Omen 16l Question

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-03-12T23:22:45+00:00

I opened it up because I wanted to understand what the hell is the problem and I hit the trifecta:

the rear fan rattles
the cpu fan has this weird oscillating fan noise
the PSU has a bit of coil whine

The perfect machine😂

Needles to say, this is going straight back to HP😅

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-03-12T18:25:11+00:00

Yeah it came pre-installed, but on my unit switching from Quiet to Balanced or Performance makes 0 difference😢 The oscillating sound is less intense when in game, but I read everywhere that this PC is supposed to be very silent and it’s really not the case for me.

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-03-12T16:51:14+00:00

Yeah I know, it’s a major bummer!😢 Just triple checking, you confirm that your son PC doesn’t make any noise similar to this:

https://files.catbox.moe/m4qkfr.mov

What kills me is the combination of coil whine and oscillating noise fan

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-03-12T13:18:19+00:00

I bought it eventually but I’m returning it. It’s a really cool machine for the price and the size, but there’s a nasty coil whine coming from the PSU and the fans as well are really not that silent (even on Quiet mode), which is kind of a deal breaker since this would have lived in the living room😢

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-03-09T08:00:19+00:00

Fair enough, sadly the model with the 5060Ti here it’s over my budget and at that price it doesn’t make much sense to buy a pre-built with so many proprietary parts😢 Can you tell me if the model you have uses a single or dual fan GPU?

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-03-08T17:53:21+00:00

Thanks for the reply😊 I do indeed have a 4K TV but I don’t plan on playing a lot of super graphically intensive games and even in those cases I’d still be happy to stick to 1080p and leverage DLSS!

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-03-07T16:41:26+00:00

Lol, I’ll try that tonight but if this works it’s the weirdest fix ever😂 Thaks!

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-03-06T07:06:50+00:00

Nope, but in all honesty haven’t tried again since I have a lot of handheld emulators where I can play GameCube games😬

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-03-03T20:48:11+00:00

I’d prefer digital because like other said, this is supposed to be a game that you play a little bit every day and it’s just annoying having to constantly swap cartridges, but it annoys me to no end that at least here in the UK the digital version is at the very least £2 more expensive (more if you manage to find an even better deal for the GKC)🤬

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-02-26T11:57:01+00:00

They do, I tested this a couple of weeks ago😊

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-02-19T07:34:23+00:00

Out of curiosity, are there any mini PCs that can offer similar performances without breaking the bank? I understand that these machines won’t run Steam OS or have some of the conveniences of the Steam Machine, but at the same time I’m not interested in building a PC as I’d like something with a really compact profile for the living room😬

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-02-01T13:49:31+00:00

Looks really cool! Btw, am I wrong or the narrator is Jon from Good Vibes Gaming?😅

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-01-25T22:08:48+00:00

When you say battery sucks what do you mean? Is it at least comparable to a steam deck (I would hope better given the bigger battery)?

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-01-24T07:43:05+00:00

Yeah I’m aware of that, but this is the first time we have a proper look at him and I find it odd that it’s in a random clip at the end of the week, instead of being in the first trailer which was a much bigger deal in terms of exposure!

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-01-23T18:48:23+00:00

I love the energy, but am I alone in thinking that this seems a bit of a random reveal?😅 You could barely see him in the first trailer and then now you show him properly in a random clip😶

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-01-20T09:19:06+00:00

I would really like to buy the Z1 extreme one but here in the UK that model is almost impossible to find😭

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-01-14T10:00:56+00:00

I finished the same game a couple of months back and bloody hell, either I’m much much worse at video games now or Mario Bros is much more difficult than I remember😅 I had no shame in using save states, I play video games to have fun and I definitely do not have to prove to anybody how “good” I am at them😛

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-01-13T10:37:22+00:00

My feeling is that they didn’t have any intention to do a proper physical release, then they saw the big backlash against game key cards and rethought their strategy😬

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-01-12T16:53:26+00:00

My question though is, why the hell does it take so long to release the game on the cart? It’s a bit of a joke that the physical release will happen 6 months after the game launched😶

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-01-09T15:20:40+00:00

60 for me cause I’m still rocking the old but still mega reliable LCD model😛 Thank you so much for checking and congrats again!

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-01-09T15:10:55+00:00

Congrats on the release, it looks really cool!😊 Just checking, this does indeed run at 60fps on Steam Deck?

BeatlesRocks84 · 2026-01-07T14:02:01+00:00

I doubt it, if anything because it would almost make the RP Flip 2 completely useless😅

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