Re: PROBLEM: MacBook makes whining noise when usb-uhci active

2007-07-08 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007, Carlo Wood wrote: > The most likely source of a noise as you seem to describe is a > ceramic capacitor. An alternative is some coil, but that you > usually only hear in cases where a high frequency is used inside > a voltage convertor (in order to reduce transformator or coil >

Re: PROBLEM: MacBook makes whining noise when usb-uhci active

2007-07-08 Thread Carlo Wood
On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 12:41:55AM -0400, Tim Hull wrote: > After reading the ThinkPad wiki link, I've found that the problem has > to do with the C3 and C4 ACPI states. I'm guessing that the 2.6.18 > kernel I was using on Debian Etch just happened to not support full > power management on my MacB

Re: PROBLEM: MacBook makes whining noise when usb-uhci active

2007-07-07 Thread Tim Hull
After reading the ThinkPad wiki link, I've found that the problem has to do with the C3 and C4 ACPI states. I'm guessing that the 2.6.18 kernel I was using on Debian Etch just happened to not support full power management on my MacBook - hence, the problem didn't occur. Sorry for all of this - I

Re: PROBLEM: MacBook makes whining noise when usb-uhci active

2007-07-07 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 07 Jul 2007, Gerald Britton wrote: > On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 10:17:34PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > > > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: On my MacBook (first > > > generation > > > Core Duo 1.83GHz), I can hear a faint whining noise that becomes audible > > > when usb-uhci is lo

Re: PROBLEM: MacBook makes whining noise when usb-uhci active

2007-07-07 Thread Gerald Britton
On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 10:17:34PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: On my MacBook (first generation > > Core Duo 1.83GHz), I can hear a faint whining noise that becomes audible > > when usb-uhci is loaded and remains audible except when the USB ports are in

Re: PROBLEM: MacBook makes whining noise when usb-uhci active

2007-07-07 Thread Alan Stern
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, Tim Hull wrote: > [1.] One line summary of the problem: MacBook makes whining noise when > usb-uhci loaded. I assume you mean uhci-hcd. usb-uhci is part of Linux 2.4, not 2.6. > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: On my MacBook (first generation > Core Duo 1.83GHz),

Re: PROBLEM: MacBook makes whining noise when usb-uhci active

2007-07-07 Thread Richard Mittendorfer
Also sprach "Tim Hull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Sat, 7 Jul 2007 19:45:48 -0400): > [1.] One line summary of the problem: MacBook makes whining noise when > usb-uhci loaded. > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: On my MacBook (first > generation Core Duo 1.83GHz), I can hear a faint whining noi