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Higher-pitched HD ativity when scrolling over dock
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quadraphonic
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Jul 18, 2004, 03:09 PM
 
On my 12" PB, I notice a higher-pitched sound, seems to be hD activity when I scroll over the dock. I do have magnification enabled. Anyone else get this? I figured it was probably just using the HD to run the animation. No big problem, just a curiosity.
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madmacgames
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Jul 18, 2004, 03:41 PM
 
on my revB 12" I notice some sort of small activity noise whenever I do anything like moving over the dock or scrolling or minimizing windows... really anything that involves "animation" to objects of the OS.

It's not usually very loud (occasionally will be). If the fan is on, I have to really lean in to hear it. But I can hear it pretty clearly when the fan is off.
     
quadraphonic  (op)
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Jul 18, 2004, 05:22 PM
 
I tried it again.. shut it down, turned it on, moved the computer.. no sound. Works for me!
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cdhostage
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Jul 18, 2004, 08:02 PM
 
I've noticed this when mousing through menus. It happens some days, mostly not - a very high pitched tone that stops when the menu disappears. Very, very odd.
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