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Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #44

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…
MacNN Hardware by Todd Madson Tue, 21 Jun 2005 - 07:16

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #42

Quote: 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…
MacNN Hardware by jamil5454 Tue, 21 Jun 2005 - 00:26

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #40

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? J...
MacNN Hardware by jhogarty Mon, 20 Jun 2005 - 22:01

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #39

Quote: 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…
MacNN Hardware by Nugget Mon, 20 Jun 2005 - 20:47

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #38

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…
MacNN Hardware by jamil5454 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 - 18:13

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #37

Quote: Originally Posted by jamil5454 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…
MacNN Hardware by Groovy Mon, 20 Jun 2005 - 17:42

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #36

Quote: 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…
MacNN Hardware by Groovy Mon, 20 Jun 2005 - 17:31

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #35

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 …
MacNN Hardware by jhogarty Mon, 20 Jun 2005 - 11:48

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

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