anyone else hear a ticking sound? - Page 2

NatCh · 03-04-2008, 10:44 AM

Excellent! I must say, Amazon is making a very good showing on the tech support side for these things.

mores · 03-04-2008, 12:15 PM

It might have been produced by apple ... since apple computers usually make weird noises too, like screetching, whining, clicking and clonking

NatCh · 03-04-2008, 12:50 PM

Hey, that clonking took huge teams of developers to get just right, and it's thoroughly shielded from infringement.

badgoodDeb · 03-04-2008, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mores

... apple computers usually make weird noises too, like screetching, whining, clicking and clonking

Oh, they do not!!!! That's just us apple die-hard users, complaining when you try to take away our macs, prying them from our clinging fingertips. (I started with an Apple ][e ! )

NatCh · 03-04-2008, 02:23 PM

My first was a ][c -- they actually lost me when they went with the Mac thing.

jacksonunit · 03-05-2008, 09:18 PM

I cut my binaries on an apple ][e but they lost me when they tried to charge me as much for a new keyboard as it cost to get a PC. Never looked back.

Maybe it's one of these...

NatCh · 03-05-2008, 11:46 PM

Heh, I was just ticked that they took the command prompt away.

jacksonunit · 03-06-2008, 07:32 AM

They took the command prompt away?

BASTARDS!

How does anybody get anything done without a command prompt? I mean, you can't just draw pictures all day can you?

Back to the topic, when I read my Kindle while driveing it keeps making a weird "honking" noise.

DaleDe · 03-06-2008, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jacksonunit

They took the command prompt away?

BASTARDS!

How does anybody get anything done without a command prompt? I mean, you can't just draw pictures all day can you?

Back to the topic, when I read my Kindle while driveing it keeps making a weird "honking" noise.

Actually the prompt is back now with version 10 since it is Unix based.

NatCh · 03-06-2008, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Actually the prompt is back now with version 10 since it is Unix based.

Only took 'em 18 years. How could I be so disloyal to not simply trust them that it would be back?

jacksonunit · 03-06-2008, 04:49 PM

I'm now so much in love with Linux it's unnatural. Ubuntu taste great. Less filling.

aapezzuto · 03-07-2008, 03:59 PM

got in on this late:

I like the capasitor theory, especially if you are in a dry climate, but it would still be a sign that there is a discharge across air, (the noise could be the expansion of a small pocked of air in a tight place...) You will get the same thing on tvs sometimes.

as far as os 10, the change to unix core makes my pine for a mac os box. I have tried to jump ship to *nix but my 2-3 brief trips have ended with needing one of my windows only utilities. Heck I used open office exclusively for over a year till book designer required that I install MsWord

... Right now I'm performing daily negotiations with Vista Ultimate... and sometimes it demands a sacrifice of blood, time or money... luckily if it demands more I have 2 first born.

a_whale · 03-12-2008, 03:32 PM

well, the final word is that I can hear the tick-during-refresh clearly on a replacement kindle too, so either there are a lot of devices that do it or you guys are just deaf.

it sucks to have wasted Amazon's time, but now maybe anybody else who's curious can check here too. I'm happy just tuning it out, now that I know it's normal.

jacksonunit · 03-13-2008, 07:41 AM

MS Vista is not as bad as a lot of folks make out. MS bashing has been a favorite pastime of nerds for years now.

I have a Vista Ulti/Ubuntu dual boot Dell M1210 laptop and I really like it. The only proprietary thing I have on it is my ZUNE so that is really the only time I go to the Vista side anymore.

As far as the clicking goes, I think it may go away when you pass 40 or if you play drums for a few years.

TallMomof2 · 03-13-2008, 09:00 AM

I've never heard any clicking from my Kindle but then again after too many years of hard rock concerts my hearing is probably compromised.

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03-04-2008, 10:44 AM	#16
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Excellent! I must say, Amazon is making a very good showing on the tech support side for these things.

03-04-2008, 12:15 PM	#17
mores Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 102419 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	It might have been produced by apple ... since apple computers usually make weird noises too, like screetching, whining, clicking and clonking

03-04-2008, 12:50 PM	#18
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Hey, that clonking took huge teams of developers to get just right, and it's thoroughly shielded from infringement.

03-04-2008, 02:23 PM	#20
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	My first was a ][c -- they actually lost me when they went with the Mac thing.

03-05-2008, 09:18 PM	#21
jacksonunit Sand Bender Posts: 107 Karma: 35218 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Antonio, Tx Device: Kindle1/iPhone/iPad/Droid/KindleDX/Kindle 3G/Kindle Touch/Kindle Fire	I cut my binaries on an apple ][e but they lost me when they tried to charge me as much for a new keyboard as it cost to get a PC. Never looked back. Maybe it's one of these...

03-05-2008, 11:46 PM	#22
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Heh, I was just ticked that they took the command prompt away.

03-06-2008, 07:32 AM	#23
jacksonunit Sand Bender Posts: 107 Karma: 35218 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Antonio, Tx Device: Kindle1/iPhone/iPad/Droid/KindleDX/Kindle 3G/Kindle Touch/Kindle Fire	They took the command prompt away? BASTARDS! How does anybody get anything done without a command prompt? I mean, you can't just draw pictures all day can you? Back to the topic, when I read my Kindle while driveing it keeps making a weird "honking" noise.

03-06-2008, 04:49 PM	#26
jacksonunit Sand Bender Posts: 107 Karma: 35218 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Antonio, Tx Device: Kindle1/iPhone/iPad/Droid/KindleDX/Kindle 3G/Kindle Touch/Kindle Fire	I'm now so much in love with Linux it's unnatural. Ubuntu taste great. Less filling.

03-07-2008, 03:59 PM	#27
aapezzuto Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 693 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: none	got in on this late: I like the capasitor theory, especially if you are in a dry climate, but it would still be a sign that there is a discharge across air, (the noise could be the expansion of a small pocked of air in a tight place...) You will get the same thing on tvs sometimes. as far as os 10, the change to unix core makes my pine for a mac os box. I have tried to jump ship to *nix but my 2-3 brief trips have ended with needing one of my windows only utilities. Heck I used open office exclusively for over a year till book designer required that I install MsWord ... Right now I'm performing daily negotiations with Vista Ultimate... and sometimes it demands a sacrifice of blood, time or money... luckily if it demands more I have 2 first born.

03-12-2008, 03:32 PM	#28
a_whale Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle	well, the final word is that I can hear the tick-during-refresh clearly on a replacement kindle too, so either there are a lot of devices that do it or you guys are just deaf. it sucks to have wasted Amazon's time, but now maybe anybody else who's curious can check here too. I'm happy just tuning it out, now that I know it's normal.

03-13-2008, 07:41 AM	#29
jacksonunit Sand Bender Posts: 107 Karma: 35218 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Antonio, Tx Device: Kindle1/iPhone/iPad/Droid/KindleDX/Kindle 3G/Kindle Touch/Kindle Fire	MS Vista is not as bad as a lot of folks make out. MS bashing has been a favorite pastime of nerds for years now. I have a Vista Ulti/Ubuntu dual boot Dell M1210 laptop and I really like it. The only proprietary thing I have on it is my ZUNE so that is really the only time I go to the Vista side anymore. As far as the clicking goes, I think it may go away when you pass 40 or if you play drums for a few years.

03-13-2008, 09:00 AM	#30
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I've never heard any clicking from my Kindle but then again after too many years of hard rock concerts my hearing is probably compromised.