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Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #34

It can barely be described as chirping, but it's more like very high pitched fast pulses/whine that occurs whenever a lot of data is moving across the graphics bus. It kinda sounds…
MacNN Hardware by jamil5454 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 - 10:03

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #33

Quote: Originally Posted by Nugget I've got the GeForce 6800 Ultra card and WoW beautiful and smooth in 2560x1600 on my 30" cinema display with all the settings cranked to the m…
MacNN Hardware by RevEvs Mon, 20 Jun 2005 - 09:59

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #32

My dual 2.5 makes a noise when I scroll, Expose, drag, resize, etc. I never really though to call it "chirping," though. I was actually planning to post something here once I found…
MacNN Hardware by loki74 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 - 02:00

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #29

Quote: Originally Posted by Nugget I'm glad your issue turned out to be simple to fix. The "chirping" noise that many of us experience (which can be silenced in software with N…
MacNN Hardware by Groovy Sun, 19 Jun 2005 - 17:15

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #28

Quote: Originally Posted by UnixMac We must be talking about two types of noise here, as I'm sure mine is mechanical, more like what Groovy described. I also called Apple care …
MacNN Hardware by Groovy Sun, 19 Jun 2005 - 16:41

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #27

I tried to do the scripts you suggested and they wouldn't run. Then I realized I didn't have CHUD installed so I grabbed that and the scripts ran fine. By fine I mean they execut…
MacNN Hardware by jhogarty Sun, 19 Jun 2005 - 09:46

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #26

We must be talking about two types of noise here, as I'm sure mine is mechanical, more like what Groovy described. I also called Apple care and had them listen to it, and they sai…
MacNN Hardware by UnixMac Sun, 19 Jun 2005 - 09:35

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #25

Quote: Originally Posted by Groovy Turned out to be the fan bearings were packed too tight and it is a problem with many of the fans Apple used from the company that makes them…
MacNN Hardware by Nugget Sun, 19 Jun 2005 - 07:07

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #23

Quote: Originally Posted by SalBaker Has anyone had success getting Apple to fix the noise in the 2.3 or 2.7 PMs? Yes. For me it was an easy fix. Every time i did anyth…
MacNN Hardware by Groovy Sun, 19 Jun 2005 - 01:59

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #22

Thanks Nugget I'll give that a try. I'll look into the GeForce card you have. I'm running the 23" ACD. I ran several renders in Lightwave and did some Photoshop work and no chir…
MacNN Hardware by jhogarty Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 21:35

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #21

I've got the GeForce 6800 Ultra card and WoW beautiful and smooth in 2560x1600 on my 30" cinema display with all the settings cranked to the maximum. On my old PowerBook G4 I have…
MacNN Hardware by Nugget Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 18:29

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #20

My chirping sounds more like a hamster wheel with the hamster going full bore on it! It gets quite loud at times, and has nothing to do with intensive apps like Doom 3... I calle…
MacNN Hardware by UnixMac Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 17:24

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #19

I just finished a two hour WoW session and the chirping was going on almost the whole time. Now with it closed and just Firefox up, the sound is gone. Looks like it is graphics r…
MacNN Hardware by jhogarty Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 14:43

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #18

Just found this out and thought it was kind of strange. I was playing WoW and put it in windowed mode (command + M), and the chirping is not nearly as loud or as frequent in windo…
MacNN Hardware by ae25 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 13:06

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #17

I talked with two guys today at the apple store. A sales guy and one of the genius bar guys. They both said they have never heard the "chirping" before. They gave some things to…
MacNN Hardware by jhogarty Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 12:35

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #16

You'll need a hefty video to run WoW successfully at higher settings. Anyway, I also think the chirping is graphics-bus related. Does anyone know exactly what disabling NAP does? …
MacNN Hardware by jamil5454 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 08:28

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #15

I've been having the chirping also. Got my PM last week. I'll be more aware now but I really notice it while playing WoW (World of Warcraft). Nugget - I'm new to the Mac, how …
MacNN Hardware by jhogarty Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 07:59

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #14

Quote: Originally Posted by d.fine You did take out the intake fans I hope, there's plenty of room, and it should be fairly easy to install... Yes. But I have big hands .…
MacNN Hardware by David Thompson Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 07:22

Mac mini speed gain from external FW harddisk ? — #12

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 I have a Mac mini, with a 80G - 4200 RPM internal HD. Well, *yawn*, as we all know, that drive is rather slow. I was wondering if I could …
MacNN Hardware by andrewgf Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 06:22

Mac mini speed gain from external FW harddisk ? — #11

Quote: Originally Posted by hudson1 The general consensus has been that an external FW400 7200 RPM drive won't create a faster Mac mini. [ ] You know what you are talking…
MacNN Hardware by turtle777 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 06:10

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #13

Quote: Originally Posted by David Thompson (I sure had a LOT of difficulty installing RAM modules! Had to reseat them three times before the system saw them. Not a lot of room …
MacNN Hardware by d.fine Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 02:57

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