NUC playing Intel jingle while boxed, should I be worried?

I bought an Intel NUC (D34010WYK, to be exact) used, as an Amazon Warehouse Deal. It's supposed to come with a 128GB SSD and 4 GB of RAM already installed.

It still resides in its original packaging, so I haven't connected it to anything yet (not even mains).

Yet bizarrely, it keeps playing the Intel jingle (da-di-da-ding, you know the tune) whenever it is moved or shaken!

Should I return the unit, or is this normal behaviour for a unit that has already been used?

Pekka

Posted 2016-08-27T17:58:18.627

Reputation: 2 239

1This may get massively annoying if a pallet of em starts playing out of sync at once – Journeyman Geek – 2016-08-28T00:27:08.630

@JourneymanGeek totally. The damn thing has been playing about every hour all night - perhaps because of the high temperatures, I don't know. A pallet of them must be a nightmare. – Pekka – 2016-08-28T04:28:38.357

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7_I3LI8tSQ – rahuldottech – 2016-08-28T12:04:47.017

Answers

The packaging is what is playing the Jingle. The packaging uses the same super-advanced technology as the audio greeting cards, a small battery and speaker on a tiny PCB. It plays automatically when the packaging is moved. Nothing to worry about.

Keltari

Posted 2016-08-27T17:58:18.627

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Urgh. Yeah, I can see the speaker now. What a funny, yet crazy idea. Thanks! – Pekka – 2016-08-27T20:00:35.100

3Cut the red wire? – Journeyman Geek – 2016-08-28T13:05:13.023

1Seems like it's only supposed to happen when you open it, so yours is probably a little faulty @Pekka (as Keltari said, just the packaging, not the NUC itself) – Bob – 2016-08-28T13:05:22.357

@JourneymanGeek NO! CUT THE BLUE WIRE! – Keltari – 2016-08-28T16:25:21.307