Asus N76vz

[Gambit21]

Hello,

I have bought an Asus N76VZ yesterday and I'm pretty happy : beautiful, silent, powerful.

I have just 2 problems so I would like to know if it's conception problem or if it's for all N76VZ.

1/ The sound. As soon as I make an action that make sound, I can hear a fast crackling (grésillement ou crépitement en français). Even if the sound is shut down, I can hear this little noise.
Can you try ? : You shut down the sound and you go on an internet page with video and sound. Can you tell me if you have too this fast crackling ?
This is the left speaker that makes this noise.

2/ the touchpad. Whan I push the touchpad down-right, the "right click" does not happens. To make a right-click I have to push just right of the white line of the touchpad OR push hard down-right of the touchpad.
AND when I put my finger on the 4 icons below the touchpad and then slide my finger to the touchpad, my finger crash into the touchpad : the touchpad is not as the same level as the châssis.

Thanks for your help. Beacause i don't know if these two problems are normals or not.

I would like to apologize for my poor english, because i'm french and french people are well known concerning their lack of language's skill !

[Goldenratio]

I have the exact problems as u do. I got mine last week.

1. When sound is completely off, everytime i access a folder i hear this short clicking sound from the left speaker followed by the same clicking sound 10 seconds later.

2. Mousepad has alot of flex when pushing in middle. It feels like it is not correctly fixed. It bends up in the middle so to say.

Was the quality check poorly done on our machines? Mine is bought in Sweden, and i dont have time to send it back and get a new since i am only briefly in sweden and will travel back to Japan soon..

[BrunoPT]

My new Asus N56VZ has the same crackling problem.

I always hear 2 clicking sounds coming from what appears to be the speakers about 10 seconds after I do something that originates sound, such as clicking the volume slider. If you click the volume slider multiple times fast you can even clearly hear crackling.

I read somewhere that the clicking noise kicks in after the sound card is inactive for 10 seconds and powers down. I have found no way to get around this, though.

Tomorrow I am going to turn it in at the store, not only because of the crackling but also because the S key often gets stuck and the chassis gives out far too many static shocks.

[elmer_f]

I think it is a common thing these fart noises in your speakers, when you browse the net, scroll, open close windows and other stuff. Ice-power just amplifies the sound...

The touch-pad should be sturdy, no wobbling at all I believe. But you are supposed to be able to do left-click where ever on the touch-pad. But I am afraid this comes with a price, though it doesn't work that well. Others have experienced a rather loose mouse-pad, mine is not, I don't think it is supposed to be. And the right and left buttons becomes very stiff, guess the reason is, that my touch-pad isn't loose, but this i prefer.
I believe the touch-pad is supposed to be on level with, or slightly underneath the deck, as mine...

[JXulo]

I never notice the problem with the sound, but my touchpad has the same problem. It's not a problem for me because i don't use it, but i notice that it is not at the same level of the chassis in the right side too.

[BrunoPT]

I wonder if not all Asus N56VZ laptops crackle. If not, I might trade in mine for a new one to see if the problem persists.

JXulo, doesn't your N56VZ make any crackling/clicking sounds 10 seconds or so after you open a folder, pause a song, click the volume slider, close a youtube video, etc? To me it always crackles after I click Windows 7's volume slider. It happens even if the volume is muted but only if you don't have earphones plugged in.


Asus N56VZ-S4025V Quad Core i7 3610QM/8GB RAM/GeForce GT 650M/750GB 7200RPM [Portugal]

[OC-Freak]

This issue sucks.
Was thinking about getting the N56 or N76 after returning my Samsung 700Z7C due to wireless issues. The 700Z7C had fantastic speakers too, and integrated sub.
Now I stumble upon this issue, and again I'm at a loss on what laptop I should get. I want good screen, speakers, low noise, backlit keyboard and decent gaming performance.
But with buzz/crackling in the speakers the N56/76 is a no-go.

I've looked at MSI's GE series, but they do not have backlit keyboards and noise level is too high.
Lenovo Y580 is not sold here.
HP envy is not sold here.

That kinda limits the choises.

[Kaiser2000]

1) I too have this problem with the strange crackling sound coming from the speakers. It seems to be completely random when performing various tasks with the N76VZ_DS71. If idle, I don't hear anything at all. It is kind of annoying, but I'll live with it since it took forever to finally decide on a machine.

2) The touchpad works perfectly for me though.

[Teerex]

The 'click' sound is caused by a power management feature. About 10 seconds after the last sound is produced, power is cut from the sound controller and the click you hear is the abrupt end to the low background ''static'' noise usually produced by the controller and speakers. I've encountered a way to disable this some time ago, I'll try to find it again.

[Javelasc]

just the sound? i have an issue not sure if its normal..but my computer makes a click sound or crack everytime i open a program or listen to music...not sound but like where the harddrive is