Very loud beep, white screen

[Billabonged]

Sometimes, especially while playing a game, the tablet will go to a white screen and make a very loud beeping sound until I hold the power button and reset it. Has this happened to anyone else and is there a fix?

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[dictionary]

Sometimes, especially while playing a game, the tablet will go to a white screen and make a very loud beeping sound until I hold the power button and reset it. Has this happened to anyone else and is there a fix?

Battery issue more than likely. Battery probably below 40% or more right? The fix I've found works (had this issue before) was to remove the back cover, disconnect the battery cable, reconnect and reassemble.

 

[Billabonged]

I noticed it a few more times and it is always when the battery is under 40%. I'll try to disconnect the battery cable. Thanks!

 

[enriquejones666]

Yes, this is a notorious problem with the N9; there a couple of threads on it. The cause has been narrowed down to either a faulty motherboard or a deteriorating battery (as dictionary mentions). Regardless, its a hardware failure that you'd be hard pressed to fix yourself (I don't think anyone even makes a replacement battery for the N9).
If you can get warranty repair/replacement on your device, do it. Otherwise, follow dictionary's advise.

 

[thijsniehof]

I've had this problem several times. Previously I had a charging issue, under warranty the mainboard was replaced. A long while after that the problems with scrambled screen and loud noises started. I then disconnected the battery, and reconnected it, and the problem went away for a long time. But it has returned and even returning more often.
So I ordered a replacement battery via ebay (straight from China), and yesterday I finally found some time to replace it. First thing I noticed the tablet is more responsive, snappier.. It hasn't discharged enough to reproduce the problem, but I had trouble lately with updating apps when it wasn't on the powersupply, which convinced me it was a faulty battery. Now it's updating without charger no problem at all.

 

[thijsniehof]

2,5 weeks after replacing the battery, and the problem did not come back. I'm happy with it.. pretty easy fix..