I am curious now. With Apple going to Intel, will shapeShifter will be able to skin Quicktime as itunes?
I have always using Shinobi theme and I have changed Quicktime with Titan…
MacNNHardwareby christianclarkTue, 21 Jun 2005 - 16:36
Nugget, I don't mean to hijack the thread, but where in Austin do you live? I just moved here for school, down by Riverside Drive and Congress. On Thursday I've got a job intervie…
As soon as I disable NAP the fans spin a little bit faster for two or three seconds, then they drop right back down to their normal slow (and practically inaudible) speed.
When I ocassionally get the squeal it is not that loud. I've not had a squeal moment since 10.3.8 I think...
My G5 sits 30cm from my head on the desk...
I agree that the mic is ver…
Yeah, that video was shot with a microphone placed just an inch or two away from the front grill of the machine (see the little inset photo in the clip). Your Mac would be just as…
I don't really think his mac is that loud, it's just that he's got the microphone right up to the front grill, and he's playing a game. But you can definitely hear the squeal. Than…
WOW. I watched that video and not only is that squeal annoying but your Mac is so loud
I cannot believe it. Mine is so quiet I can hardly tell that its on unless I look at the fr…
MacNNHardwareby Todd MadsonTue, 21 Jun 2005 - 07:16
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Originally Posted by Nugget
I didn't see any value in sending the discussion in that direction. It seems to me that you're pretty sure I'm wrong, but I don't mind that y…
That is exactly what goes on with my box. I have the exact same results when I use the scripts you suggested.
By the way, what realm you play on? Horde or Alliance?
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Originally Posted by Groovy
You never answered why you haven't located the exact sound source.
So what is the exact sound source of this chirping? You are sure it is not…
I've heard noisy computer fans, and this is definitely not the same thing. The noise will be totally synchronized with the movement of your mouse if you're doing something that cau…
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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…
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Originally Posted by Nugget
It is not a fan. I don't know how to say it any more plainly.
I didn't say it was a fan on your box. I will repeat what i said
"Wh…
Just noticed I get the "chirping also when resizing windows. It is much fainter than when I play WoW. If use the scripts Nugget suggested the sound goes away.
My only question …
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…
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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…
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…
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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…
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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 …
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…