[treebark7182]

my new powerbook seems to be making this kinda funky sound and i dont know if its normal or not. Its not loud or anything but its this sound comming from the processor area *under left wrist* and it just sounds like its a think and nothing think nothing think nothing but its in a constant rate and the nothing phase is only a second long. Do i have a setting wrong?? or is this just the way it is? i might be being over sensitive, i tend to with new stuff. any help would be great

[Lancer409]

under left wrist = hdd .. shouldnt be sounding funky .. someone's gonna come in this thread and tell u to download something to make it stop making that noise ... something about the head not being seated right .. or something like that ...

[MrForgetable]

is it like a click click?

[treebark7182]

yeah its kinda like a click click

[rag on a muffin]

uh oh. id say back up yer data and send it to apple.

[MrForgetable]

isn't that just the harddrive clicking sometimes?

[mishap]

hmm... your hard drive sounds like it is doing something. that is usually a good thing.

[Lancer409]

worse post possible at this point:

does it sound like good clicking or bad clicking

also .. please note .. keyboard may make clicking noises

hehe .. ok i'm kidding .. get a second opinion, then send it back to apple .. or better yet .. Genius Bar! ... try to go when they dont have a instore presentation ... if the genius bar is right next to the "theatre" when someone is showing off garageband .. they wont hear the noise.

[Orland]

I have a similar problem with my 12" rev. c PowerBook. On mine, it's not a constant clicking noise. There are only a few specific circumstances when it makes the noise.

For example, it clicks when I move my mouse over the dock (and stops clicking when I stop moving the mouse). It also clicks when it expands or minimizes an application from the dock.

The more annoying example of the clicking noise is when I view a web page that uses Flash. The odd thing here is that if I scroll down so the Flash object is no longer visible, the clicking stops.

Any thoughts?

Orland

[Xanadu]

I Have EXACTLY the same problem as you Orland!! I dont know what could be causing it to do it- its bizzare! Does anybody else have this problem, and has anybody managed to fix it?

[Spheric Harlot]

Hard drives tick when they access data.

Hearing a noise when you scroll over the Dock, open documents, access menus, or launch applications is normal.

What is NOT normal is a constant, regular ticking over a long time period, unless you have content-indexing switched on on your hard drive.

-s*

[Orland]

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Hard drives tick when they access data.

Hearing a noise when you scroll over the Dock, open documents, access menus, or launch applications is normal.

The noise that I am talking about is clearly distinct from the hard drvie noises. The hard drive noises are shorter and deeper. This clicking noise that I am talking about is higher-pitched, and coincides with things that are happening with the interface.

For example, I will hear this noise when scrolling on a web page, or moving the mouse over the icons in the dock (not clicking them, just moving the mouse over them). I have used MenuMeters to confirm that there is no disk access when these noises are occurring.

I'm still stumped. Maybe I'll have to call Apple about it.

Orland

[treebark7182]

orland that is exactly what my problem is. Thanks for verbalizing it better than i could. If you find anything out from apple please post it

[8minute]

I have a similar noise on my 12" pb sometimes as well. Describing it as a clicking sound is probably not accurate ... sort of a cross between high pitched click and like a zapping (electricity) sound. And yeah, seems to happen when the processor needs to do something.

I hope I made some sense just then ...

[icruise]

Is the problem anything like this?

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=140255