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HP Officejet Pro 6830
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My Officejet Pro 6830 has begun making a very high pitched ringing noise when it sits idle. How do I make this stop???

 

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Hi folks, can you please try the firmware released 1st June and let me know if that resolves it?

 

Thanks

Ciara

 

http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-Officejet-Pro-6830-e-All-in-One-Printer-series/53...

 

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I'm having the same problem. Just cropped up.

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The noise is likely the power supply.  You will need to Contact HP for service.  In the US or Canada call 1-800-HPINVENt, elsewhere see the contact information here.


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I have a new 6835 that does the same thing.  I spent 60+ minutes with multiple HP tech support employees (making sure my software & drivers were current, plugging it into a wall outlet rather than a power strip, re-setting the printer....  They finally decided to ship me a new one.  Employee said she's never come across such a case.  I told her to search the internet - I'm not the only one.  Interesting to see if the new one has the same problem...  My guess is it will. 

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There's another thread by people who have the same problem:        HP OfficeJet 6830 Whining Noise             

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Mine is doing the same thing and has been used only two weeks.  They need to figure out what happened during the latest update! #HP Read this!

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Thanks for the feedback on this folks. Was it after a recent firmware update? (PNP1CN1517AR, released around 12th May)

 

 

Thanks

Ciara 

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Ciara, 

 

I don't know if it was after a frimware update.  I think the printer is set to update automatically.  Any suggestions on how I could check? 

 

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I watched my printer do an auto update yesterday and later the same day I began to notice the high pitched noise.  Until yesterday I never heard this noise, so I am pretty sure the update is the cause.  If i do anything to wake it out of sleep the noise stops for exactly 5 minutes which is the sleep setting.

 

Would someone please look into this?


printer 6812

Firmware version PNP1CN1517RAR

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Folks, thanks for the feedback on this. Bear with us, we're looking into it and as soon as I know more I'll post back...

 

Appreciate you flagging this

Thanks, Ciara

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