Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter dahcar, you forgot the link... KraziKid, I'm not sure it has anything to do with the processor-I think it's more related to power managemen…

Quote: Originally Posted by dahcar Sorry, i forgot the link: http://discussions.apple.com/thread....31486&#2231486 I tried your suggestion, and it has not fixed it. Ma…

Quote: Originally Posted by KraziKid I tried your suggestion, and it has not fixed it. Man, this whine is really unbearable. So no one is getting new ones without the whine ye…

Quote: Originally Posted by KraziKid The CPU on the MacBook Pro is certainly soldered in. And it is related to a solder joint vibrating at a harmonic frequency, according to my…

It's the DC board making the whine. If it were the processor, then people that own the iMac or Mac mini would be complaining about it too.

The trick with the kext worked fine on 10.4.6, but I did it with 10.4.7 (you're meant to download the 2.4 version, not the 2.5) and my built in isight stopped working, so it's a no…

Quote: Originally Posted by Dave Hagan It's the DC board making the whine. If it were the processor, then people that own the iMac or Mac mini would be complaining about it too…

No such whine from my machine. If you're convinced its a pin on the processor, then no amount of software will fix it. Send it in for a motherboard swap.

Quote: Originally Posted by KraziKid Oh my god, does no one read my post? And did you not read mine? As I said, I have a hard time imagining a pin that is only a couple of m…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter And did you not read mine? As I said, I have a hard time imagining a pin that is only a couple of millimeters long BEFORE it's soldered in …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter This is also kind of hard to believe when the sound seems to come (amazingly enough) from the same location as the DC board-which I believe …

dialo is right. There are two types of whines. The inverter whine depends on the screen brightness setting. If your whine doesn't, it's the CPU whine. The CPU whine starts when the…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Appologies-I was thinking of the MacBook, rather than the Pro. The MacBook's CPU is socketed. Wrong again... The MacBook & Pro's…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon dialo is right. There are two types of whines. The inverter whine depends on the screen brightness setting. If your whine doesn't, it's the CPU…

Yeah, I think you're right. I don't recall having heard reports of the inverter whine on a MB sans pro.

Quote: Originally Posted by harrisjamieh Wrong again... The MacBook & Pro's are soldered, whereas the iMac & the Mini processors are socketed. I could have sworn I …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter I still want someone to explain how a tiny piece of gold plated CPU lead can cause a vibration that a person can hear. The "CPU whine" may …

It's the Power Supply that causes the whine. It all depends on how much power is going through it. I've heard whines and similar sounds on PCs, Desktop Macs and Laptops...all relat…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon I concur. The CPU whine has to do with the processor entering a certain operation state. I'm pretty certain a vibrating lead isn't the cause. I…

There has been several reports about similar whine in other brands as well...

Quote: Originally Posted by z0ne81 The trick with the kext worked fine on 10.4.6, but I did it with 10.4.7 (you're meant to download the 2.4 version, not the 2.5) and my built i…

Quote: Originally Posted by KraziKid This is from a conversation I had with my friend. him: It's systemic to the model. him: All units whine. him: (some worse than others) him:…

I see something of merit here, though I still don't think it's a lead. I think tt's the whole CPU that's vibrating, albeit in very small increments. Just like switching power sup…

My MBP must be broken, it doesnt seem to make noise.

The thread above me was the best post of the whole thread lol. The more I read up on the MacBook Pro I think I am just going to buy a 15" Powerbook G4 Alum. from Apple Refurb for…