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11-16-2020 06:14 AM
Occasionally, a strange chemical smell emanates from my HP ProBook 470 G4 laptop. This is usually, but not always, accompanied by a short, sharp sound within the laptop. The sound brings to mind something between a spark and a discharge from a spray nozzle.
The effect is that my nostrils get irritated and I sneeze. Just for a moment. But there's nothing visible in the air around.
I discovered this some weeks ago. The laptop works without any trouble.
A similar issue, also with an HP laptop, was reported here: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Software-and-How-To-Questions/Weird-Chemical-Smell-coming-out...
Do you know what causes the problem? Could you please suggest a solution?
11-16-2020
06:53 AM
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11-16-2020
07:20 AM
by
MatheusH
Many more HP users have in fact reported the "smell" problem. See, for example,
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