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

Question

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?

This may get massively annoying if a pallet of em starts playing out of sync at once — Journeyman Geek, Aug 28 '16 at 00:27
@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, Aug 28 '16 at 04:28

Keltari · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-27T19:52:49.297

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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.

edited Aug 27 '16 at 19:52

answered Aug 27 '16 at 18:20

Keltari

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Urgh. Yeah, I can see the speaker now. What a funny, yet crazy idea. Thanks! – Pekka Aug 27 '16 at 20:00
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Cut the red wire? – Journeyman Geek Aug 28 '16 at 13:05
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Seems 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 Aug 28 '16 at 13:05
@JourneymanGeek NO! CUT THE BLUE WIRE! – Keltari Aug 28 '16 at 16:25

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

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