Humming sound from bottom of laptop

dv6 laptop making continuous humming sound; I cleaned the vents with compressed air. sound persists

I would put my ear right against the area under the plastic that has the image for hard drive (usually looks like a cylinder split into cylinders). Listen and see if you can feel it. Next, put your ear near the fan exhaust and also the intake if you can find the holes for that. The intake is usually on the bottom near the exhaust port. The spacing should be large enough to give you an idea. The other method is to remove the hard drive and see if the noise is still there. Make sure you didn't just leave a DVD in the drive.
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I don't think I have anything to offer that you haven't done. In Device Manager, Device status says "working properly" and you've reinstalled this driver.
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It is no sound from TV, after i connecting my laptop to tv through hdmi cable on hdmi port 1.
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Cant get any sound from my hp laptop, running windows 7 home prem.

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Get your Product Number by pressing Fn + Esc key or check the Service Tag attached to bottom, may be under battery.
Go to the link below.Enter your Product Number .After entering PN, click Next ,then choose Software & Drivers.On the next page use the dropdown to select your OS (probably Windows 7 64bit). A list will populate with drivers. Download & Save the latest Audio driver.
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+So my laptop works for 4 seconds, wont give any screen (black screen) wont load even BIOS. What could be wrong ?+
_*Fixing?:*_
Ok so I left the laptop after a couple of months, being told it was dead, just getting it dusty. (Read history to get this)
But since last week, I figured its getting dusty, I never opened a laptop before, why wont I try doing that.
_+*I replaced the Memory modules, Slot A and B , both memories , same time, one at a time, all possible ways.*+_
_+*Since I have only 1 HDD, I used it in both slots. Looks to no difference. Using NO HDD, I do NOT have the very tiny minor humming sound!!!*+_
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Is there something I should do with some soldering?
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Ok, the company did not reply at all ... I ended up sending another email. And they did reply with a automatic message. Now weeks later still nothing more then that auto reply.
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Considering the toshiba help I have gotten ... (pretty much none) in these last years.
I declare my laptop dead. And decide at this very moment, that I (ofcourse) never will buy toshiba hardware again.
I might pay a bit more at my Dell computers, but the support in the last 8 years with 5 different computer systems and 1 laptop. Has been perfect in compare to the toshiba support I have gotten in the last 3 years, which just fails.
Thx tho all you guys for the replys.
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Hello Deepak-Kumar,
You’re having a problem with the sound not be very loud.
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I am not getting any sound from my laptop. I have a Pavilion dv7 with beats audio.

I am not getting any sound from my laptop.

Try a hard reset.Disconnect all external devices first.
1-remove power cord and battery
2-press power button for 30 seconds
3-reinstall only power cord for first startup.
4-power on
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If still no sound,
Go to the link below.Enter your Product Number as listed on Service Tag attached to bottom of notebook (may be under battery). You can also get the Product Number by pressing Fn + Esc key. After entering PN, click Next ,then choose Software & Drivers.On the next page use the dropdown to select your OS (probably Windows 7 64bit). A list will populate with drivers. Download & install the latest Audio driver.
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So I was typing all normal like, didn't do anything stupid or weird, but suddenly the music I was playing through my laptop's internal speakers just stopped.
And despite nothing being plugged in the auxiliary jack, the laptop thinks something IS plugged in and doesn't play sound through the internal speakers. So no sound at all.
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Hi @nematoda
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I grasp that you have lost sound on the internal speakers and when you connect headphones you get the message that you disconnected the device but then plays sound through the headphones.
Here is a link to No Sound from the Speakers (Windows 8) that may help to overcome this issue.
If this has not been resolved I recommend contacting HP support for assistance as the notebook is only a month old.
Please call our technical support at 800 474 6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get a support number for your region.
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After attaching the headset to the audio jack, i get sound from the laptop speaker

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