Okay, thanks for the clarification. I was just concerned about hearsay on the list. Thanks for the science. -Nick
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Ben Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Nick, > > I've not looked at the electronics inside the neo myself but the sound > is typical in the electronics world of a switchmode power supply under > grate strain. > > I was told by someone on the irc channel that OM folks recommend you > don't do it and > being an electronics engineer myself i recommend this too. The sound is not > something the phone should be emitting in normal operation. > > > Nick Guenther wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Ben Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hey, > >> > >> Just a reminder to everyone *NOT* to pull out the battery while the neo > >> has USB power. > >> > >> You may not have heard it but the phone gets quite angry. As evident by > >> a quiet scream the phone emits as the components in its power system > >> begin to vibrate closer to magic smoke land. > >> > > > > Is this true? I haven't been worrying about the scream at all myself. > > how do you know the whine is from power components? > > > > -Nick > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
