mm-Headset-Splitter-Adapter-Male-to-Female~MUYHSMFF
It is a 4 position and can split to mic and headphone.
If you plug in older 3 position 3.5mm pins, it causes shorting and when just the wrong way, causes a buzz.
Normally, it won't buzz and just detects it correctly. I think you have just the wrong external item you are using.
That is my thoughts on what you report.
Andy L