Question Need help identifying a part (Solved)

[CowardlyCow]

Hello there!

I have had a laptop handed to me by family to repair. The SSD's were shot so I replaced them no problem. I put it back together and was preparing to reinstall windows when there was a strange vibrating noise coming from next to the battery. I opened it up and saw the part that was causing it but I have no idea what it is!!

Does anybody know what the part circled in the image is? (sorry for the small pic.)

Thanks in advance!

 

[faalin]

What is the make and model of the laptop? it would look to ether be a speaker or a subwoofer

 

[CowardlyCow]

What is the make and model of the laptop? it would look to ether be a speaker or a subwoofer

That would make sense!

It's an MSI GS70 Stealth.

Unsure why it is giving it full beans on windows install though. Perhaps I can just unplug it and go without the bass.

Thanks for the assistance so far. I'll have a look into it!

 

[CowardlyCow]

Ok solved, but I'll write it up should it be useful to someone in the future.

It is indeed a subwoofer. The noise is actually due to the fact the battery has died, which I have now discovered. It's feeding AC voltage into the Sub causing it to fire constantly.

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction!